1960s Juvenia Architect

Why This Watch Matters Extremely hard to find and the choice of Johnny Depp on the cover of a 2008 issue of Esquire, this funky Juvenia has a ton going for it. The Full Story Juvenia made this unconventional looking time-only wristwatch back in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s in extremely low numbers. If you can imagine, this is one of those designs that either becomes massively successful or never really catches on. The latter seems to be the case for the Architect, also referred to as the Protractor or the Sextant. Slow sales back in the day mean rarity and cult status in today's vintage watch market. For a brand that created the donut plexiglass-crystalled Arithmo, the Architect is not all that surprising. In the metal, the watch works so well. Maybe Juvenia had a thing for creating these off-the-beaten-track designs. Hey, it was good enough for Johnny Depp on the cover of Esquire back in 2008.  This watch is a real conversation starter and you probably wont run into someone else wearing