[Samsung Galaxy Gear] bdovpro:
Here is a tutorial for those of us who don't have a Galaxy Phone (or dont want the galaxy gear app) but want the watch!

UPDATE: as of 24th Nov. the method has changed.

Before you had to remove the SecSetupWizardW.apk through TWRP recovery's file manager after flashing Null_10 rom through odin.

Now all you need to do is:

note: if the watch is brand new you need to flash the V7 firmware update before flashing Null_TWRP, otherwise Null_TWRP gets messed up.

FOR NEW DEVICES:

go here and download the V7 firmware update for your region. (US can use the UK region) and here to download Odin. (the link is in the "Instructions" section. This also shows you how to enter Download Mode which you will do shortly)

once the update is done downloading unzip it. This will give you the .tar file we need to flash through Odin.

boot your watch in to Download Mode and connect to it to your computer.

open Odin and select "AP" on the right and pick the .tar file you just extracted. UNCHECK "auto-reboot" on the left because we are going to go right back into Download Mode to install Null_TWRP.

hit start.

when its done flashing you will see the top left box will say "RESET" wait until it reboots fully.

unplug your watch and reboot back into Download Mode and continue with the tutorial below.

FOR DEVICES WITH FIRMWARE "V700XXUAMK7" AND ABOVE:

if you don't have ADB and Fastboot already setup then install this Minimal ADB and Fastboot.

Flash Null_TWRP to your watch using odin. Instructions/Downlaods are on the Null_TWRP forum.

Download the new Null_11 rom(or any new rom from here on out), this will now give you a zip file (not an md5 like before so no odin!)

Open the Null_11.zip (!you don't need to extract the file, just open it! I use winrar for this personally)

go to "system -> app" find SecSetupWizardW.apk and delete it from the zip. (using winrar: right click -> Delete Files)

close the zip and move it to your ADB/Fastboot folder (for Minimal ADB and Fastboot its located at "C:/adb-fastboot")

boot your watch into recovery (instructions are same as Download Mode just select Recovery this time in the menu) and connect your watch to your computer.

open ADB and Fastboot and make sure your device is connected by typing "adb devices" it should say its in recovery.

now push the zip to your watch by typing "adb push null_rom_name_here.zip /sdcard/" wait for it to finish transferring.

on your watch click "install" and select the zip file from the list. then flash it.

finally go back to the recovery main menu and do a Wipe then reboot your watch. you should now be on the custom rom without having to pair to a phone!

after you boot into your new rom go to android settings (blue/grey icon) and enable bluetooth. Find your Phone and pair it.

(man it really doesn't seem like much until you have to type it out step by step lol)

and there you go. from stock out of the box to custom rooted rom and paired without ever coming into contact with a galaxy phone or a gear manager.

phone calls work, texting can be handled by tablet talk (personally i like it better then stock anyway), someone mentioned on the forum that tablet notifier works great for other notifications,

and once you install a keyboard you can hook up your watch to your google account and have email, play store, google search, etc working great!

note: you must connect your watch to bluetooth internet through phone to setup a google account.

Hope this helps somebody, let me know if you have any questions.

Here's a list of some apps to give you the functionality lost by not installing gear manager:

1) tablet talk for text, Tablet Notifier for everything else. (tablet notifier was mentioned on the forums, I have not personally tested it) tab let notifier has been reported to cause problems. ill look for a better notification sync later.

2)any bluetooth file transfer app for transferring photos. example: es file explorer.

3)Media Remote for music control.