Your both have absolutely incorrect information. Apple uses a "marine" grade of Stainless Steel (316L). This grade of stainless steel actually shows surface scratches quite easily. Ask anyone with either a boat or SS cookware. The scratches can be easily buffed out with a polishing agent. BTW, this is the same grade of steel used on the early iPods. Their cases got quite scratched in my experience.
Rolex watches uses a different grade of stainless steel (904L). This grade is more expensive, but is also both very acid resistant and is highly polishable. This is one of the reasons why high end mechanical watches can have shiny SS links. Upon close inspection, my 30 year old watch shows surface scratches; these could also be polished out. It still looks good and has only been polished once (during a servicing).
The Apple SS Watch case is a shiny, not matte, finish. The band takes a lot more abuse than the case and that is why I think Apple went with a matte finish on the band. It doesn't match the case, but it still looks good and is a lot more practical.
Listen, I ordered a link bracelet. It's my favorite of all of the Apple bands. Apple was very clear what the product was made of (316L). I have polished 316L on my boat for decades and know its characteristics. It's a fine material, but it does scratch. There are already people posting about their SS watch cases scratching.
You can easily verify this information. Google it.
Knowing the strengths, and weaknesses, of your product can only enhance your experience with it. Ignorance of them will do the reverse.
Yeah, so, screw you? Ignorance? Nice of you to assume I didn't read anything before commenting on your post, or that I don't know how to use Google.
I did Google it. I Google lots of things! And read them! And you know what? Apple tells you, right in their literature, that they polish the band a certain way to get that finish. If they wanted it shiny, they would have made it shiny. The metal had nothing to do with it.
You know who else makes watches out of 316L? Nearly everyone. And hey, would you look at that, they have shiny bracelets, and matte bracelets, ALL DIFFERENT FINISHES OF BRACELETS. WITH THE SAME METAL! Imagine that.
And your 30 year old Rolex, is it really 30 years? Or more? Or less? That matters, cause your precious Rolex might be made of 316L too! They only started using 904L in the mid/late 80s. (I READ THAT! Oh, and asked a jeweler friend who knows a thing or two about expensive watches. He laughed at you.)
What do you get with 904? More corrosion resistance to highly concentrated acids(obviously important in day to day life), and an allergic reaction if your body doesn't like nickel. 904L will scratch too, it's a little harder, but also more difficult to manufacture. Oh, it's more expensive, and Rolex will say it's better, but that doesn't mean it's actually "better" steel. Rolex switched to 904L as a marketing differentiator, and from what I've been told is that is all it is. Marketing.
To say that the steel is objectively "better" is plain wrong, just like your statement that the Apple Bracelet is not shiny because it's made of a different metal.
If anyone is ignorant here, it's you. piss off.
