Apple stores won’t let you walk out with an Apple Watch for the foreseeable future, but select boutiques around the world will have certain models in stock this Friday, April 24th.
Dover Street Market in Tokyo and London, Maxfield in Los Angeles, Colette in Paris, the Corner in Berlin and 10 Corso Como in Milan will have limited Apple Watch inventory on launch day, reports The New York Times.
Those stores were listed by Apple as retail partners for the Watch earlier this month, but when the company made it clear that all orders had to be processed through its online store, retail availability came into question. Now it’s clear that a few places will have the Sport and stainless steel Apple Watch in stores this weekend.
The chief executive of Dover Street Market told the Times that stores would have around 350 Apple Watches in Ginza and 570 in London. But those seeking the luxurious Apple Watch Edition will leave empty handed because it’s been put on backorder.
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