During a tour of Motorola’s striking new downtown Chicago headquarters, which is stationed in a large chunk of the monolithic Merchise Mart, I was whisked from lab to lab to see how the company creates its devices, such as the new Moto X Moto G, of course, the Moto 360.
But the most interesting part of the experience was seeing the Moto 360 that could’ve been—with a rounded square face, a racing stripe along the strap, or even the blacked-out screen section on top rather than the bottom. Here are some photos of the prototypes processes that helped lead to the watch you can buy today.