Creative way to give backordered Apple watch as a gift

Hi Everyone,
I ordered the Apple watch for my husband for his 50th birthday.  Unfortunately, it will not be here on time.
Anybody have any creative ideas for how to give a gift that's backordered?  I don't want to just print out the receipt or a picture of the watch.
My best idea right now is to put a watchband around an actual apple and wrap it up in a box.  If anyone has any other ideas, please let me know.
Thanks!

Here's what I did, similar situation:
I ordered an Apple Watch for a Mother's Day present, May 10th.  However, the earliest ship date is got is May 13th, and that's within a two week range.  So I ordered an extra charger which shipped the very next day.  So now at least I have a nice box with the Apple logo that says, 'Magnetic charging cable' for an Apple Watch.  She will be thrilled.

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