The Original Smart Watch: Gorgeous Timepieces to Upgrade Your Style

The Original Smart Watch

Famed French horologist Louis Moinet designed elaborate clocks for some of the most illustrious men of his day (Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson, King George IV), but his greatest creation was the chronograph -- a.k.a. the stopwatch -- which he invented in 1816 to help with his astronomical observations. The OG smart watch, Moinet's chronograph tracked time to the 60th of a second and featured buttons for starting, stopping, and resetting, as well as 13 jewels, including six ruby bearings. Luckily, that opulence and brilliant thinking live on in sleek new interpretations from the likes of Hermes and Richard Mille. Each comes with all sorts of fitness-friendly bells and whistles, but unlike their digital counterparts, none require a password. Because who needs a fussy, futuristic timepiece when the future arrived 200 years ago?

Watch by Richard Mille, Price Available Upon Request

Photography by Justin Bordeaux
Styling by Michael Cook

Watch by Hermès, $5,100

Watch by David Yurman, $4,600

Watch by Louis Vuitton, $6,800

Watch by Tommy Hilfiger, $145