S0 gold edition

[TTU03]

What do yall think happened with those gold edition watches? Sitting in a drawer is my guess. I would think the batteries on them would be just about shot now a days. My S0 was so slow compared to the S4 I had and now S7.

 

[Shirasaki]

Basically a laughable attempt by apple to enter luxury market where stuff usually preserves their utility just as good as their value - very well, and Apple Watch gold edition is not one of those.

 

[fwmireault]

Basically a laughable attempt by apple to enter luxury market where stuff usually preserves their utility just as good as their value - very well, and Apple Watch gold edition is not one of those.

I agree, even if the luxury market could afford this Watch, it’s still a piece of electronics who was barely usable only after 3-4 years, to the contrary of luxury Watches that can hold decades. The Hermes series is a better spot for this market, and the pricing is more reasonable. Even if Hermes is the most expensive Apple Watch, Apple Watch is still the cheapest watch that Hermes sells, which means something regarding value and durability.

 

[bricktop_at]

Basically a laughable attempt by apple to enter luxury market where stuff usually preserves their utility just as good as their value - very well, and Apple Watch gold edition is not one of those.

IMHO that was „simply“ a publicity stunt and I guess it worked, since people are still talking about it 😉

 

[haruhiko]

IMHO that was „simply“ a publicity stunt and I guess it worked, since people are still talking about it 😉

Exactly.
They made some of the most famous rich people in the world wear it. Some received as gift from Apple and some really bought several of it just for flexing.

 

[StumpyBloke]

Might be just me, but I always thought those things looked so bloody tacky.

 

[uiop.]

There's one for sale on eBay.

 

[Bryan Bowler]

Even though I think it is bloody crazy for someone to have bought one of these when they came out, they will probably fetch 3x the amount 20 years from now.

 

[wilderkun]

Even though I think it is bloody crazy for someone to have bought one of these when they came out, they will probably fetch 3x the amount 20 years from now.

Yeah for sure. They also liquidated the supply selling them in Japan for $700. There's got to be a large amount that are still mint, unopened out there