Nevertheless writing code is a relatively common skill that can be learned by a big percentage of the population if they so desire, whereas the skills needed to say make a watch that chimes the hours and minutes, with springs of secret alloy metals and little hammers that sound sweet, is more like an artisan craft that is passed on through the generations like the formula for the glue used in a Chippendale chair, or the skill required to select the sternpost for the mightiest of the 18the century Oak ships.
But my point was only that Jonny Ive made a *big deal* about showing respect for the tradition and I think he's showing disrespect. It's not so much that they want to call an image of a 'complication' a 'complication' that's fine, but let's not big ourselves up as well Jonny.
I disagree.
I mean, sure, you can teach coding to many. But as with any skill only a small percentage will grasp some of the more highly complex nuance.
When you look at the video games of today such as Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto, it takes hundreds of people a couple of years to make one release. The math and physics involved in rendering a 3D environment as they can these days, not to mention the graphical talents of the artist is beyond the ability of one person.
Just like these days there are very few people left on the planet who could build a watch from scratch (especially one with advanced complications), there are maybe only a handful of people on the planet who could produce something to the standards of a modern high end video game by themselves, even if they had years to do so.
I would argue that even if you ignore some of the advanced engineering of the Apple Watch, just the code to make it work would take one talented programmer years to produce.
To my mind though Apple have also done something I've never seen before in any high end watch. Just look at how they have designed multiple bracelets that can slide on and off the watch with the press of a button.
Their stainless bracelet design also has links that can be removed with the press of a button, a design by the way that I believe they said takes 9 hours to build with over 100 parts.
With a well over 100 years of watch design, I've never seen any of the major players produce a design that elegant and user friendly. It's really pretty clever making their watch that customizable.
Bottom line here is that when you understand as I do the complexity of programming, with the incredible engineering I see in the demo videos, I believe that this watch has taken dozens of highly talented people more than three years to develop. They have every right to use terms like 'complications' without being disrespectful.
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Will wait for 2nd or even 3rd gen before consider buying. Apple products haven't been exactly great 1st gen
That simply isn't true.
If the iPhone had sucked, how would it have even made a dent in the market?
If the iPad had sucked, would tablets even exist today?
How about the MacBook Air? Did it not pretty much invent the ultra light laptop concept?
Obviously every new generation of product is likely to learn from the previous, but based on that logic, you'd never by anything. Just look at TVs as they evolved from plasma to LCD to LED to oLED and now they are talking quantum dot 4K UHD. If you seriously waited for the best, you'd never ever buy a TV.
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No electronic watch will ever replace high-end timepieces...
My advice is to buy this if you want one. I do, and I will. But I'm under no false illusions that I'm going to make money later selling it. It is a nice piece of tech, not an investment.
I don't think that Apple is trying to replace the high end watch here.
First off, it kind of depends on your opinion as to what constitutes high end. Some watch snobs would likely argue that nothing below $10K constitutes high end.
Even if you are talking about decent, most decent watches are easily going to be more than $3K.
Here Apple have produced a product that at least from the evidence we have so far is pretty impressive, and starts at just $349.
I don't believe any high end Swiss watchmaker has ever put out a product at that price point (or equivalent adjusted for inflation).
So let's say I decide to buy a stainless Apple Watch for $600 or whatever price point they pick. I am never going to be deluding myself that it will one day be a family heirloom that I will pridefully gift to my grandson upon his graduation.
Nor would I imagine that three years from now when the Apple Watch 3.0 hits the market, that I'll be able to profit by selling my old watch on eBay.
But I'm okay with that. I don't imagine that there is any new watch I could purchase today for $349, that would be worth much five years from now.
watch with the high end watch market. They don't want it to be categorised as a smart watch, rather they want the consumer to view it is the next evolution of the classical high end watch. I know this is all semantics, but the image the 
