Everyone explains the spectacular features of the Apple Watch Ultra compared to its smaller brothers. But there’s one you don’t know until you put one on your wrist. Lester. Not that that’s an exaggeration, as it obviously weighs a lot less than any stainless steel sports watch, but it shows.
Especially if you previously wore a normal Apple Watch of any series. It weighs almost twice as much as an Apple Watch Series 8, so it looks like one of the new things about the second-generation Apple Watch Ultra that we’ll see in September is that it weighs a little less.
The first Apple Watch Ultra model currently on sale, released a year ago, weighs 61.3 grams. It’s arguably the heaviest Apple Watch, since the 41mm Apple Watch Series 8. standard aluminum weighs half, 31.9 gr. The one in stainless steel, 42.3 gr. And if we go to 45 mm, we see that the aluminum finish weighs 39.1 grams, and the stainless steel 51.5 grams.
A resin version?
So it looks like Apple has been working on a slightly lighter version of the sporty Apple Watch this year. This ties in with the rumor that Ming-Chi Kuo “dropped” a few days ago when he explained that the second generation of the Apple Watch Ultra would incorporate parts made with 3D printing technology.
A part made with this 3D printing technology can be made of different materials that are lighter than titanium, such as plastics, resins or even carbon fiber.
We will therefore be waiting for this new Apple Watch Ultra 2 model which will be presented with the rest of the Apple Watch 2023 range during the Apple event in September. We are still surprised to have a more expensive version in titanium, and a lighter (and less expensive) version in resin, like the Casio G-SHOCK, for example.
