“When it comes to gold-slathered Apple products, there are plenty of options. Most people who buy them sneeze money and think nothing of tossing cash at a gaudy, high-priced accessory like an iPad with diamonds and T. rex bones,” Amanda Kooser reports for CNET. “Ted Chapanian, however, came by his gold iPod watch through a whole lot of personal hard work.”
“The AuPod is made from a 6th generation iPod Nano and 18-karat gold,” Kooser reports. “It took over 500 hours to build and cost $2,500 in materials.”
Kooser reports, “Several screens were cracked during the build through trial and error. The worst catastrophe during the project was an issue with the centrifuge that sent tiny bits of molten gold flying everywhere around the room.”
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pretty cool.
You have to admire the diverse set of skills this guy has… He even made is own leather watch band!
yeah, it’s like Old World craftsmanship meets Silicon Valley high technology.
Geek is right. I love it when he puts the plaster casting in the water and you see the wood flooring.
The end product is pretty cool.
I have a piece of fossilized shark poop.
well gold plate that sucker and strap it to your wrist!!! 😉
Now that’s someone who’s determined to get something done!
Give that guy a Gold Star or would that be redundant!?
I’m sure he can make his own gold stars! lol!
Samsung is making a gold watch with a Galaxy S3 and will try to sell them to Sumo wrestlers.
gold, Jerry, gold.
Spectacular. Extremely well done Ted Chapanian.
Thanks to share, it was a pleasure to watch.
Pretty neat. He should show it off in an Apple stare. I want to see how customers and employees react to it, lol
I know he wanted to make everything himself, which I add is awesome to achieve, but a nicer wristband would have set it off nicely. His band’s quality looked too homemade for the higher end look of the rest of the watch.
Was amazing to see that process though.
I had the same thought, pretty cool the effort he went through, but the wristband looked like an afterthought.
Guy couldn’t wait 6 more months for Apple to come out with a watch?
WOW all I can say is WOW…you sir ARE the MAN!
Something you want to wear when you can’t afford to buy a ‘Timex’?
Nice!
Talk about panic when the gold is flying all over. Not cheap these days.