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Apple Watch Hermès Collection Debuts in Select Apple & Hermès Retail Stores
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I don't really get it either, but then I'm admittedly not much of a fashion expert.....
I bet that if we put 4 leather watch bands without branding in front of you, you could not tell which is Hermes.
The problem with people who say they understand fashion, is that they look at labels.
Reminds me of monster cables
Particle wood vrs oak wood? That's apple calling thier official bands leather . Hint, leather has a very strong aroma , well 100% leather
You may find cuff bands were very popular with weird military wannabes, and goths.
But hey, cause Hermes have one on the Apple Watch it's the peak of fashion now lol..... The fashion industry is much worse than the IT industry
I bet that if we put 4 leather watch bands without branding in front of you, you could not tell which is Hermes.
The problem with people who say they understand fashion, is that they look at labels.
Reminds me of monster cables
Particle wood vrs oak wood? That's apple calling thier official bands leather . Hint, leather has a very strong aroma , well 100% leather
Labels and reputation exist for a reason. They are built and trusted based on past customer experience and words of mouth. It's the same reason why people buy iPhone or iPad or Macbook even though there are similar (looking) products on the market.
Leather does not cost much. Materials used in fashion bare no part of the final cost of the product.
Same reason people pay extra for Monster cables eh? .......
There is no device exactly like an iPhone or iPad. There are exactly the same quality bands on the market without the brand name.... Just like suckers who pay extra for HDMI cables .
Don't get me wrong, Hermes makes excellent products. But this is not one of them.
How do you define what's an acceptable watch face? I happen to use the modular face most frequently, but then I wasn't a watch wearer so having something that resembles a mechanical watch face isn't important to me.
Yeah, I remember that time. It was when their market share was plummeting, right? When their only popular product was an all-in-one, color plastic CRT-based computer? Right before they started to sell a little white MP3 player that started them on their way to becoming the world's most valuable company?
Yeah, I remember that time. Thank goodness it's over.
And that's my point about Apple having enough history with copyrights and watch faces during the development of the watch, as well as observing what was happening with their competitors, for Apple to have implemented this easily had they wanted to. Rolex et al is the least of their concerns, and the easiest to police. At the end of the day it takes one low paid employee to construct a database of classic watch faces and compare submissions to it as they come in to weed out the worst offenders. But more to Apple's M.O., they start with an officially licensed trademark/copyright owner program so that legally licensed watch faces from their original owners could be added to the store first -- Seseme Street characters, Star Wars characters, all opportunities these companies would jump on, and make the most money. Of course the opportunity would exist for Rolex and others, though I would see them as the least interested, especially ones like Tag which are partnering with Android. But it certainly wouldn't stop other companies like Swiss Railway, who only stand to make limitless royalties. And of course it would allow a developer to create a watch face that allows custom watch faces, created by the user which has no affect on Apple's copyright policing. But Apple doesn't want anybody else creating watch faces, arguably the least important feature of the watch. And from the comments I've read by customers, there are many better solutions for custom watch faces and complications than Apple is allowing. So none of it makes sense to me really. The copyright issue is just a convenient excuse. In the end I would bet that Apple sees potential partnerships like the one with Hermes as far more profitable than allowing Heremes to go it alone, selling their iconic watch faces on an App Store, and the bands separately in their stores.
The modular watch face is good. It would be better if the clock can be put in the middle and display seconds. Also I don't really like being fed with too much information in a glance to the watch face. Maybe I'm too old fashioned?
You are not too old fashioned at all. Kids are listening to music on vinyl LPs and portable turntables. Choice is what makes the world go around, despite the fact that some people would like to deny you of that choice to promote their myopic world view. And big surprise to all, I know, when it comes to products people wear, choice is an expectation, even if fashion often puts form over function. Jony Ive knows this well and has stated as much. He's also said that designing the watch was humbling because of all the history and expectations of what a watch is, and wanting to honor that. So you keep right on clinging to your old fashioned ways, you have no less than Jony Ive supporting your right to choice, regardless of those on this forum who would deny you that freedom.The modular watch face is good. It would be better if the clock can be put in the middle and display seconds. Also I don't really like being fed with too much information in a glance to the watch face. Maybe I'm too old fashioned?
It has a nice cutout on the back so none of the sensors are affected. If they would've made the band without the cutout it would have been worthless.
You mean back when they made very little profit, thus invested far less in R&D and shipped Mac Pros with processors and GPUs that were far slower than the A9 chips in the current less expensive iOS "trinkets"?