Last week was a full one for Motorola. The company invited a group of technology journalists to its newly opened offices in Chicago's historic Merchandise Mart for a first look at its new Moto 360 smartwatch, as well as its updated Moto X and Moto G smartphones. Much like our trip to HP's Houston campus in June, the visit to Motorola's multi-floor laboratory and design workshop provided the perfect opportunity to snap a ton of interesting pictures.

The preview event was held on September 4, the day before the Moto 360 went on sale. We were first ushered through several hours of carefully choreographed presentations showing off the capabilities and design heritage of the Moto 360; this was followed by more of the same type of presentations about the Moto G and the Moto X. After about four hours, Managing Editor Eric Bangeman and I skipped away from lunch with our review hardware to get started with our initial write-ups.

We were somewhat limited with where we could take pictures—not at all unusual in a functioning office with people trying to work—but below are a few dozen images showing a bit of what we saw during the reveals.

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