Time for the Apple Watch

Patience is a virtue, and if you're an Apple fan, you'll have to wait until after the holidays to get an Apple Watch- unveiled with great fanfare at Apple's "Special Event" on Tuesday.

The Apple Watch is actually a collection- with sport and luxury 18-carat gold editions.

It will be customizable, have an engine that works with taps, voice dictation, a flexible screen, along with new fitness and health apps.

But it also requires an iPhone, specifically an iphone 5 or newer. Prices will start at $349.

But will consumers buy it?

Maybe, eventually says IDC's Danielle Levitas:

SOUNDBITE: DANIELLE LEVITAS, GENERAL MANAGER, MOBILITY AND CONSUMER, IDC (ENGLISH) SAYING:

"The thing to remember is these things work with iPhones, and you know, there is going to be an enormous install base. Tim Cook alluded to the 200 million installed base of 5, 5C, 5S out there plus the 6's that are going to begin to ship. But it is a gen one product. So I think you know