Gallery: Here's What It's Like to Use the Apple Watch

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    The Apple Watch sport. The watch faces can be changed by doing a force press on the screen, or by pressing and holding the digital crown.
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    The heart rate sensor blasts LED light into your skin to illuminate the blood pumping through your capillaries.
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    You can tap out a message or sketch a drawing on the screen and send it to a friend.
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    Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., left, views the Apple Watch with model Christy Turlington Burns at the Apple Inc. Spring Forward event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, March 9, 2015.
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    Attendees at today's event ogle the demo watches.
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    Apple Watches come in two sizes, 38mm and 42mm, and pricing starts at $349. More expensive materials and fancier bands cost more—up to $10,000 for the gold Apple Watch Edition.
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