One of the first fairly mainstream media articles re:Apple w

[gwells]

That gets it right

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-appl ... ess-2015-6

[marchone]

That's about it. The Apple Watch will need to go a long way in development before it's a threat to mechanical watches. And maybe never. They respond to two different markets: one in place and the other nascent.

[AtomicTom]

Interesting article Greg ! ..Makes some great points really. Always have kind
of thought these watches would compete more with smart phones, than regular
watches, or mechanical watches like you guys are saying also.

[Joeprez]

This quote, in my opinion, is spot on:

But that's a good thing for the Swiss — those younger buyers weren't going to be luxury watch customers ever, without the Apple Watch coming along to get them into wearing something one their wrists.

[HapaHapa]

Good article. Great points.
Andrea - maybe you could set up the digital display to mimic a bracelet or other interesting pattern and wear both watch and gadget?

[bzabodyn]

This quote, in my opinion, is spot on:

But that's a good thing for the Swiss — those younger buyers weren't going to be luxury watch customers ever, without the Apple Watch coming along to get them into wearing something one their wrists.

This has been the only positive to the Apple watch IMO. Who knows how everything is going to shake out but it'll be interesting to "watch" it unfold....

BZ