Ever since the mid to late aughts, watches have seemed redundant thanks to the ubiquity of the one-device-includes-all smart phone. But since that same piece of technology draws attention back to our constantly texting fingers and wrists (remember the recent popularity of Balenciaga’s stacked gold rings?), the appeal of a watch today may now lie more in it being an eye-coaxing accessory than a necessary time tool. (And even now, taking a cursory glance at your cell during a meeting or lunch date is considered bad form.)
Cue Givenchy’s newly released military-inspired timepiece called Seventeen, named after **Riccardo Tisci’**s lucky number, which suggests fresh demand is in the air and joins Balenciaga’s belt-shaped mesh piece and Reed Krakoff’s bauble-covered, bracelet-like incarnation—both modern classics.