4 unique ways to wear your watch beyond just your wrist

As a choker

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While this trend is simply a variation of the sautoir watch silhouette, it has a chokehold on watch enthusiasts and fashionistas all over the world. Shape and size do not matter. Rihanna, for example, wore a bejewelled 47mm Brilliant Flying Tourbillon Watch Choker by Jacob & Co. to attend Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton debut last year.

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OG fashion girlie, Emma Chamberlain, was spotted in October 2023 wearing a contemporary Cartier Baignoire with thin black leather straps around her neck during Paris Fashion Week.

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This trend is also a great way to revive a preloved watch that hasn’t seen the light of day for a while. Doja Cat took on the Hot Ones gauntlet with a multi-layered vintage watch choker with charms.

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As for Swift, she opted for a discontinued Concord watch that was given new life with a black diamond bracelet by American jeweller Lorraine Schwartz.

As an anklet

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If chokers aren’t your thing, follow Riri’s footsteps and go with an anklet instead. The multi-hyphenate sported a US$400,000 diamond watch anklet that was custom-made by Jacob & Co. at the Las Vegas Grand Prix in 2023. The stunning timepiece stood out even more against her all-black ensemble.

This is probably the coolest way to wear a watch in 2024, at least for now. Reality TV star Danya Mohammed of Netflix’s Dubai Bling upped the ante during one of her confessionals with a Rolex watch sitting on top of her head. This luxurious and iconic moment truly baffled the Internet and TikTok creators had a field day reacting to this scene. While this is a novel way of wearing a watch, it would be best to try this out with a less precious timepiece that you wouldn’t mind getting loose and hitting the ground.

As clothing

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Take a page out of Julia Fox’s radical style handbook with an ensemble made out of pre-owned watches. Last September, Fox took New York Fashion Week by storm with an upcycled watch belt top and mini skirt by British streetwear label 1XBLUE. Both pieces are made-to-order using watches that are individually sourced, making them totally unique. The brand also offers custom watch heels to complete the ensemble.



This article was originally published in Harper's Bazaar Singapore.