Apple Watch Series 9

The Apple Watch is as ubiquitous as other Apple gadgets and iconic by default. It’s a digital watch in the sense that it uses digital technology — integrated circuits and information conveyed in the form of ones and zeros. Its display can also be digital, but then again it can be almost anything, from traditional watch dial designs to an analog Mickey Mouse tapping his foot to many forms of digital displays.

The Apple Watch, of course, deserves its iconic status for more than being ubiquitous. Its designers studied the traditional watch industry and created a product full of nods that watch snobs should appreciate (the above-mentioned dial designs among them). The Apple Watch was truly a big deal when it was announced. It seemed to realize sci-fi fantasies, change the status of wearable tech and go on to wide adoption, outpacing the entire Swiss watch industry by some measurements.