article_snippet.sent: In a leaked memo from Apple's retail chief Angela Ahrendts, the retail chief said that customers won't be able to buy an Apple Watch in store 'through the month of May' due to 'high global interest combined with our initial supply.'
article_snippet.sent: Pre-orders of the watch began on Friday at 12.01am PDT (8.01am BST) and within an hour many models in various regions had sold out including the most expensive 38mm gold Edition version in the US and Canada.
article_snippet.sent: Models were showing a shipping time of four to six weeks or, in some cases, June despite the watch going on general sale on 24 April.
article_snippet.sent: As part of the first wave of pre-orders, the watch can be bought online by people in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Hong Kong, China and Japan.
article_snippet.sent: the watch the watch also went on display in Apple stores across these regions, as well as in Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Isetan in Tokyo, Selfridges in London, and select Apple resellers in Japan and China.
article_snippet.sent: But for people who want to try on the Watch people who want to try on the Watch can book an appointment online.
article_snippet.sent: A MailOnline investigation earlier this week revealed that the UK is the most expensive place in the world to buy the majority of Apple Watch models.
article_snippet.sent: Apple's site and app still say the Watch the Watch is available from 24 April, but when a model is selected and added to the customer's online basket (pictured), this changes.
article_snippet.sent: And for people who want to try on the Watchthey can book an appointment online (pictured).