New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

Oh definitely.

The copy for the watch Collections (e.g. http://www.apple.com/watch/apple-watch/) on the website is full-on fashion/jewelry pitched:

A small French tannery established in 1803 produces the supple Granada leather for this elegant band. The smooth top-grain leather is lightly milled and tumbled to attain a refined texture. What looks like a solid buckle is actually a two-piece magnetic closure that’s delightfully simple to secure. We also added an inner layer of material for strength and stretch resistance. It’s the same material NASA used to create the parachute strings for the Mars Rover. This band is available in soft pink, brown, and midnight blue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA7WurKKScQ

mmmm, supple

I can't wait to jailbreak one of those so I can make the second-hand look like Mickey Mouse's dick.

― pplains, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:48 PM

this is the only worthwhile post in this thread

here's the watch guy reaction, summary is "these are straight up nicer bands than any other watch you could get at this price but they won't replace mechanical watches for wealthy white dudes who like buying jewelry" http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/hodinkee-apple-watch-review

this is a site with articles that use "under $10,000" as a price point

I know that electronics are cheap and taken for granted now, but slobbering over mechanical watch engineering like it is way more complicated than what goes into an apple watch makes a person sound ridiculous.

at least unlike your average audiophile they don't claim that the seconds marked off by an automatic Swiss watch have a richer tone than quartz

I need to sell some mechanical watch snake oil

(on top of the patented hiccup curing app I plan to release for the apple watch)

Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby)
Posted: September 11, 2014 at 12:35:23 AM
at least unlike your average audiophile they don't claim that the seconds marked off by an automatic Swiss watch have a richer tone than quartz

u havent really experienced time until youve experienced bvlgari

p silly to talk abt this in terms the watch market at all tho its not a watch its a wrist computer

At the lower end, I believe the Apple Watch is a serious threat to those less faithful lovers of analog watches. There is a certain percentage of the population that simply doesn't care if they're wearing a watch of any great manufacturing process and the Apple Watch will appeal to them, if it works as advertised. Brands like Suunto should be worried. Casio as well. Even Seiko with its Astron line could fall into the same group of those looking for pure function. The other thing that could spell trouble even for the Swiss is Apple's cool factor with the young. At 16, will someone want a swatch or an Apple watch? At 20 will they want a Hamilton or the Apple Watch 3. At 25 will they want an Omega or an Apple Watch Plus? That should be a very real concern for the Swiss, appealing to a younger generation of buyers who live and breathe Apple.

I feel like I missed all kinds of personal benchmarks in my life

I did have a swatch at age 16

I have a ridiculous phillipe starck-designed watch I wear on occasion

my grandparents gave me a black swatch w chunky teal numbers for my 12th birthday and i wore it for a year, my only watch

well i own a gps running watch too

but i cant wait to get that thing off me wooeee

You just worry about it, Switzerland.

At 25 will they want an Omega or an Apple Watch Plus?

What 25-year-old can afford a http://www.watchmaxx.com/watch/omega-de-ville-tourbillon-men-513.53.39.21.99.001?gclid=CN6wgo6o2cACFWho7AodjFMAOQ37,000 fucking watch?

(Suddenly $349 is looking pretty reasonable.)

This is my watch. I'm sure some of apple's analog style watch faces for their watch will look like it.

http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2011/04/0brauntimer02.jpg

I had a Mickey Mouse watch as a kid, but I think it was really missing something after reading pplains' comment

I also have a nice retro Hamilton and my grandfather's Rolex. Watches are nice.

For any fellow luddites still searching for one among the last of the new iPod classics, Groupon of all places is selling them for a relatively affordable price.

xps Carlin said it best; it's 6:15, or Mickey has a hard-on

I had this watch. The Red Baron and the clouds moved with the seconds.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/attachments/f71/170212d1237243035-there-truly-no-love-timex-watch-87-.jpg

It's probably worth $10,000 now as a collectors item. $12,500 if it has a penis in the clouds too.

in other news I can't believe they didn't fix the music app in ios 8

still no album grouping by artist how fucking hard is it

it's not for ios, but as an exercise i'm trying to make a simple osx music player. what features would you guys want?

sort by record label :)

ability to delete u2 albums

what if when you tried to play any u2 song it only played that negativland single?

not bad tbh

Ive been a watch wearer since middle school. Looking forward to trying this out at least. It just looks a little too thick and Ive had bulky watches before and they get banged up really easily idk.

That one article up there has me leaning towards the 6+ too. Better battery life is almost reason enough. the 16-64 g jump really offends me tho, just a flat out dick move.

i have a couple mechanical watches and have come to really enjoy them. the hodinkee piece is what i would expect from a hardcore watch person--they're a weird mix of having a deep understanding of how frivolous their hobby is and a poor perspective on how indulgent it comes off.

At 25 will they want an Omega or an Apple Watch Plus?

What 25-year-old can afford a http://www.watchmaxx.com/watch/omega-de-ville-tourbillon-men-513.53.39.21.99.001?gclid=CN6wgo6o2cACFWho7AodjFMAOQ37,000 fucking watch?

― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:55 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also lol @ finding basically the most expensive thing omega makes to make this point

You're right, I probably should've chosen one of their bargain basement $6,000-$8,000 watches.

that watch is dumb for 100k they dont even include a face

Am I the only person who thinks the watch is incredibly, incredibly ugly?

Feel like it's ugly in the same way that this is ugly

http://i.imgur.com/xKWVAeT.jpg

that frightens me where the watch doesnt

I like to be able to tell time from my watches.

What's funny and cool and deflating is that you see a watch like that and you wonder if it's on youtube

And it is http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Omega+De+Ville+Tourbillon

Bam some of the mystique is lost

what is the history of finding tech creepy?

Like imagine you bought a cool ten thousand dollar omega watch and then you go online and there's some guy named Archie telling you what's cool about your watch that he also owns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uckK2ONVA7Q

haaa wait it doesnt have gps??? http://readwrite.com/2014/09/11/apple-watch-no-gps-no-thanks

Well you'd be using it with your IPHONE which already has GPS

GPS is such a huge battery drainer regardless

its basically useless as an exercize watch

Yeah like who wants to run 10k with a big heavy piece of 18k gold on their left wrist?

I'm gonna spend $350 so that a watch can tell me when to stand up?