„The unsung heroes of the Apple Watch are its hidden buttons“
Apple has purchased hundreds of the multimillion-dollar CNC machines, ex-engineers say. “At the time, the largest buyer of these machines was Rolex. And then Apple bought more than anyone had ever bought, including Rolex up until that point.” […]
How precise are we talking? Well, for a little perspective, a human hair is about 70 microns thick, and a regular CNC can cut down to about plus or minus 50 microns. As for the fancy-schmancy Swiss CNCs for cutting the Apple Watch band slot? The accuracy is plus or minus five microns, the ex-Apple engineers say.
Bandbreite führt eine Liste aller Watch-Armbänder, die Apple seit 2015 veröffentlichte. Inzwischen existieren 642 Varianten.
But Apple does do a clever job of introducing owners to the band release button and interchangeable straps when they first open the box. If you’ve bought an Apple Watch after the first few Series models, you know that the watch and band don’t come preattached. This is partly logistics: the sheer number of SKUs required for all sizes, variations, and bands of the Apple Watch. But you also learn by doing, and a well-known former editor of the world’s most influential watch publication thinks that Apple may be educating the masses about a small piece of horology.
Zusätzliche Armbänder waren an Tag 1 erhältlich. Allerdings dauerte es bis zur Series 4, bis das beigelegte Armband tatsächlich nicht mehr an der Uhr befestigt ausgeliefert wurde.