In a recent interview with The Financial Times Apple's chief designer Jonathan Ive shared new details about Apple Watch. Talking about creating the first wearable computer company, he noted that Apple has developed a new type of watch gold.
"Molecules gold Apple are close to each other, which makes the material stronger than twice the usual gold" - said Ive.
In Ars Technica suggests that a new type of material can be a major innovation in the Apple Watch. In December last year, Apple has received a patent for a "method and apparatus for forming the matrix of the composite for the golden metal". Metal matrix composites allow manufacturers to create complex components, such as 3D-printing. It is possible that Apple has used this technology in the development of an alloy for expensive versions of Apple Watch.
According to analysts, the company may purchase for purposes of production Apple Watch a third of the gold mined from the bowels of the planet. It is so much need to meet the projected demand for Apple Watch Edition. These models will be performed in 18-carat gold.In Cupertino are going to start selling luxury produce enough copies to satisfy the initial high demand.
Analysts forecast sales of Apple Watch at one million per month, focusing on the demand of the Asian markets, especially China. Purchasing expensive modifications hours, people will buy gold. In the luxury model contains about 30 grams of the precious metal. In terms of the number of copies sold would be about 750 tons of gold a year. About as precious metal for the year imports India - the second largest importer after China. Meanwhile, across the globe from the depths extracted annually about 2,500 tonnes (1,500 tons more smelted from scrap).