At $10k it's one of the cheaper solid gold watches out there. I'm sure for quite a few wealthy people in China $10k is a perfectly fine price point for a disposable tech toy with some cool features.
What surprised me was the price for the bands for the stainless steel version of Apple Watch. Sure a link bracelet from Omega would run you upward to $1000, and I'm sure Apple's one may even match Omega's in quality, but an Omega watch starts at $6k minimum, which means a band costs at most 15% of the price of the Watch.
Where as in Apple's case those bands are priced at 40 - 80% of the price of the watch they are meant for, that's...very uncommon in the watch world.
What surprised me was the price for the bands for the stainless steel version of Apple Watch. Sure a link bracelet from Omega would run you upward to $1000, and I'm sure Apple's one may even match Omega's in quality, but an Omega watch starts at $6k minimum, which means a band costs at most 15% of the price of the Watch.
Where as in Apple's case those bands are priced at 40 - 80% of the price of the watch they are meant for, that's...very uncommon in the watch world.