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A smartwatch's value lies in its unique features, not its similarity to our other devices.

Today's smartwatches are essentially miniaturized smartphones.

Create a new platform from the ground up, focusing on features that are specifically tailored to the smartwatch form factor and the needs of users.

I'm looking for people who are open to share their opinions or requests concerning the end product. I want to have feedback during development.
I'm looking for programmers, who are ready to code the classics for the watch, to start with every essential apps already available on launch.
I'm also looking for people who cannot yet code, but up to try anyway - one of the platform's goal is to be so easy to write apps, it can be taught in elementary school.
I'm looking for designers. The watch is a canvas of some sort, I'm sure there are people who ready to jump into creating iconic watchfaces. Have prototypes? Try to implement it, if it does not work out, we now have the time to iterate on the graphics engine of the platform.

What should a smartwatch do?

Tell the time: The first and non-optional utility of a smartwatch is still time telling. It is called a watch, so it must tell the time.
Have apps: The device should show additional useful information on the user's wrist, in case the user cannot, or does not want to use another device (usually phone). These utilites must be optional, (this means app install support) because the are infinite use cases. It should contain all the services you need, and not much else.
The device should be able to provide a somewhat higher functionality level compared to standard wristwatches, even in case it works stand-alone. This means some apps need to work as reliably and long on a smartwatch, as the time-telling functionality. It is also in its name: It is smart, it must be smarter standalone than a standard wristwatch.

Why are people upset with technology when it can do anything?

A reason why this is the status quo lies in the legacy of Apple, Google, Garmin, Samsung, and the rest of the industry:

The OSes running all smartwatches today - predate smartwatches.

No relevant player in the current smartwatch field uses a different OS other than what they have developed in the last 10+ years for their other flagship devices:

Google uses Wear OS, which is a stripped-down and closed-source Android distribution,
Apple uses WatchOS, which is like iOS from the inside,
Even Garmin uses software based on what runs in their GPS.
(Samsung used Tizen OS, which predates most smartwatches by a few years, and they were the closest to it. By the way, they switched to WearOS recently.)

The rationale behind this is that:

This way, there is no need for a whole new OS developer team inside the company just for this new form factor,
Many third-party developers used to develop the company's primary platform for a long time, so it is relatively easy to create apps on this "new" platform.
First-party developers can reach potential feature parity with their main OS muck quicker this way.

Why the smartwatch community cannot maintain a dedicated developer team / company? Chances are it can, but nobody attempted seriously enough in the last few years.

About

What is my plan?

I'm a computer engineer with enough hardware knowledge that, given enough time, I alone could create the smartwatch that people like you - who scrolled to the bottom of this page - would buy. Of course, I do not want to do it alone, so I start with the easy part: the software. While I cannot tell you specifics, I'm already working on the base of the system that will be able to run applications, without the watch. It is going to be fun, i promise.

Who am I?

I do not want to tell at the moment. I work at a company, whose goals interfere with my personal ones. I hope we will get along nicely, but still. Ideas, aspirations are brittle, they shatter easily. If you are really interested, do some OPSEC. Or... just use the contact form :)

Will this see the sunlight ever?