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It's set to become one of this year's most coveted gadgets, but there is one question that is surely on everyone's mind: Can you blend the Apple Watch into a fine dust?

Thankfully, that question has been answered by the popular YouTube series 'Will it Blend?'

In a video, the expensive device is seen being lowered into a state-of-the art blender before the blades are switched on.

Blendtec is renowned for its videos that put various products into a blender to see how they hold up. In its latest promo, the Utah-based firm tested the resilience of the Apple Watch (pictured). 'It seems like I've been waiting forever for my Apple Watch,' host Tom Dickson said in the latest video

Utah-based company Blendtec is known for its videos that put various products into a blender to see how they hold up.

Previous items to be put to the sword include the iPhone 6, magnets and even a pool cue.

'It seems like I've been waiting forever for my Apple Watch,' host Tom Dickson said in the latest video.

In a light-hearted exchange, 'Siri' pleads with him to not be subjected to the force of the blender.

'The Apple Watch is a work of art, it should be on your wrist, not in a Blendtec,' it says.

'Siri, I'm afraid there's no other way to answer the question: "Will it blend?"' Dickson replies. 

Will it blend? Apple Watch gets pulverized by a blender

After a light-hearted exchanged with 'Siri', Mr Dickson places the watch in the blender (pictured) and presses the start button while holding the lid. He also advises viewers not to try this at home

He then places the watch in the blender and presses the start button while holding the lid - and advises viewers not to try this at home.

At first the watch - with its rubber strap - seems to hold up quite well but within a few seconds it quickly starts to disintegrate.

And by the end of the video the device - which starts at £299 ($349) - is reduced to a fine black powder.

'So what's up next? I hear Apple is building their own car. I can deal with that,' jokes Dickson, before he is shown seemingly building a giant blender to fit an Apple Car inside.

 At first the watch - with its rubber strap - seems to hold up quite well, as seen in this animation

But within a few seconds it quickly starts to disintegrate, turning black as all the components are shredded

And by the end of the video the device - which starts at £299 ($349) - is reduced to a fine black powder

In a separate video, the Apple Watch Sport model was recently shown to shatter easily when dropped from a height of just under four feet (1.2 metres).

Apple claims its watch, which has an Ion-X glass display, is 'protected by a lightweight aluminosilicate glass that's especially resistant to scratches and impact.' 

TechRax drops the 42mm timepiece from a height of four feet (1.2 metres) to simulate what may happen if a wearer drops their watch while tightening or unfastening the strap.

When TechRex dropped the watch 'not aiming at the display,' in a test conducted in Sacramento, California, it survived unscathed despite a nasty 'crack' noise when the timepiece hit the pavement.

However, when the watch was dropped so the display hit the floor first, the screen shattered with beads of glass seen on the ground after impact. 

'So what's up next? I hear Apple is building their own car. I can deal with that,' jokes Dickson, before he is shown seemingly building a giant blender to fit an Apple Car inside

iSmash! Apple Watch spectacularly fails drop test

Smash: The Apple Watch Sport edition is shown to shatter easily (pictured) after being dropped from a height of just under four feet (1.2 metres). The model has an Ion-X glass display which is supposed to be 'resistant to scratches and impact'

BUT APPLE WATCH'S SAPPHIRE GLASS SCREEN IS SCRATCH-PROOF 

The sapphire glass screen in the Apple Watch has remained scratch-free after being subjected to being rubbed with sandpaper, keyed and even hit with a hammer.

The test was carried out by Cardiff-based iPhone repairs specialist iPhoneFixed.co.uk, which used a sapphire screen from a 38mm Apple Watch for its experiment.

Two out of the three models of Apple Watches have sapphire glass screens - the Apple Watch and Apple Watch Edition.

The Apple watch is scratch tested from coins to power drills!

The glass is made from synthetic sapphire, which is created by applying heat and pressure to aluminium oxide powder, before the crystals are processed to remove impurities.

The tiny round disks created are ground into shape, and polished, to become glass.

Sapphire glass is said to be twice as tough as normal glass and almost as hard as a diamond.

To test the durability of the screen, it was rubbed against a stone wall and then with a coin, before being 'scratched' by a key.

The video capturing the attempts at destruction, shows no scratches were achieved to the screen.

It also withstood being rubbed with abrasive sandpaper at some force and hit by a hammer – albeit not very hard.

But most impressive, was the screen's ability to withstand an electric drill being dragged across its surface, without leaving a mark.

The test led iPhoneFixed to claim: 'Sapphire glass is pretty strong and virtually impossible to scratch'.