What is the ruling on wearing a gold-plated watch?

Question : This questioner says: May Allah reward you. You mentioned last night that a gold-plated watch is something its owner can dispose of by giving it to one of the women. Do you not see, Shaykh, that the custom has become established that men's watches differ from women's watches? Is this considered to be among the imitating of the disbelievers (tashabbuh) that is forbidden in the authentic hadiths?

Answer : If the gold-plated watch is one that, by custom, only men wear, then it is not permissible for a woman to wear it, because if she wore it, she would be imitating the men. In that case, we tell the man: keep it with you, but do not wear it; use it without wearing it. Where does he put it? He puts it in his pocket, and whenever he needs to check it to know the time, he checks it.