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Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by MBCook on Monday October 02, 2023 @07:28PM (#37745862)
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).

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Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by gunapologist99 on Monday October 02, 2023 @07:44PM (#37746025)
> 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.

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Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by __loam on Monday October 02, 2023 @10:49PM (#37747385)
Precious metal Rolexes can cost north of $30k
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Re:Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch by gunapologist99 on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:04PM (#37794828)
55g (1.940068 oz) of gold, worth approximately $2,425 at spot price in 2015: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP737?locale=en_US
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