content: >the real product is probably being made very close by. If not at the same factory. You can pick up knock-off game systems from China as well. But they're fully functional including online play. All the go-getter manufacturing skill in the world isn't going to magically produce signal perfect clones of integrated circuits, boards and all that fun stuff. If these watches can actually be sold, at a profit, for $45 it's an amusing insight into what Apple thinks of their customers.