Not sure who told you that? This specific ring is worn by a lot of brothers. In Chechnya especially by Abu Al Walid(RA), Shamil Basayev(RA), and Abu Shaheed(RA), those are just the ones I have actually seen with this ring. It has the Kabaa(Holy Mosque) ingrained on it. As for the watch I have never heard of brothers not wearing watches. Even hard core Salafi types wear watches. Just not really luxurious ones.