“iWatch” reportedly one of several wearable experiments from Apple

Apple's so-called "iWatch" may indeed be more than just an experimental project, according to new details provided by Bloomberg. The publication cited two people familiar with the matter who claimed Apple's wristwatch team has as many as 100 product designers on it, including Senior Director of Engineering James Foster and manager Achim Pantfoerder. The reported sheer size of the team may be enough to give skeptics pause, as it sounds like Apple may have been iterating on the design for some time.

"The team, which has grown in the past year, includes managers, members of the marketing group, and software and hardware engineers who previously worked on the iPhone and iPad," Bloomberg wrote, citing its unnamed sources. "The team’s size suggests Apple is beyond the experimentation phase in its development, said the people."

The report comes days after the New York Times and Wall Street Journal first claimed to have information on an Apple watch, which is expected to have a curved glass surface and possibly run a version of iOS. The device is reputed to already be in testing and Apple is said to have begun talks with manufacturers about the project.

According to Bloomberg, this isn't the first time Apple has dabbled in wearable devices—the company has reportedly worked on fitness trackers in the past, but no such devices ever made it to market. As such, the "iWatch" may be a culmination of lessons learned from those past experiments, though there's no guarantee we'll see the device anytime soon.