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		offices on Oct 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Wa... In hindsight, that's a massive premium on the value of the gold. It might even have been cheaper to commission your own.

potmat on Oct 3, 2023 [–]

Not even that hard, there are many jewellers who will gold plate an Apple Watch for you: https://quickjewelryrepairs.com/articles/what-you-need-know-...

Almost certainly much less than 17k.

Toutouxc on Oct 3, 2023 | [–]

To be fair, the gold Apple Watch was not just gold plated, a substantial part [0] of it was actual 18k gold.

[0] https://twitter.com/gak_pdx/status/568310194406469632

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