Apple Watch Hermès collection now available online

After being made available in limited quantities in specific Apple Retail Stores, the Apple Watch Hermès edition can now be purchased online for shipping or pick up at a nearby Apple Store. There are 10 models of this line of Apple Watch featuring a distinct Hermès watchface and font plus special bands from the famed French fashion house. Apple Watch Hermès collection is the first major collaboration between Apple and an established high fashion brand.

Apple Watch Hermes edition to be made available online for the first time on Friday

The first major collaboration between Apple and fashion house Hermes, the Apple Watch Hermes edition is expected to come to the Apple Store and Hermes.com.

Announced in September, the Apple Watch Hermes edition features special bands as well as a unique watchface for the Apple Watch edition. The Hermes line went on sale in October at select Apple retail locations, such as Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Toronto. Hermes also sold the product through its luxury boutiques.

Source: AppleInsider

Mockery is a form of flattery for Swiss Alp Watch, a $25,000 mechanical take on Apple Watch

Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie thought it was a clever idea to mock the Apple Watch (complete with an Apple-esque intro video), as well as copy the look and design of Cupertino's popular wearable, but put a mechanical movement. The Swiss Alp Watch is going to be made available in limited series of 50 units which will be sold for US $24,900. I wonder if they will earn enough to cover their legal costs.

Source: 9to5Mac

Review: Apple watchOS 2

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It has been a little bit over a year since we first saw Apple Watch and the wearable, which has reportedly sold over 7 million units, has been available in the market since April. Apple Watch is a unique product category for Apple, it doesn’t seem to follow the same yearly upgrade cycle as iPhones or Macs.

watchOS is the operating system that runs Apple Watch. The first version was quite basic, it served to synch the Watch with iPhones and mostly serve as a satellite device to the iPhone. Apps that supported watch OS could be accessed and controlled from the Apple Watch although it often seemed faster and more straightforward to just use the iPhone instead.

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