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The Best Guesses About What Apple's iWatch Will Look Like

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What will the iWatch look like?

A lot of illustrators and designers have been doing their best to figure it out.

People are getting excited about Apple doing something in the smart watch space because, it's been three years since Apple released the iPad.

The world is waiting for the next industry defining Apple gadget. For a long time, people thought it was going to be a television. But lately, the rumor mill has been pointing to a smart watch.

We've put together some of the best illustrations of an iWatch we've seen from around the web.

It's a little bulky for our taste, but we like the big display on this one.

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Flickr/Brett Jordan

In this iWatch render it also acts as a little screen projector.

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Flickr/Brett Jordan

One more, giving you a good look at the watch's band.

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Flickr/Brett Jordan

The iWatch is said to have curved glass, so this design tries to envision what that would look like.

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The Observer

Here's a render of what an iWatch might look like on someone's wrist from MacUser

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MacUser

These MacUser renders come from Martin Hajek. He envisions a mini iPad on the wrist.

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MacUser

And here it is from the side, it looks a little thick.

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MacUser

This is a minimalist take on the iWatch that uses Siri exclusively.

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Federico Ciccarese

Here's another one from the same designer, Federico Ciccarese, that's a bit crazier.

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Federico Ciccarese

Here's a take from Yrving Torrealba on what a clear iWatch would look like.

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Yrving Torrealba

And here's a similar look from Esben Oxholm

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Esben Oxholm

Another look at it, this might be the best, most realistic of the bunch.

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Esben Oxholm

And finally, this is a patent illustration from Apple, which may or may not have a hint about the real design.

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USPTO

BONUS: This isn't an iWatch render, but it's a Braun watch design. Braun has been very influential over Apple's design.

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Braun

Another Braun design

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Braun

For some context, check out what people thought the iPad would look like

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Business Insider

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Jay was the executive editor of Business Insider. He oversaw day-to-day coverage on the site. He started as an intern at Business Insider in 2007. Before becoming executive editor he was running SAI, the technology section of the site.He has a degree from the University of Delaware in economics and a master's in journalism from NYU.