If you want to know which Apple Sentry you have, mayhap because you desire to know whether a detail feature is available, considering you lot want to update software on it, or even because you lot are thinking of selling it, finding out the generation is really pretty easy.

Check the back of your Watch

The easiest way to bank check which generation Apple Sentry you have is to wait on the back.

Turn your Watch over and y'all volition see various words around the sensors including the size, the blazon of glass, the textile the instance is made from, and the series.

Apple Watch back

Nearly all series of Apple Sentry include which series the lookout is on the back except the 1st generation (paradigm below).

Back of Apple Watch

On the back of some Apple Watches you lot volition encounter the words 7000 series instead. If you lot are thinking the 7000 series of Apple Watch is some kind of Apple Watch of the future you lot'll exist disappointed, the 7000 series actually refers to the grade of aluminium. This aluminium was used for the 1st generation, serial 1 and series ii Apple Watches. If y'all see 7000 serial it'southward probable that your spotter is a 1st generation Apple tree Watch.

Notice your Apple Lookout model number

Another way to check which generation of Apple Sentinel you have is to expect for its model number. Yous can find the model number if you look in the Apple Lookout man app on your iPhone. Here's how:

Notation: You lot volition need to take paired the Sentinel with the app on your iPhone for this method to work.

  1. Open up the Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Roll down to General and tap on information technology.
  3. Tap on Nigh.
  4. Look for the Model field - beside that you lot volition find a code, probably starting with MQ. Tap on that to reveal the model number which will start with an A. In our case A1889.

Apple Watch model number

You lot will also observe the serial number of your Spotter hither.

If you don't have the sentinel paired with your iPhone, or you don't have the iPhone handy, yous can yet find out which Apple tree Watch you have if you expect on the dorsum of your Sentinel (every bit higher up).

Apple Scout model numbers (GPS only):

  • A2092 - Apple tree Spotter Series five, 40mm, GPS
  • A2093 - Apple Watch Series 5, 44mm, GPS
  • A1977 - Apple Lookout Series four, 40mm, GPS
  • A1978 - Apple Watch Serial 4, 44mm, GPS
  • A1858 - Apple Watch Series 3, 38mm, GPS
  • A1859 - Apple Spotter Serial three, 42mm, GPS
  • A1757 - Apple Watch Series 2, 38mm, GPS
  • A1758 - Apple tree Watch Serial 2, 42mm, GPS
  • A1816 - Apple Watch Edition, 38mm, GPS
  • A1817 - Apple Watch Edition, 42mm, GPS
  • A1802 - Apple Watch Series 1, 38mm, GPS
  • A1803 - Apple Spotter Serial i, 42mm, GPS
  • A1553 - Apple Sentry (1st generation), 38mm, GPS
  • A1554 - Apple Watch (1st generation), 42mm, GPS

Apple tree Sentry model numbers (cellular):

If you take a cellular Apple Watch there volition be a red dot or a red circle on the Digital Crown. Because the cellular standards are different depending on the country you reside in, there are more model numbers.

  • A2094 - Apple Watch Series v, 40mm, GPS & Cellular, North America
  • A2095 - Apple Watch Serial v, 44mm, GPS & Cellular, Northward America
  • A2156 - Apple Scout Series five, 40mm, GPS & Cellular, Europe and Asia
  • A2157 - Apple Lookout man Series 5, 44mm, GPS & Cellular, Europe and Asia
  • A1975 - Apple Watch Serial 4, 40mm, GPS & Cellular, N America
  • A1976 - Apple Picket Serial 4, 44mm, GPS & Cellular, North America
  • A2007 - Apple Watch Serial 4, 40mm, GPS & Cellular, Europe and Asia
  • A2008 - Apple Picket Series iv, 44mm, GPS & Cellular, Europe and Asia
  • A1860 - Apple Sentinel Serial 3, 38mm, GPS & Cellular, N America
  • A1861 - Apple tree Watch Series iii, 42mm, GPS & Cellular, Due north America
  • A1889 - Apple Picket Series 3, 38mm, GPS & Cellular, Europe and Asia
  • A1891 - Apple Watch three, 42mm, GPS & Cellular, Europe and Asia

How large is my Apple Scout?

Another factor in discovering which Apple tree Watch you accept is its size. This is useful information if you are selling, but it can also assist y'all narrow down the options in terms of which generation information technology is because Series 3 and Serial 4 Watches are slightly larger than their predecessors.

For every generation Apple has always made two different sizes of Apple Scout. Dorsum when the beginning Apple Watch launched you had the choice of a 38mm or 42mm watch face. The smaller version being better suited to smaller wrists.

With the inflow of the Series 4 Apple tree increased the screen size, although it didn't make the watch itself much bigger (it reduced the bezels around the display).

Apple Watch size

Yous probably won't want to get a ruler out and attempt to measure the screen, but if yous practise yous need to measure diagonally.

An easier way to find out the size of the screen would be to await on the back of the Watch. Hither you will run into the size: in our example 38mm.

Speaking of the screen, a simple way to go a rough idea of which generation of Lookout man you have would be to look at the confront while you lot have a photo open up. If there is a noticeable border around the border of the photo, and the photo has edges, you probably have a Series iii Spotter or older. If the edge around the image is curved so you have a Series 4 or v.

How former is my Apple tree Watch?

Having adamant which Apple Sentry model you accept you may exist wondering when it went on sale. Alternatively you lot may have been given an Apple tree Watch for Christmas or a birthday and in that case could accept a rough thought of how quondam it is, in which case you could use that information to work out which model it is.

  • April 2015 - 1st generation Apple Watch (aka Series 0) - discontinued 2016
  • September 2016 - Apple Watch Series i - discontinued 2017
  • September 2016 - Apple Watch Series ii - discontinued 2017
  • September 2017 - Apple tree Watch Series iii - still on sale
  • September 2018 - Apple tree Spotter Serial 4 - discontinued 2019
  • September 2019 - Apple Watch Series 5 - even so on auction

Notation that older generations of Apple tree Watch continued to exist sold even after Apple introduced the adjacent generation. So if you bought a Watch from Apple in 2019 it could have been a Series five or Serial iii.

Which features does my Apple Watch have?

Finally, if having found out which generation of Apple Spotter you have you are wondering what features it has read on…

Apple Watch 1st generation features

  • 42mm or 38mm case
  • S1 bit
  • No GPS
  • Bluetooth iv
  • Center rate sensor
  • 8GB storage (for 2GB music and 75MB photos)

Apple Watch Series 1 features

  • 42mm or 38mm case
  • S2 flake (known as S1P)
  • No GPS
  • Bluetooth 4
  • Middle charge per unit sensor
  • 8GB storage (for 2GB music and 75MB photos)

Apple tree Sentry Series ii features

  • 42mm or 38mm case
  • S2 chip
  • GPS
  • Bluetooth 4
  • Middle rate sensor
  • 8GB storage (for 2GB music and 75MB photos)
  • Water resistance to l meters

Apple tree Watch Series three features

  • 42mm or 38mm case
  • eleven.4mm thin
  • Dual cadre S3 bit
  • GPS
  • Bluetooth 4.2
  • LTE cellular option
  • Heart rate sensor
  • Altimeter for measuring stairs climbed
  • More than RAM than previous generation
  • Siri can speak
  • 8GB storage (for 2GB music and 75MB photos)
  • Water resistance to fifty meters

Apple Spotter Serial 4 features

  • 44mm or 40mm case
  • x.7mm thin
  • Dual cadre S4 chip
  • GPS
  • Bluetooth 4.ii
  • LTE cellular option
  • W3 wireless bit
  • Center rate sensor (2d generation)
  • ECG system
  • Detects falls
  • Altimeter for measuring stairs climbed
  • Siri can speak
  • Digital Crown has Haptic feedback
  • 16GB storage
  • Water resistance to 50 meters

Apple Watch Serial 5 features

  • 44mm or 40mm case
  • ten.7mm thin
  • Dual core S5 chip
  • GPS
  • Bluetooth 5
  • LTE cellular option
  • W3 wireless chip
  • Middle rate sensor (2nd generation)
  • ECG organization
  • Detects falls
  • Altimeter for measuring stairs climbed
  • Magnetometer for compass
  • Siri can speak
  • Louder speaker
  • Digital Crown has Haptic feedback
  • Always on brandish
  • Improved ambient light sensor
  • 32GB storage
  • Water resistance to 50 meters

Is my Apple Lookout man waterproof?

Apple introduced water resistance to 50 meters with the Series two Apple Watch. Prior to that the Apple Watch was just "splash resistant".

Note that water resistant is not the aforementioned equally waterproof. It doesn't mean that yous can have an Apple Watch scuba diving. But you should be ok in the shower (as long every bit y'all don't shampoo it) or paddling in the sea.

One time your Picket has got moisture y'all should clean it with fresh water and wipe it dry.

Apple notes that your Watch will become less water resistant over time, especially if you keep getting it wet.

We take more information about which Apple Watches are waterproof here.

Has my Apple Watch got cellular?

If yous have an Apple tree Sentinel Series 3 or later it's possible you have Cellular (the ability to make calls, receive texts, etc, without having your iPhone with you). Yous would demand a contract with a mobile network to use those features though.

If your Apple tree Sentry has the ability to take a cellular connectedness there will either be a big red dot on the Digital Crown, or a red ring on the Digital Crown.

Cellular Watch

The Cellular version costs £100/$100 more than the standard version and y'all also accept to factor in the cost of a mobile contract.