Emporio Armani has realized even people with expensive taste want connected devices. The fashion company partnered with Fossil to launch its first hybrid connected watch this week, called the EA ...

Armani, which is owned by Fossil, first did so with the hybrid Emporio Armani EA Connected Watch. Now, the company is back with a touchscreen version running Android Wear 2.0.

For Mr. Armani, an enthusiastic watch collector (“I have amassed many favorites,” he wrote), designing a timepiece did not feel much different from designing clothing.