18K Gold Watch: Not as Stupid as You Think

[@ConorORegan]

A gold Apple Watch could be seen as a collectors item like the first generation so I’m all for that

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

"Could be"? These things will go for 30 or 40k in 15 years

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

I could see them Apple coming out with a limited-edition gold watch for the 10-year anniversary of the original watch. I wouldn't buy one, but I could see that it'd be a cool way to mark the anniversary.

[@johnnulf624]

It would be cool if you could keep the gold shell and swap out the components to keep it up to date.

[@justincampbell2971]

Good luck with that

[@MarcoElkes]

Wouldn’t be cool. At the end as long as it still tells the time that’s all that matters in a watch.

[@johnnulf624]

@@MarcoElkes not sure why you’re on a smart watch video then

[@MarcoElkes]

@@johnnulf624 I’m just saying if you want utility there are newer Apple Watches u can buy. This one’s kinda just become a collectors item that happens to give you notifications and tell the date and time.

[@alexh2665]

I agree, if you treat it with the mindset of the gold Apple Watch being a timepiece and you were just using it to tell time, I think it makes sense

[@TailosiveTech]

True! It does still tell time even without the latest version of watchOS haha

[@alexh2665]

@@TailosiveTech exactly lol you’re buying it with the mindset that you’d have for if you’re buying a Rolex only this one has a digital screen

[@katrinabryce]

@@TailosiveTech Will it still do the updating when you switch time zones and stuff like that? Maybe it will for now, because the location stuff is still available and daylight savings rules haven't changed. But that won't last for ever. If you have an iPhone 1 in a country that has switched off 2G, it is utterly unusable.

[@hlmep1439]

@@katrinabryce the issue is how to pair it!!! It won’t pair to a very new iOS version lol!

[@tobiabidoye7548]

@@alexh2665 but rolexes dont become obsolete after a few years

[@user-ms8qg2rz5s]

Apple make gold watch for reasons 1-make noice, all new are good news 2-branding for Apple Watch 3-make general user think how “cheap” that steel and sport were

[@Gubby-Man]

Here's what I think Apple should do: 1. Make a Series 7 gold watch 2. Sell it for around $8000 or more 3. Let people return the watch for around $7000 or more when it becomes old 4. Apple can then melt the gold and reuse it in a new watch The total cost of the watch will be around $1000 for the user which is slightly more than a stainless steel or edition watch.

[@Gubby-Man]

@UC7-l9ky1WUlEmotFMyd-YPw I just suggested whatever price that sounded good to me. They could of course sell it for cheaper and buy it from you for the price of the gold. The important part is that the price difference should be around $1000 because that’s when I imagine normal people wouldn’t mind spending that kind of money to get a gold watch for a few years.

[@Antifa850]

Here what you should do 1. throw away your apple watch 2. Buy rolex daytona and watch your rolex price inflation

[@ator1]

😂😂😂 This model is expensive due to the prestige factor, not the cost of materials. It's just a few grams of gold. This system wouldn't work if everyone could buy this model for just 1k, providing several years of usage.

[@Gubby-Man]

@@ator1 A gram of gold costs $66.6. The 42mm gold WATCH weighs 69g, so let’s estimate around 35g of gold. Thats around $2300 in pure material cost. I think i overestimated the cost back then 🤭

[@Gubby-Man]

@@ator1 But I disagree that the system wouldn’t work. Gold is harder to use in manufacturing than aluminum but should be easy to reuse. If apple can keep manufacturing cost to less than $500 they could theoretically sell it for around $3300, promise a $2300 buyback and still profit from it while flexing that they sell gold watches. Gold is just a material, why is a material prestigious? That’s just because of marketing from other companies IMO.

[@MapleEmpire]

At the time Apple Watch was launched I used to think smart watches were a gimmick, but boy was I wrong lol

[@redeye007]

What Apple should have done instead was make a gold Apple Watch band. If they would have done that people could have used the band for a few more models and then when they could no longer use it they could sell the band based on the gold it would have had. So the person could have made their money back and maybe more.

[@AustinLawicki]

They should have made the internals upgradable using the gold outer case. A gold Apple Watch becomes outdated and eventually obsolete after a fairly short time.

[@iphone11ok]

You seem like a chill dude- I enjoy this channel

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Imagine putting that Applewatch money into Bitcoin back then

[@misterdragzon]

While this explains the ultra-luxury watch market, but you forgot that the MAIN thing with these watches is their movements will last for a century. A $5000+ watch that doesn’t last longer than 10 years is a total non-starter. Also collectors take losses when they wrongly predict these things; so not “smart” to buy it expecting to move at cost in 5 years. The Apple Watch Edition (gold) was always doomed and pretty obviously a concession to let Jony Ive do whatever he wanted on his last new product category. Read any interview from 2015, only Jony really cared about the Editions, and he was the only one that ever wore them in public.

[@misterdragzon]

The gold-colored stainless steel has captured 98% of the market for people that want a shiny gold Apple Watch..hell people didn’t even want the ceramic watch for

[@ruzzelladrian907]

The $10k Apple Watch Editions are there to keep Apple's luxury brand perception intact for years to come. Their real money makers are those $300 - $400 Apple Watches.

[@ator1]

Yes, but only because not many people buy the 10k Apple Watch. The profit margin would be much higher for them.

[@shangrammohammad8453]

But wouldn’t that make the gold stainless steel apple watch obsolete. What’s the point of having two gold watches? Aluminium apple watch gold doesn’t count looks more like a pink aluminium watch.

[@tracephoto1823]

My problem wasn’t the gold watch. My problem was the 1st Gen gold watch.

[@citywitt3202]

Remember when they tried to tell us it’d be cool to send heartbeats and haptic taps?

[@benscherer7256]

I still send my heart beat to my gf occasionally, still cool

[@citywitt3202]

@@benscherer7256 firstly, awh :), secondly, you can still do that?

[@benscherer7256]

@@citywitt3202 of course, its still an option, its the scribble screen where you can draw colored lines on. Just hold 2 fingers on it.

[@keithrobshaw179]

I wonder if it is possible to swap out the old hardware for the series 6 inners, given how much they cost to begin with might be something apple sheep millionaires could consider.💰💰💰

[@Millahtime]

It was obvious since day one that the gold Watch Edition would become ultra rare collector’s items. Everyone slagging on it back in 2015, if you couldn’t see how it would obviously become a collectible then you were just blind. I always wanted to get one for that reason alone, but clearly couldn’t afford it. I have other Apple collectibles and this would have been the ultimate collectible. It was so outlandish, over the top, and expensive that it was obvious very few would sell (hint hint, thats the recipe for anything becoming a collectors item). In 20 years people will still be passing down the story of “hey, remember that time Apple went crazy and made an 18k gold smart watch for $10k that nobody bought?” By that point they will probably triple in value.

[@zaneyates5704]

How many Apple Watch Editions were actually ever sold?

[@Harrythehun]

Isn’t the gold watch as same as with the wheels. They aren’t for boosting sales, only for elevate the perceived level of luxury for the Apple brand. More money in high volume “luxury” items.

[@Raja995mh33]

The resell value ob the normal Apple Watches is not THATS bad tho. After a year you actually probably could sell it for almost the same price. After 2-3 year that drops to like 2/3 or half but that's it. Here in Germany the Series 4 for example back in 2018 cost 450€ and a few months back I bought one for 230€ which was by far the best price I could found for a good condition version. 3 years later and still air mir than half the price.

[@paulwoo804]

My Apple Watch Series 1 (2015) is still working after 6 years, very impressive.

[@milehighed52801]

Great video as always, Drew! Quick sidebar issue, do you know about iCave Dave’s 1st Anniversary live stream on 8/15? He’d like to line up a bunch of You Tubers as guests that can pop in for a spell during the 6 hours he’ll be live. I think he mentioned that a few big names are going to be on like Luke Miani, Jon Prosser, Brian Tong and perhaps a few others. It would be great if you could make it on. You can hit him up on Twitter at @iCave Dave. I hope you can join us, it should be a good time. He has a nice little, but quickly growing channel.

[@deltadom33]

I have been trying to find the first generation 💲🤑💲 17000 dollar and how much it is worth now . I wonder whether it will be a paperweight soon.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

[@ManuelGonzalez-kq4gi]

I’m also a huge apple sheep I’ve never been into expensive watches cause I feel like my phone works just fine to tell the time & I feel like I would have a target on my back wearing one & wasn’t interested in watches till the Apple Watch with all its features, great minds think alike

[@ebertmorales5845]

I’d be very interested in having a company make solid metal bumpers, for me platinum, that then would offer a service to melt down the bumper and have it remade into a new bumper when apple changes the Apple Watch body itself. So basically recycling and taking the invest on to a new Apple Watch along with an service fees and/or metal weight changes.

[@NowherewithNate]

This is the most apple sheep 🐑 video ever lol 😂 love apple to though

[@good-tn9sr]

Watching people justify this in the comment section is quite amusing. Rich people don’t like to waste time charging their own watch. Wearing an Apple Watch among the rich was a fad and now Rolex, AP, Patek, etc. are now just the standard. That’s where the appeal comes from, the fact that the middle class can’t afford the name brand at all. Whereas with Apple, you see people using their stimulus checks on this watch.

[@samuelmanny6231]

If it has high trade in value to Apple store...it will be a hit even if they make new good ones every 2 years

[@davidkaplan5517]

Gold watches exist….. but they don’t become obsolete…. A Rolex lasts a lifetime and holds its value.

[@room11news]

Honestly, the Gold Apple watch looked so good. I would buy it for the clout

[@Jferrari427]

The gold Apple Watch was nothing more than a PR stunt/status impression to make a splash. Think Tesla Cybertruck window smashing on stage.

[@jsn593]

Yeah, it’s even more stupid than I thought. Overpaying for aging technology.

[@postnick]

About what they paid for it, aren't you losing out due to inflation?

[@katrinabryce]

If you buy a 50 year old Rolex, it will still work as a watch. A 50 year old Apple Watch is going to be utterly obsolete and unusable, and probably won't even switch on as the battery will have long since departed this life, along with the capacitors and various other bits of the circuit board. People will buy both of course, but the people who want to show off how rich they are, they would get the Rolex; so that is a much larger market. Also, in 50 years time, I think there won't be that much difference in price between a gold and steel Apple Watch 1.

[@sigalroman8547]

I can see the 18K valeu going up double or thriple…

[@calvingreen7197]

We’ll see…

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Didn’t people learn their lesson with series 1?

[@ator1]

I agree, if money is no concern and you're a fan of the Apple brand and the Apple Watch, then it's legitimate to buy this version. However, objectively speaking, it's not a worthwhile investment. The money spent on it is essentially lost. Reselling will likely be challenging, and the value won't increase much because there are very few interested buyers. Moreover, it's still a smartwatch. Eventually, the battery will degrade. As far as I know, this specific Apple Watch model doesn't receive any service from Apple anymore. So, one might end up paying $18,000, and Apple won't even replace the battery. 😅

[@proxa2087]

I’m surprised that no one is mentioning that the graph on the right at 3:30 doesn’t add up to 100%

[@duckmasterflex]

It was a gamble that they would discontinue the gold Apple Watch, if they kept the line it would now be worth nothing

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

It would still be worth something. It would be worth *less* than what people paid, but given the limited sales I suspect original gold Apple Watches would still sell for $800-$1000. That would kill the idea of them being an *investment,* but there's still some bragging rights in being able to say "I'm wearing a solid gold watch".

[@edd9581]

If it cannot have the battery replaced is expensive garbage 🗑

[@Shannon_Vlogs]

I know it was kind of frivolous, but it was also kind of pretty.

[@tannerl6901]

They could do a limited 100 or so sell units for each model

[@nicholashunt5230]

How about 18K Gold AirPods (along with 18K Gold AirPods Case)?

[@christianadamo]

My only Apple watch that I have and use daily is the 1st generation stainless steel one

[@nemesisut8793]

In a pandemic era unemployment, etc. This is just tone Def... but 🍎 is 🍎 and the product is most likely for the 1% and the collector

[@Saulibarra1111]

the original Apple Watch was water resistant

[@kkbrook11]

Great Video drew

[@TailosiveTech]

Thanks!

[@zijielim4652]

It was a investment move

[@bdfwhhsb]

Love the thumbnail!!

[@michaelrobb9708]

I’d rather invest in Apple Gold than the stocks

[@GustavoMdMc]

yeah I think they could make a gold and diamond encrusted watch

[@GustavoMdMc]

and they could have original solid gold watch bands

[@MrDeevo]

Funny, Apple often seems to have the last laugh......

[@ichernov]

So, for 9 minutes he is repeating that guys who bought edition Watch back in 2015 can now sell them for similar price if not more. For 9 minutes straight, repeating and repeating same idea. Did I miss something?

[@mariohoopedme]

OK the apple tax is extremely high on this product. It doesn't cost anything near 10,000 dollars to produce that amount of gold

[@blackduncan9812]

So it was a good investment for people who had or have 20k to spend on a rare thing that will most likely appreciate in value. Doesn't make it smart nor dumb just means that the unattainable things by a popular brand will always hold some significant value therfore for the people that can pay to play it makes since. This watch isn't some work of art or something to be appreciated. It's just another piece of rare tech history that will only keep its value because people that have that kind of money want it to. Trust me if anyone has a rolex and needs money immediately there are dozens of people that will line up at a snap of a finger to buy it. The apple watch is the thing that needs the right auction the right two buyers and the right economy to actually sell for the best price. Sure will you be able to get at least a couple grand out of it yes. But an actually valuable object is always sought after and the buyers will always be there. Point being is that if you have 20k+ to just spend without a worry in the world and your a big apple fan there are worse things to buy with that money.

[@jqyhlmnp]

Just update/release 10 or 100 gold apple watches per year and give the money to charity.

[@diaby90]

Damm you’re right. 🤙🏿

[@Notfallkaramell]

I don't like gold. Not my colour. I would love to see silver. Not real silver, just the colour of silver.

[@WyattXNT]

So buying the gold Apple Watch was an investment? 😂

[@GrimAbstract]

Not a great one, but an investment haha

[@TailosiveTech]

Held it's value much better than any other Apple Watch lol

[@schrum9613]

I think it would be cool for the Apple Watch to still tell time even without it being paired to an iPhone, that way if you have one that loses support you can still use it as a regular watch

[@SupremeCyril]

Wtf are u saying?? The Apple Watch ⌚️ still tells time even when the battery is dead. U don’t need software support to use it as a regular watch. There’re ppl who still own the Apple Watch series2 wht do u think they do with it? 🤔

[@schrum9613]

@@SupremeCyril I think I included somewhere in there the watch not being paired to an iPhone, like if somehow it’s old enough to not even pair at some point in the future, so someone could own a series 0 10 years from now and still use it for regular time keeping even though they couldn’t pair it to their phone. As of now you can not use the Apple Watch for anything if it’s not paired to the iPhone at all. Which is what I’m talking about.

[@theliftedbar4610]

18Karot Gold is too soft. 10Karot.

[@SM-gp4fy]

third

[@SimonCHulse]

Selling for the same amount, though, is actually a loss due to inflation… Just saying

[@TheUnrealCousinzzz]

no hate but it seems like ur really out of ideas for videos

[@TailosiveTech]

Everyone is. I'm open to any suggestions! But just cause you're not into an idea doesn't mean I'm out of them

[@ryanliu117]

@@TailosiveTech new iPad Pro leaks? Or if they’re not their then what you would like to see and other speculation maybe?

[@samuelmanny6231]

This video is actually a good one...something you won't see others cover