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It is a bit wild that Apple refuses to support this further. At that price you can buy things like Rolexes that will last your entire life.

>>__loam+(OP)
Apple refused to support it 8 years ago when the Series 2 came out and there was no way to upgrade it.

It’s not a special watch. It’s a Series 0 with $16k of gold.

We don’t even know if anyone ever bought a single one (as opposed to being given one by Apple/an Apple exec).

>>__loam+(OP)
The cost of keeping them alive will eventually outweigh any margin they've ever made on the product.

>>MBCook+91
> It’s not a special watch. It’s a Series 0 with $16k of gold.

In 2015, gold was approximately $1250 per oz.

Perhaps someone who has a gold Rolex can correct me, but it seems unlikely that there is more than 3/4 lb (362 grams) of gold in it, even counting the band. That would probably be very tiring to wear.

>>gunapo+M3
Precious metal Rolexes can cost north of $30k

>>judge2+K1
Right, and that's what the apple watch is, a disposable consumer electronic. They shouldn't have made anything like this.

>>__loam+Ip
55g (1.940068 oz) of gold, worth approximately $2,425 at spot price in 2015: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP737?locale=en_US