Apple Watch Edition Unboxing and First Impressions 

We need more kind old gentlemen on RU-vid

The guy on the right is very knowledgable, you should have him in more watch videos

I don't know why but I really enjoyed watching this video. It's kinda like seeing Enzo Ferrari analysing a Tesla. Great Job iFixit.

I very much appreciate the guest's input especially on his point of longevity. Great video overall.

Ali looks like a cool guy to meet!

4:55 he was completely right, now the series 0 apple watch is very slow and hasn't had a software update in years.

I come from the future. This watch has been discontinued, with ceramic and apple said fuck you if you bought the 17,000 dollar watch.

Loved this video. Interesting to see a traditional watch masters views on a product like this.

I saw a guy wearing a an Apple gold watch. It immediately caught my attention. It looked really nice. I was impressed

So they buy a watch they had no intention of keeping except for the sole purpose of doing a video for $ and returning it? Lame

old gentleman really nailed it. Calm, composed and top of it the experience he is having.

Fantastic insight from the jeweler (and great leading questions as well). This was truly fun to watch!

I really appreciate the dynamic in this video between your questions and the watchmakers experience.

GREAT IDEA - A watchmaker & certified jeweler along for the unboxing! Ali gives a great perspective. Even with quips like 'these were designed by people who don't create watches,' he manages to recognize the impressive virtues of the 'product.' Maybe it shouldn't be called a watch - maybe a 'wrist wear device' instead?

Interesting, I've had my stainless steel watch for a bit now and have enjoyed it, but I haven't actually thought about the perspective of a seasoned watchmaker on their thoughts of the build and finish on a smartwatch. But the more I look at it, the more I love the look of the Apple Watch, and it really IS interesting to hear a seasoned opinion. Many thanks for this video.

4:57 he predicted. The watchOS 5 2018 update dropped the support for the 2015 Apple watches.

Loved hearing the jeweler's thoughts.

I'd love to hear more from Mr. Athari and watches he works with, vastly more interesting than the Apple Watch

Let's get some more watch videos from Ali and his watch skills!

That watch guy is so cool. He's part of a Dying Breed. Hopefully guys like this will always be around. The Apple watch is cool but it's certainly a joke when it comes to people that really enjoy watches or timepieces. I'm currently wearing a series 3 Apple watch but I understand that it's a piece of tech that it will be outdated in two to three years tops

This was great, really interesting to hear your thoughts!

Great interview and with a knowledge noble watch expert made this one of my best watched ever

I would like to see this guys takes on other watches as well , like the Moto 360

Great video !!! Thank you !

Ali is so interesting, really made this video for me. Great work guys.

Now you don’t get watchOS 5 on that $17K 18Karat Gold Apple Watch. While the series 4 with gold stainless steel case only cost around $700~

nice to meet you ali :) amazing experience man :)

DAFAQ you gona do when version 2 comes out in 6 months? :)

I want this kind of video on other smartwatches, like some andriod watches, you can make more of them in one video if you want too.

not the future of watches but an evolution of the smartphone and associated tech

Can u say the gold enclosure is flush with the sapphire all the way around?

Those glasses are badass

So what do you think about this....... Ali : I'm impressed

That guy with the beard.. First of all, his beard is amazing Second, his voice is amazing XD

i kept thinking i want this watch guy be a voice in a pixar movie

We need more grand masters with awesome beards on the Internet!

What a fascinating and interesting guest. Great video.

Did he actually go through with the trade? I mean he's got a boat that's awesome!

I wanna know what watch the watch master is wearing. That's the watch that I want. If its good enough for him...

I'd rather buy a $6k Rolex and then a stainless steel apple watch. Best of both worlds and still save a couple thousand dollars. Then again, the people buying the edition probably don't care at all about money.

I have a working pulsar 18k digital watch .

I’m agree that Apple watches are a blip in the road for people like Ali who work with genuine watches like Rolex’s, citizen watches, jaeger lecoultres, etc. Every year Apple comes out with some new feature that makes people go out and buy the newer version. From series 1 to 2 it was water resistance. Series 3 to 4 it was the increase in the screen size and EKG tracking. People are saying series 6 will be for blood oxygen, but the sensors on the back potentially already have that tech so it would probably be just a software update to activate it in older apps. I foresee series 6 and 7 being potentially the same as series 5 with maybe new watch bands and new watch faces (which will be available on series 5 in a software update). I don’t foresee a major change to Apple Watch coming until/unless they change to what Samsung does and makes a circular watch. I mean even sleep tracking is coming with something as simple as a OS update. I’m interested to see the new features for Apple Watch series 6 but I highly doubt I’ll be buying one.

Great !!!

I don't quite get the purpose of this video (It's an overpriced luxury item for multi-millionaires or people with no sense) - but I enjoyed the seasoned jeweler's presence.

I feel like for people with the Apple Watch Edition Apple will make a program for Edition owners to send in their watch and have them upgrade to internals every year for like $3000-4000

TEARDOWN!

If you ever met a Master at anything I assume they would look just like Ali.

So what does Apple do with all of these returned Edition models?

LOL now they are the most popular watches in the world (literally)!

Well at least it has a charger. My mk 6 doesn’t have it now

Epic beard!

None of the watch markers designed this apple watch. Best line of all times

Nice to hear what a true watchmaker thinks about these "smart" watches and I totally agree with him. You can pass a high quality and precise Rolex (or other brand) watch to your children, grandchildren... but "smart" watches are going to end up in trash cans. It is the same with touch phones which are released every year with almost no design change.

People that bought these should buy a series 1 and swap those internals into this.

So you think it's better to buy a $10,000 Rolex???duh of course! My dad has a gold Rolex which was passed on to him when my grandfather died. I would absolutely laugh if it were an Apple Watch was passed on to him. It would be so weird or wrong haha

10:56 suction cups?

Valyrian Gold made with Dragonfire and Magic

it's iPX7

That guy is cool

He looks like an old man in avatar the legend of aang, that from air nomad but work for fire nation making some war stuff

That little thing cost HOW Much!?!?!???

Interesting

Hold up, it's actual gold

What he was saying with gold being gold, apple has somehow made the gold twice as durable by using half as much. Don't ask how. I don't don't know.

I’m late I know but I’m with Ali. Apple should have done an upgrading thing for the Apple Watch Edition to series 2 or 3 for the ceramic watch edition. I hate apples trade in watch policy. You pay $350 for an Apple Watch but when you trade it in they only give you up to $150. I mean that’s awful. They need to make it like the iPhone where they at least give you $200-$250 back and if you have an hermes, give you $500-$600.

So You're not going to destroy it?

Nice video, there's some kind of awkwardness in it. It's mind blowing ...why would someone pay so much for this

Sorry, I was distracted by the majestic beard

actually my watch was delivered the same way the guy almost threw it to my face and ran

I think the $10k Apple Watch is a product that is designed for people who dispose devices without any second thoughts, marketed to people who wanted to use it for life.

I'd take the money and put into a dividend fund...

I definitely agree on his point regarding something like this versus the longevity of, say, a Rolex. I just don't get the point of this video; seems like it's just to shit on Apple here. The audience for this version - and the celebrities you've seen wearing them - only drive next year's model cars, and live in multi-million dollar homes. Too many Average Joes commenting on a product that's not aimed at them or their finances.

Around 17.000 $ for this thing? Wow Apple do you really think that you can compare with Rolex and Co.? Lol

I do not see the reason to pay dearly for something that is obsolete too fast, as in the case of apple products

I want a beard like that so bad

They don't want you to be able to Service it because they want to charge you to do it themselves

Sell me the charging box, I’ll pay whatever.

"high end product" the single difference from the stainless and the edition is the case material... the gold its self is worth nowhere near 10k... you wasted a LOT of money on a useless product.

75$ internals plated in gold for 5000$ and you get a 50 cent silicone armband with it,very stylish Apple marketing department is loughing all the day forom how silly their fans are!. And I didn't know that when you put a charging cradle in a box it makes the box automaticly a build in charger.... for that money Apple could have had spend another one that is really build in.

its not a watch its a computer lol

Pineapples.

I knew spending that much on a watch would be a waste of money. The ceramic one out now isn't as bad of an investment. I think Apple wanted money for research and development so they released the overpriced stupid solid gold one.

If money doesn't matter because you are rich as sh!t, ok. There is still the gold that will be worth something, but probably much less than you paid for. If you spend 10k$ for a proper mechanical watch by a well known brand it's value is much more stable. Depending on the model it's value may increase over time.

That beard......

This is very educational as this master watch maker tells the truth and I would love to use him as my watch caretaker. You can tell he is full of wisdom. Apple at this point probably feels like dummies for coming out with this dumb watch thinking they could compete with Rolex price points.

Impressive...glorious beard.

Ali is an impostor he has a samsung

+Ricky Stafford Lol

Innovators

None of the Apple devices is designed with repair in mind!

It's product you melt down after three years but i'm guessing no one who can afford a throw away $1700 watch is going to recycle it rather throw it in a box and forget it.

If anything was worth watching in this video, it was the comment the jeweller made and that was you can have a rolex passed down for generations while the Apple watch seems like a total waste, kudos to that my friend!! Apple just knows how to market their stuff, its surprising to know that there isn't any difference in the sport and gold, expect for some fucking 18 carrot gold, LOL!!

Dat beard tho

That anti tarnish sticker is also on the stainless steel ones

Nope it took a year and then bye bye 🤦🏽‍♂️

That beard though.

:/

Thank you for your insight, Master Jedi. and thank you for an interesting, professional review, ifixit.com

Bet Apple LOVED the fact that 100's of youtube channels bought this to unbox it and send it right back to them. Returning something because you changed your mind is one thing. Buying something with intention to open it use it and return it, just seems unethical to me.

Apple are not exactly environmentally friendly, because they make their products hard to repair and hard to replace batteries.