Question: Is it allowed to wear a watch which has in it some gems?
Answer : The Legislator did not prohibit precious metals other than gold and silver. So there is nothing [of sin] in wearing a watch which has in it some gems.
[Taken from Fataawa al-Emaraat no. 136 as cited in al-Masaail al-‘ilmiyyah wa Fatawaa ash-Shar’iah Fatawaa Shaikh al-‘Allamah Muhammad Nasruddin al-Albani fi Madinah wal-‘Emaraat pg.148]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan