The watch was released in 2015 and Apple has listed the first-gen Apple Watch models, including the solid-gold Edition, as "obsolete."

For those not familiar with Apple's method of abandoning its products, "obsolete" doesn't just mean the end of software support, it means the end of hardware support: the company will no longer provide parts, repairs, or replacement services.  Of course it might still work, but if it doesn't the user is history.

The solid-gold Apple Watch Edition was something of a passion project for Apple's former lead designer, Jony Ive. When it launched, it was seen on the wrists of influential celebrities, including German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who, like Beyonce, wore it with a gold link bracelet that was never available to the public.