Apple Rumored to Offer Personal Engravings on Apple Watch

Thursday March 5, 2015 6:41 AM PST by Mitchel Broussard
apple_watch_back Apple may give customers the ability to engrave personalized messages onto the upcoming Apple Watch, according to French Apple and tech site iPhonote [Google Translate].

According to the website's source, who remained anonymous due to their "involvement at Apple", the company would offer an engraving option similar to that of products like the iPhone, iPad, and iPod lines.

The contact, however, remains unsure of whether the feature would be available on the Apple Watch's launch date or not. They remain "almost certain", however, that the customization option will emerge for the device eventually.

An engraving option certainly makes sense for Apple's new fashion-focused wearable, especially considering that essentially all of the company's mobile products include the personalization option, but the small footprint of the Watch does raise questions on where the actual engraving would be located.

The heart rate sensor located on the device's backside takes up nearly all of the real estate of the 38mm or 42 mm device, although drastic character count limitations could perhaps fit truncated messages around the sensor. There's also a possibility that more room could be found on the device's side opposite the Digital Crown, but until Apple officially announces the engraving service, it remains to be seen where the personal messages would fit onto the wearable.

Despite being announced nearly six months ago, a number of details on the Apple Watch have yet to be revealed in the lead-up to its April launch. Last week, the company sent out invites for the "Spring Forward" media event to take place Monday, March 9 and for which most evidence points towards a heavy focus on pricing and launch day details for the new wearable device.

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Snookerman
45 months ago

Personal engraving. The one sure fire way to lower resale value.


That's why I'll engrave "Prototype" on mine.
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troop231
45 months ago

That's why I'll engrave "Prototype" on mine.


That's too obvious. How about EVT and some random number instead :)
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Sodner
45 months ago
Personal engraving. The one sure fire way to lower resale value.
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levitynyc
45 months ago
Further killing any resale value these things will have in a couple of years when they are already out of date and the battery lasts for 6 hours.
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Waxhead138
45 months ago

Further killing any resale value these things will have in a couple of years when they are already out of date and the battery lasts for 6 hours.


It's just going to be option. People won't have to do it.
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filmantopia
45 months ago

hmm is there a possibility there will be a way to update your iwatch by keeping the skeleton? werent the internals all cased?


Many people think this will happen, but it won't. Not because Apple "never does anything differently" as the comment above mine suggests sarcastically, but because it makes zero sense from a business perspective.

Apple will focus on getting people to purchase their new watches with the newest features, not limiting their future design flexibility nor wasting money and Apple Store resources for an "internal swap" program just to keep old watches in circulation for as long as possible. Apple has too much to gain from getting everyone to have the latest product.
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JaySoul
45 months ago
"Your $10,000 Edition Watch has a Best Before End date of 2 years."
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heeloliver
45 months ago
that'd be pretty cool! Although I have no clue where they'd place it.
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technosix
45 months ago

People spend that much for a plane ticket or a hand bag. The Edition is not intended to be a priceless heirloom that people save up to buy as an investment. It's for people who don't need to ask how much it cost. $5-10K is a drop in the bucket for the people who will be buying it. They'll just buy a new one in a year or two when its updated, no problem.

Celebrities, pro sport players, CEOs, hedgefund babies, etc etc. are Apple customers and tech enthusiasts. There will be *plenty* of buyers like this. I used to work at an Apple Store and I assure you there is no shortage of black-card customers.


Excellent post!

Especially in Silicon Valley, SF, LA, and San Diego, four very wealthy areas in CA alone. Add in other wealthy communities across the U.S. Including New York and other areas of the Eastern Coast and within the U.S.A. by itself there's vast potential.
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Peel
45 months ago
If I'm getting my $10,000 Edition watch engraved, Apple better give me back the microscopic gold etching that's removed from the back of the phone.
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