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I've got a G Watch, Moto 360, and Apple Watch. The bit about the UI is interesting - IMHO, Apple's launcher and glance mechanism is much nicer than Android Wear, but Android Wear's notifications and watchfaces are a lot prettier than the Apple Watch. I also think that Android Wear feels more integrated as a UI; it feels like Apple put a whole lot of effort into the stock apps, but their notifications are a kludgy afterthought.

I'm using the Apple Watch as my primary smartwatch right now, largely because I think the hardware is better, but I've got the Android watches charging on the shelf and thought it was pretty ironic to see a Google product be prettier than an Apple one but less practical.

> it was pretty ironic to see a Google product be prettier than an Apple one but less practical.

Completely agree but still Apple has again some advantages since they own both hardware and software so this means in future once Apple get their design improved it might be better than Android Wear. But also i'm looking what traditional Watches Makers like Tag Heuer and Fossil will do with Android Wear.

> Why don't people threat it just like a regular nice watch like Fossil, Citizen or Seiko ? Or even if they want like a Tag Heuer (for the gold model).

Maybe because AppleWatch will be worth little as soon as AppleWatch 2 is released. It happened with iPhone 1 and iPad 1 too. The second generation was so much more powerful (hardware specs). iPad 2 is still supported, whereas iPad 1 cannot even play HD videos and is stuck with iOS 5. We can assume AppleWatch 2 will have a far better hardware and can run apps in a better way while consuming less battery, so that the battery will last longer.

Traditional mechanical watches will work for many decades with some love and care, some of them are of very high precision and quality and already hundreds of years old.

The next problem is, I don't need a smartphone and a watch. Ideally I would want one device, a smart watch that can do everything incl. cell modem and last for a few days and be as small and lightweight as a traditional mechanical watch. We all know that this will take another few years. So for now I am happy with a smartphone and don't use a watch at all.

Android Wear is awful in comparison. The UI is an utter mess and confusing, feels like 0.1 product that launched to the market. I'm not saying Apple Watch is perfect, but it's far more logical.

You forgot to start your comment with something like: imho