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Wang Sicong, the son of mainland China's richest man, incited a virtual riot Tuesday after posting photos on Weibo of his Siberian Husky wearing not one, but two Apple Watch Editions on its front legs.
Wang's dog looks somewhat perplexed as to the reason for his shiny ankle adornment, but bears the weight well nonetheless. The set of five shots was uploaded to the dog's personal Weibo account via an iPhone 6, which is presumably also plated with gold.
"I have new watches! I'm supposed to have four watches since I have four long legs," the caption reads, as translated by Shanghaiist. "But that seems too tuhao so I kept it down to two, which totally fits my status. Do you have one?"
Tuhao is a derogatory Chinese term that refers to people who are rich, but lack corresponding social graces. Were it around at the time, Americans might have used the word to refer to the Clampett family from the Beverly Hillbillies.
The 42-millimeter Apple Watch Edition with white sport band retails for ¥88,800 ($14,318) in mainland China, meaning the value of the pooch's new bling exceeds $28,000.
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Where does the dog carry the 2 companion iPhones? ;-)
EDIT: Oh, never mind, the referring article indicates the dog has it's own Fendi bag.
Nice!
Wang Sicong, the son of mainland China's richest man, incited a virtual riot Tuesday after posting photos on Weibo of his Siberian Husky wearing not one, but two Apple Watch Editions on its front legs.
"Virtual riot"?? Really? Please AI, enlighten us why this even remotely qualifies as news because a bunch of whiny folks have problems with some rich guy strapping his pricey bling on a dog? He didn't "buy" those watches for his dog, but simply put them on it for a humor. It's obviously his watch and someone else's.
Jeez... we know there are starving kids in China, slave labor in Apple sweatshops but in the end it's his money to spend it as he see's fit.
Only the white sports band? Isn't that the Edition edition for poor people?
I'm guessing the watches are only on the dog for the time it takes to snap a silly photo.