The gold Apple Watch Edition was a completely different luxury watch flex.

Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch::The original Apple Watch models, including the $10,000-plus 18-karat gold Edition that Beyoncé wore, are now officially obsolete and won’t get parts, repair, or replacement services.

  • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    On the other hand gold watches are the kind of thing that are proudly passed around as family heirlooms, only the trashiest new money would buy one every two years and throw the old one away.

    • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
      181·
      1 year ago

      And if someone bought an apple watch thinking it was going to be an heirloom, well, uh…

      Ok, that just brought me right back around to your point. Nevermind.

    • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      gold watches are the kind of thing that are proudly passed around as family heirlooms

      Which further points the absurdity of this thing. Gold watch that has expiration date built-in and no one will look at it after that. Mechanical watches can last indefinitely given enough care and love. No matter how much you love this thing, when Apple decides it’s done, it’s done.