When announced at I/O, I was ready to buy it as a personal Android Wear device (already am developing for the Samsung Gear Live). With the announcement of the LGs and the black bar triggering what must be OCD, I will give it a pass. I wonder if they should have waited with an announcement until it was ready...
At the time, they were still owned by Google, and it clearly kick-started the category (something Google wanted). For that - it succeeded.
I'm curious about the black bar as well. They show something being below it in the exploded view, so I wonder if there's additional controls there?
The ambient light sensor is in that black bar, probably the only smartwatch with auto brightness control.