Notice anything unusual about this “Series 8?”

[sorgo †]

Apple should hire me 😉

 

[Shirasaki]

What? 😳
Whats wrong?

 

[sorgo †]

What? 😳

Look carefully… 🙂

Ok it’s the bezels 😳 Apple foreshadowing a Pixel Watch-inspired Series 9 design? 😱

 

[Itinj24]

Bezels too large? One side of the band has a lug and the other doesn’t?

 

[DeltaMac]

Look carefully… 🙂

Ok it’s the bezels 😳 Apple foreshadowing a Pixel Watch-inspired Series 9 design? 😱

Yeah, not unusual for design details to appear similar to those on "competitors" (if that's the right word.)
(Had to copy and paste your post to see what you were going on about.