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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


That ship has sailed; the original Apple Watches (widely referred to as Series 0) never updated beyond watchOS 4.3.2 in 2018.

It means the end of hardware support: the company will no longer provide parts, repairs, or replacement services.

When it launched, it was seen on the wrists of influential celebrities, including German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who, like Beyoncé, wore it with a gold link bracelet that was never available to the public.

Even folks who do drop five figures on watches tend to want something that’ll still tell time (and hold its value) in a couple of decades.

You could spend $10,000 to $30,000 on a Cartier Tank, still get a square watch, and not worry about whether you could get it serviced eight (or 80) years later.

As long as luxury watch manufacturers like Cartier exist (or Patek Philippe, Rolex, etc.


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