The most annoying thing in this forum is the closed reality in which most of the users here live in.
The Apple Watch starts at just 349$ which is good price for this kind of advanced technology and beautiful design. This is the Apple Watch for the most users.
Then imagine, just imagine! There are people who can buy stuff for 4.000$ and absolutly DONT CARE if it will be outdated in few years. Yeah, the same people that buy Luis Vuiton or Prada hand bags that cost almost the same and in just few years may or may not look like a trash, because no matter how much care you have, it will certanly lose most of its shinens. There are people who spend 4.000$ to go for a one week vacation. There are people who spend that kind of money just to celebrate their birthday for example and there are people that spend that kind of money before you take your first cup of coffe. Yes, there is a market for expensive stuff, because if you earn 500k a year, you dont care if your silly 4k$ watch is not going to work within two years. These same people have several high end expensive watches and absolutly DONT CARE to have a gold Apple Watch just for the fridays or while jogging. And yes, they DONT CARE if you think they look silly changing their Hublot with a gold Apple Watch for daily use, because they are rich, and you are poor. The gold Apple Watch will be absolute hit in the high-end market where the people dont have to chose between buying Rolex or gold Apple Watch, they just buy both. Finally, I know you would be probably shocked but many people dont chose what to buy depending on the resell value they may get in the future.
Im going to NY in April so I hope the Apple Watch is released by then and I can buy it cheaper that here in Spain.