It would be child's play to send a legal request to Apple for any info about the stolen watch and before you know it a trigger happy cop is knocking on their door.
A trigger happy cop ? In Africa ? They're usually part of the networks to distribute stolen iPhone, cars or whatever.
"Even if they send it to another country, don't you think Apple would have a means of killing a device once the serial is reported stolen, especially since you have to connect it with a legitimate iTunes account?"
Obviously, they don't, since iPhones are stolen by thousants, shipped to Africa by thousands and this has been going for years...
"I've owned four watches worth more than all but the Edition Apple Watches since 1996. I've travelled to multiple countries, and 38 American states. And no one has even stolen my watch."
And I usually move around with more than $5k of photo equipments, including in Faux News "no go" zones. I have never been stolen from either. Does this mean that noone with photo equipments has ever been stolen from ?
Besides, the Apple Watch will be much much more popular among thieves than your watches. Just like the iPhone was much more popular than similarly priced smartphones.
"Since the Apple Watch has a unique serial number on the case and in the hardware, it would be nice to know that Apple can issue a kill order on any serial reported stolen"
If it's like the iPhone, it doesn't work - I mean, less iPhones are stolen, but they are still stolen in huge numbers. If they were useless once stolen, I would figure the thieves would have figured it out now. Unless the serial number is burnt in, it can be erased. The thieves go through shops who are very well equipped. For instance, the 4-digits code on the iPhone is now cracked in minutes in these shops.
