LG Watch Urbane Luxe A limited-edition, luxury version of LG's smartwatch, the LG Watch Urbane Luxe is being billed as “more jewelry than wearable.”

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You want a fancy, luxury smartwatch. With your digital life currently invested in the Android ecosystem, though, that good-looking Apple Watch Edition just isn’t in the cards, no matter how much you fancy one. Maybe you can satiate the yearning with the LG Watch Urbane Luxe instead.

A limited-edition, luxury version of the Urbane Luxe, LG is billing it “more jewelry than wearable.” We can see the point. With a case adorned in shiny gold and a strap cut from splendid alligator leather, it definitely outdoes the aesthetics of most every other offering you can find in the Android Wear space.

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Created in partnership with Reeds Jewelers, the LG Watch Urbane Luxe is covered in 23-karat gold, which the company claims is harder than the 24-karat gold used in jewelry and heavier than the 18-karat gold used in conventional luxury watches. Yes, heavier is supposed to be a good thing… I think. That alligator leather strap is also supposedly so well-crafted, it takes 30 experienced leather workers to carry out 50 separate steps to make each band. To top things off, it ditches ordinary buckles in favor of a deployment clasp (also covered in gold) to enable a fitted, more elegant look.

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Everything else about the watch is the same as the original Urbane Luxe. That includes the 1.3-inch OLED screen with 320 x 320 resolution, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SOC, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, and a 410mAh battery. It also retains the IP67 water resistance, along with all the features available from Android Wear.

Only 500 LG Watch Urbane Luxe will be made. Price is $1,200.

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