Lets just take a moment to remember that NOBODY has a status of Shipped yet!!
That is an important fact for those seeing there order hasn't moved to Preparing to Ship yet. Nobody has jumped a queue at this stage nobody has a watch that is actually shipping and fully trackable (trackable slightly yes, but not moving).
There is still time for Apple to whiz through the orders that have not yet moved in the next 24 hours and then everyone who is getting their watch on Friday will see Shipping about the same time.
Only then can the moaning really start as we just don't know how this is going to pan out. Your order could go from preparing to shipped in a few minutes, rather than sitting at the prepare stage for two or three days like some have seen.
I'm very annoyed about this process myself. I have a 42mm SS BSB ordered at 8:03 UK time that isn't budging. I have the day off work on Friday (I had holiday to use up) so really do hope to see some movement soon and would rather know what is going to happen sooner rather than later.
Apple have not told us anything officially either. Our expecations have been our own. We ordered early and so we think we should get it on launch day. But Apple have only ever said by 8th May. They have not promised otherwise, regardless of what the chat and store assistants seem to be making up as they go along.
We're used to getting our launch stuff on the day, I have had two iphone pre orders fulfilled this way although I must admit my iphone 5S order was all over the place before it turned up on my door on release day as promised. I worried a bit about that order, but should have trusted the system that was in place to get it to me in time.
There can be no way that the BSB is hard to produce, these have to be the easiest strap for them to produce and they will have done enough for all watch orders and the additional strap orders too that had the 24th to 8th window (they sold out quick enough, but they had the allocation). There is also clearly no issue with producing either 38mm or 42mm SS watch bodies as these are shipping wth other straps. All that is happening is that we are not yet seeing a movement on that SKU yet. I am pretty hopefull (although admitedly nervous) that those of us who bought in the first few minutes should be OK and will see movement on our orders pretty soon.
Stay strong!!
