Apple Watch Expected Delivery - Purchased at 12:10AM 4/10/15

I purchased my apple watch as soon as I possibly could this morning. The website was unresponsive for the first 10 minutes then finally I could place my order. My question is, is anyone going to receive their watch on the 24th. If so, what one did you order. I ordered the apple sport, 42mm in space gray with the black sports band and it says it will ship in 4-6 weeks. Is this just an error in their processing?
Please let me know your discoveries. Thanks
-Josh

My guess is that if you didn't get into the Apple Store website for over 10 minutes, thousands got in and ordered before you did. Many people followed the tips & tricks and had very little to do when the watch was released for sale. They had already searched, discovered and decided upon their choice and had marked it as favored in their account. They had already logged their credit card into place in their account, as well as their billing & shipping address and then they activated 1 - click purchasing. All those folks had to do was 4 or 5 clicks when they got into the Apple Store website and their purchase was made and in the queue for the available stock.
The other big tip was to use the iOS Apple Store app on an iOS device; iPhone, iPad, iPod because they seem to connect to the Apple Store online more easily than the website in a browser on a Mac or PC. I connected with the Apple Store app on my iPad. I was connected by 12:03 am, clicked my account, clicked Favorites, clicked the price, it turned to Purchase, I clicked purchase, the order was presented for approval with my credit card, billing and shipping address pre-filled and I approved the sale. I was done between 12:04 - 12:05 and out of there.
Not the same watch as you, but the one that I wanted.

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