Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch

Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by nlunbeck on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:28PM (#37745304)

I'm curious what the convention is for gold consumer electronics at EoL. Do you bring it into a jeweler and get the gold casing pried off and melted down?

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Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by SSLy on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:31PM (#37745340)

People have repurposed gen0/1 AW's into mechanical watches with a bit square-ish case.

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Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by Cockbrand on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:37PM (#37745388)

I kinda expect a YouTube video to exist of a Chinese hardware hacker transplanting the Watch 9 innards into an obsolete gold (or better: ceramic) Apple Watch case.

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Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by surfingdino on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:31PM (#37745335)

Ultimate planned obsolescence and an ultimate flex.

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Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by twoodfin on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:43PM (#37745459)

I’m not sure it will beat the S&P 500 or Apple stock, but I’d bet that an OG Apple Watch Edition will hold its value better than the gold you’d melt out of it.

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