Q: Shipping Info for the UK?

You might have seen that there's been a manufacturing issue at on of the two Watch suppliers - meaning Apple has had to reject their production (haptic notification mechanism failing). That appears to be the main cause of slow fulfilment

I Ordered mine at 8:03 on the pre-order date. just 3 minutes after release and i got a delivery date of 12-26 MAY. Space grey black strap. Have had no further emails since, so a bit dissapointed.

Am in Sussex.

Yes, it seems that space grey/black has been the ingle most popular combo so, unhappily for those who ordered it, it seems to be having the longest wait.

The manufacturing issue won't be helping either.

Sort of. The original article is here:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-faulty-taptic-engine-slows-roll-out-1430 339460

Apple has confirmed that there's an issue and that "no defective watches have been shipped to customers"

The inference from the article is that around half the production run is affected, which explain why (a) delivery timetables are so long and (b) why Apple hasn't been able to give more specific estimates.

However, as someone else in the thread noted, in recent days, people have been getting revised, shorter, estimates.

I know that they can't foresee issues like this, but this isn't something that is only just happening, otherwise Apple wouldn't know that they haven't shipped defective units. I don't understand how they could've continued with the marketing for the product, including the entire preorder fiasco when they knew they were have severe delays.

It just ruins the customer experience, deflates any excitement for the product and tarnishes the launch of what is a pretty incredible piece of technology.

Oh and still no movement on my order lol

My understanding is that they found out about the problem a very short time before deliveries were supposed to start (they call modern manufacturing and logistics "Just in Time" for a reason )

It might be better if they said openly that their original delivery plans have been disrupted - but that's never been the Apple way.

It *is* frustrating, no question.

I don't know whether you feel it's worth your going over to the feedback page and suggesting that they provide more of an explanation; on past experience, it's not likely that they will, but you might think it's worth a try:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html

I ordered that spec in 38mm via Apple Store app at 0805 and got same delivery date as you. On last Wednesday status changed (no email received) and on Thursday it was despatched (no email) and it came on Friday, with emails.

HI, it's aN Apple Watch Sport with black strap, lowest of the low. Living in Birmingham though I don't believe location makes a difference....luck of the draw I suppose? or maybe AppStore purchases take precedence over web orders? The packaging is one of the most impressive things about it, I hadn't read about it before. It's to die for.

I got my e-mail yesterday, my 38mm Sports Space-Gray with Black strap had been dispatched, unfortunately being the weekend and being sent out via UK Mail, a private mail company in UK, it is sitting somewhere and if no movement till Tuesday, Bank Holiday Monday, I should receive mine on Wednesday, I am in Scotland so it has to travel to Glasgow depot then out to me in Ayrshire. I have received e-mail today to set up a Video online personal setup but till I receive it I cant do that, but think I will be able to do that myself having read the iBook manual three times.

Yes I did pre-order on the 10th on or about 8.20-8.25am, my original date was 14th May-27th May, just wish delivery was Tuesday as I have to go out a couple of times on the Wednesday for a short time and being that the depot for UKMail is in Glasgow I would not want to miss it.