While there’s no actual connection between Seinfeld and Friends other than the network on which they aired, let’s get conspiratorial and make a timeline. The Seinfeld episode entitled “The Wife” guest-starring Cox aired March 17, 1994. In that episode, Seinfeld is seen wearing his Chronomat in scenes with Cox (sadly, we don’t see her wrist). Almost six months to the day later, on September 22, 1994, the Friends “pilot” aired on NBC. But it gets better. You see, the pilot episode was shot on May 4, 1994 – less than two months after Cox’s Seinfeld appearance.