As designers attempt to one-up each other, hybrid pieces are cropping up more and more. Take, for instance, sneaker/mary-jane combos or jacket/shirt fusions. The watch world is not immune to the melding of styles, with the boldest of brands and fashionistas alike finding other places to wear their timepieces besides their wrists. Rihanna kicked off the trend — as she is wont to do — with a half-million dollar watch worn around her ankle, and around the same time, Emma Chamberlain wore the Cartier Baignoire style on her neck. Chanel even boldly turned their classic Première watch into a necklace/headphone situation that both Lily-Rose Depp and Lana Del Rey couldn’t resist.

Nothing is off-limits when it comes to accessorizing, so why not turn a beloved velvet choker into a functional watch? If you’re after traditional wristwatches, we have a guide for that, of course, but if your Gen-Alpha younger cousins are bored of stainless-steel timepieces and you want to wow them with your trendiness, try one of the options below.

WATCH CHOKERS

The first place we noticed watches gravitate towards besides wrists was the neck. Watch chokers have been spotted on Rihanna, Tyla, and Emma Chamberlain, and have been replicated and re-styled several times over. Go for an all-metal look, or take cues from Chamberlain and do a black choker-style neck-watch.

STEVE MADDEN WATCH NECKLACE / $58

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FREE PEOPLE TIMELESS WATCH CHOKER / $48

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URBAN OUTFITTERS JOLIE WATCH CHOKER NECKLACE / $35

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WATCH RINGS

BREDA X DALMATA TIME RING / $150

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BREDA NOCTURNE RING WATCH / $150

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FOSSIL WATCH RING IN STAINLESS STEEL / $110.50

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WATCH ANKLETS

BLESS FREESTYLE WATCH BRACELET / $200

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ANNE KLEIN CRYSTAL CHARM WATCH BRACELET/ $95

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PETIT MOMENTS MERIDIAN WATCH NECKLACE / $60

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Originally posted from “NYLON” by Kevin Leblanc and Copelyn Bengel