Five years after Apple stops selling a product, it may become vintage, meaning Apple will still repair it. Five years after that, it can become obsolete, and Apple no longer offers hardware service or parts. Todays that day for the Apple Watch Series 1. Heres what that means
In a nutshell, both. Theyre the same picture device. When Apple released the original Apple Watch in 2015, it didnt have a Series number. The next year, when Apple introduced two new models, Series 1 and Series 2, it retroactively renamed the original Apple Watch as Series 0.
While the Series 1 was basically a repackaged Series 0 with a faster processor, Series 2 was the true successor of the original Apple Watch, also adding GPS and water resistance.
Today, the Apple Watch Series 1 was officially moved from vintage to obsolete list (via MacRumors ), joining the Series 2, which, interestingly, gained the obsolete designation in November 2024.
While Apple can tag a product as vintage or obsolete once the five- or ten-year mark has passed, it often waits until it runs out of service parts to make the change. In this case, the company likely ran out of parts for the Series 2 before it did for the Series 1. Now, its probably out of parts for both.
If youre still sporting a Series 1 Apple Watch, its not necessarily the end of the linebut getting support may be trickier, as youll now have to rely on select third-party service centers.
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