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Apple Watch Hermès Collection Debuts in Select Apple & Hermès Retail Stores
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The double tour watch band is going to blow Nilay Patel's MIND!
touche... but not if the faces are sponsored by companies(hermes, swatch, etc)...
And keep in mind that there are several million families in the world that do actually have those several million to throw around. They have to spend money on impractical stuff because their practical needs are long since met and the cash keeps just accumulating in their bank account. I'm sure lots of people say they wouldn't spend money like that even if they were rich. But after 10 or 20 years in row of pulling in serious cash, I think a lot of people find that their tastes change. Then purchases like this make sense.
I don't care for the double loop at all, too "fashiony" for me, but I really do enjoy the "big cuff things", they go well with my usual black t-shirt/jeans outfit. Admittedly, I have thick wrists... (dog demanded to be in pic).
The Hermes Apple Watches range from $1,100 - $1,500.
I just glances over the Hermes web site and it seems like most of their analog watches range from $2,500 - $8,000.
I would call their Apple Watch a decrease, not an increase.
The competition allows watch faces in their App Store and it doesn't seem to be a proble. A watch is uniquely personal and what is nice in one person's eyes is hideous in another's. Let the owner decide.
Exclusivity is a huge part of this watch; not available online, only available in a handful of large US cities; New York, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Dallas and Denver
Oh I understand it. A buddy of mine wore a band like that with a big gold medallion around his neck and bell bottoms when he went to the Disco in 1975.
I snared one of the last of the initial stock at the UES Apple Store. It was a somewhat older crowd, mostly women. One 50ish woman was casually debating between putting her name on the list for a double tour in blue (they had none in stock at 9:30am) or getting a Rose Gold Edition. I was wrapping up by then so I don't know what she did, but she wanted to treat herself and clearly had the money.
Apple should have had a reservation system in place. This is attracting a good customer base for Apple, but one that can be demanding.
We really don't understand fashion - as my wife is being "teaching" me with my credit card
. She would accessorized shoes, dress, purse and make up that go together every time we go out - I put on something quick and call it day 
I don't care for the double loop at all, too "fashiony" for me, but I really do enjoy the "big cuff things", they go well with my usual black t-shirt/jeans outfit. Admittedly, I have thick wrists... (dog demanded to be in pic).
I agree I have a cuff watch as well and it goes great with everything.
When were Denver and Dallas added? It's available in cities where Hermes has stores (which unfortunately Chicago does not).
The Double Tour is a women's design. It's actually a classic Hermes look.
I was working from memory.. perhaps those aren't on the list.. which means it's even more exclusive.
Thank you and this is the reason for all the hires from the fashion industry - these folks understand desired/lust as opposed to us that only look at utility.
Wow. The 38mm Single Tour band is a little larger (circumference) than the Classic. I am on the third hole (compared to the fifth on the Classic band). I wonder if women with smaller wrists will have issues with it. Maybe that's why they sell it only through the try-on process.
The buckle is the only band I am remotely interested in, within their collection. That said, theirs is too wide. I really like the look of the one you are sporting, looks like a nice setup.
Chicago would be a great market for Hermes. It's very strange that they don't have a Michigan Ave. location.
I mean the price difference between a normal Apple Watch and a Hermes Apple Watch. Is it just the brand name and the bands?
Yeah, I definitely dig on it.
I'm guessing: since a cuff design sets the watch on _top_ of a leather band, there's no BP monitoring, or the lock-on-removal security feature (assuming that even if the band had a cutout, it would be close enough to register)
I don't get high fashion. As long as something looks reasonably nice that's good enough for me.
Now, if Apple and Hermes can make extra money from people who are into this stuff, more power to them.
Now, if Apple and Hermes can make extra money from people who are into this stuff, more power to them.