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it's here finally the day you can touch an Apple watch but not yet take it home I'm Bridget Carey and this is your seen that update if you have not yet ordered an Apple watch you may have to wait until the summer to own one on Friday apple began taking pre-orders for its first SmartWatch and supply went so fast that within an hour the delivery date was pushed to may in June for some models the first orders will be delivered in two weeks on friday april 24th but if you want to feel it for yourself before the launch the watches are now on display as stores around the world for you to try on I stopped by the New York City flagship apple store on Fifth Avenue to see the fitting experience first hand very few people were lined up outside to get appointments when the store opened at 9am some were up at 3am ordering online and came by to touch and feel what they just paid for others were Apple fans that didn't pre-order but stop by at a curiosity to see it in person in the case of this 16 year old on spring break trying it on convinced him to pre-order right there with an employee at the store now you can make an appointment for fitting online or by walking into a store if you want to try on the luxury $10,000 gold edition model keep in mind that not all stores carry it so check ahead online the fitting gives you a chance to see what the different bands are like but the watch itself will loop a demo and you can feel the taptic feedback this is not a buzz like a phone vibration it really feels like a tiny tapping on your wrist I tried on the mid-range stainless steel Apple watch thirty eight millimeter size with a pink modern buckle strap the total price seven hundred and fifty dollars I also tried on the same model with a Milanese loop strap that's six hundred and fifty dollars now both felt comfortable around my tiny wrist and certainly getting on your wrist makes it so tempting to order one right there the process is very personalized like picking out jewellery even if you don't have an appointment to try it on you can still see what the watch is like in stores with demo models that are affixed to tables you can't take it off the table but you can scroll through the screens at your own pace the experiences were similar around the globe the first stores to offer were in Australia and in London in France some high-end department stores have special Apple sections next to other luxury watch brands like the Galeries Lafayette in Paris and selfridges in London is the only non apple shop in the UK where it can be seen on Friday apple also began taking orders for the new ultra thin gold colored macbook which starts at thirteen hundred dollars not long after going on sale the wait time for delivery for a gold model was pushed three to four weeks but silver and Space Gray ready to ship within one to three business days that your tech news update for more you can hit cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey