One challenge Apple have embraced with a passion is reducing the thickness of all of the products- the phone in particular. The main problem size wise with the watch, which makes it look silly, and not like a normal watch, is the depth of it. They will probably halve this on the V2, when it will...
I reckon a lot of those who bought one were just suffering from FOMO.
They're too big and chunky to look good as a fashion item. If the justification is function over form, they don't really seem to do anything particularly useful (other than things an iPhone combined with a fitness wristband...
Having watched the Verge review I'm just not convinced there is much available on the watch I would use or find more convenient than using my iphone. I had a play with a watch in store and the screen seemed too small to do anything with ease.
Plus they are chunkier than you might think.
So...