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Correct me if I'm wrong, but most (all) of those product photos are faked. If you're curious what it looks like on a real wrist:

http://media.gizmodo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DSCF71...

From full Gizmodo review here: http://gizmodo.com/lg-g-watch-r-review-worthy-of-your-wrist-...

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Wow, that looks bad on a small wrist. That's basically a deal breaker for me. I also think that default watchface looks very tacky, though I'm sure that can be changed.

The Moto 360 suffered the same problem. Here's what it looks like in a promotional shot:

http://www.droid-life.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/moto-36...

And here's what it actually looks like on someone with thin wrists:

http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-EK187_PTECH__G_...

In the early day of these smart watches they are going to be a bit larger as the technology matures. Even the iWatch is going to look bigger and the newly announced Microsoft Band.

I've seen the moto 360 in person, on a smallish wrist (compared to mine) and it looked fine, I only noticed it was the 360, because the screen was off.

Somehow it looks thicker in the pictures than it does on your wrist, then again I don't really care because I got a WP which won't work with any of google's stuff D:

I just saw a Moto 360 on display at Best Buy, and you're right. It's a lot smaller and lighter than I expected. Although it does look bad in that photo I linked to, honestly I was really impressed with how it looked on my wrists--and my wrists are pretty small.

The moto looks pretty good on the thin wrist of a girl though.

Not quite on topic but my favourite is the watch face image for 10 Greek St (a great restaurant in London's Soho)[0]

It's reminding of a supper reservation but as many (I'm sure including the designers!) know, 10 Greek St doesn't take reservations for supper[1]

Tiny thing but suggests that whoever did the creative here had a sense of humour.

[0]: http://www.lg.com/global/gwatch/index.html#outdoorstyle6 [1]: http://www.10greekstreet.com/about.php

I just like how they're presenting the true globetotter, super rich lifestyle: Getting notifications for dinner in London while you brood by Sydney harbour. I wonder if it integrates with the gulfstream?

Yeah, but in that context this watch makes no sense. Its materials are cheap and it just is this obviously cheap device, build of a mobile phone, not an expensive watch. Just look at the back of this thing!

This is so obviously a tech gadget, not a fashion anything.

Nice! Screen looks a bit off, but the hardware design is streets ahead of the main competitor: Apple Watch. These round devices look way better. A bit big, so maybe it'll only work on men, but round is a significant advantage.

Round is a significant advantage? How so?

Agree that the LG looks better. The Apple Watch, designed by any other company than Apple, would be getting lambasted in the tech media for being ugly, techy-looking, chunky, etc...but guess we'll have to wait to see how all these watches really look in person for the final call.

The materials and build quality look like total crap, to be honest. That’s phone level care, not watch level. There doesn’t seem to have been put any care at all into the details of this watch. On a micro level this watch is about a billion miles behind what it looks like the Apple Watch seems it will be like.

On a macro level tastes differ. That said, I do think this watch looks like a cheap tech gadget while the Apple Watch clearly doesn’t. You might not like how the Apple Watch looks overall, but at least it doesn’t look like a cheap toy like this watch does. (I mean, look at the back of this thing! That’s unacceptable for a watch.)

(That said, I do agree that, while on a micro level the details of the Apple Watch look to be astonishing, on a macro level the overall impression doesn’t do those micro level details justice. It’s certainly possible to do better – but not by completely ignoring that micro level like this watch does.)

I think watches are going to be a tough sell in general. Watches are fashion accessories subject to trends. Many people, myself included, wear different watches depending on dress or occasion. So the look of these things is going to be a hard target to hit.

My main problem with the Apple Watch is that it looks like an Apple product. It's a tech gadget which, by the way, is also a wearable watch. I can't see myself wearing one. I'm looking for a watch which, by the way, is also a tech gadget.

So while I agree with you about the LG G Watch R–it looks cheap and misses the details–on the plus side, it is clearly a watch and I can judge it based on its watch-merits. With the Apple Watch I can only really scratch my head in wonder.

It’s hard to judge the Apple Watch, but from their promotional photos it clearly looks like a watch. I really don’t see the discrepancy.

Wow that is bad. I found that watch looking pretty good on LG's website, but from gizmodo's picture, it seems like the screen is low res and super pixelated. Even DEC / JUN are hard to read =\

Yes, the screen didn't look great in the Gizmodo review. He summed it up nicely with : "it just becomes a >£200 way of reminding you that yes, you own a smartphone."

The use-cases of "dictating a message whilst walking down the street" is a bit odd too - do you want people talking to their wrists all the time? It'll like being in a never-ending episode of Knight Rider.

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