This Swiss Apple Watch clone is only $30,000 — what makes it different

This Swiss Apple Spotter clone is only $30,000 — what makes it different

(Epitome credit: H. Moser & Cie)

Nosotros've seen a lot of companies take "inspiration" from the Apple tree Sentinel'south design in the years since launch, mimicking everything from the rounded rectangular pattern all the way to the digital crown. The Swiss Alp Scout takes things to a whole new level.

That's non because this scout looks identical to the Apple Watch. Nosotros've already established plenty of companies have gone downwards that route. It'southward because it costs an centre-watering $30,800.

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You read that correctly. This watch, made by H. Moser & Cie, is available to purchase for almost $31,000. Information technology'southward an absurd amount to pay for anything that doesn't have at least iv walls, or 4 wheels.

Believe it or not, this is really a follow-up to a previous Apple Watch-like device. H. Moser and Cie made its first Swiss Alp Lookout man back in 2016 shortly after the launch of the original Apple Picket. That was a $24,900 joke, and despite the Apple tree Sentinel inspired design, information technology was a purely mechanical spotter. Absolutely zero smarts, just a purely mechanical watch that happened to take a rectangular lookout face.

The latest Swiss Alp Spotter, or "Final Upgrade" equally it's being chosen, is no different. Information technology's a purely mechanical lookout man that merely so happens to accept the exact same wait as an Apple tree Lookout man. Though, this time the joke has been taken a step further by blacking almost the unabridged face so it looks like a piece of tech.

The traditional seconds paw has besides been swapped out for a punch that makes information technology look like the watch is constantly buffering. Apparently a customer suggested the pattern, and if you desire a scout that looks like it's stuck in a start-up loop, the Swiss Alp Lookout man may be the sentinel for you.

Of course at that place'south more to it than that. The sentinel's dial is colored in Vantablack, one of the darkest substances known to humans which can absorb up to 99.965% of visible light. So it's a pretty extravagant device, as if the price hadn't already made that clear.

H. Moser and Cie uses the phrase "Very Rare" in its marketing. To me that comes across as more than than slightly ironic, since information technology reminds me of eBay sellers trying to flog common items for far more than they're worth. Is that the case here? I couldn't say, but I certainly wouldn't e'er pay shut to this much for a sentinel - smart or otherwise.

Then again, I'grand clearly not the target audience hither.

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