Lusting after the gold Apple Watch Edition but don’t have the funds for Jony Ive’s $17,000 timepiece? You could take out a second mortgage on the house, or sell a kidney. Or you could do what artist Casey Neistat did and manually turn an Apple Watch Sport into a golden beauty.
Neistat only had $399, so he decided to preorder the black Sport model and then carefully painted it gold. Sure, his method might void your warrant, and it doesn’t look perfect, but it’s better than spending your kid’s college savings just to be as fly as Drake.
You can do it too, just follow the steps in the video below:
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
9 responses to “How to turn your $399 Apple Watch gold”
lol
haha I kinda love this. Too funny!
Wow, we are all really impressed over here!
Is there any similar way that i might convince people that my laptop is made out of diamonds?
That was unexpected. Good job, Casey!
This dude just did it for the video. Painting the watch is stupid.
What’s it like to take $420 and set in on fire?
Lol. That is brave.
This would have been better if he finished it in gold leaf. It’s inexpensive and will look like real gold…because it is.
hah! Those rich folk wont be able to show off anymore.