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by Kai Ryssdal
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 11:51
This final note on the way out, in which we mix popular culture, high tech and metallurgy.
The folks at Slate have been poring over Apple's patent applications for that Apple Watch you may have heard so much about. It turns out, Apple's invented a new way to make 18-karat gold for it's top-of-the-line watches.
It's complicated, and I'm not a scientist, but Apple plans to use something called, "metal matrix composite."
It's still actual 18-karat gold technically, but it lets the company and this is a quote from its patent filing use "as little gold as possible."
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)10,000 dollars for a cheap watch ? I think not.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)once my house is paid off, I have sworn that I will buy an Omega Speedmaster Pro. Yeah, it is a mechanical watch that you manually wind- but it was the official watch of Apollo, and I love everything Apollo.
tridim
(45,358 posts)QVC will be all over this.
Initech
(100,102 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Just waitiing until they are released.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)I use a Jawbone everyday and love the features that offers, the Apple watch will just build upon that for me.
Initech
(100,102 posts)With a price tag 10x that of the original.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Pre-Apple watch | Post-Apple watch
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Sort of like whipped cream?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)jpak
(41,759 posts)HOTDAWG!!!!!!1111
Xithras
(16,191 posts)The contents of the other 25% don't really matter, but they can't screw you on that 75%. If they tried, you can bet the lawyers would be lined up around the block to sue them for misrepresentation.