Is it permissible to wear a watch that contains a small amount of white gold?
Question

                Is it permissible to wear a watch the wristband of which is made of steel, but on the outside of the watch there is a small amount of white gold in the form of a circle around the watch face, and inside there are some small diamonds?.
Praise be to Allah.
    Firstly: 

    White gold is the same as the well known yellow gold, but 
    some other metals such as palladium have been added to it to change the 
    colour to white. This is what the experts say, and that has been discussed 
    in the answer to question no 68039 

    As this is the case, it is haraam for men to wear it even if 
    it is a small amount, because of the hadeeth narrated by Muslim (2090) from 
    Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) which says that the Messenger 
    of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw a gold ring 
    on a man’s hand. He took it off and threw it aside, and said: “Would one of 
    you go and pick up a live ember of fire and hold it in his hand?” After the 
    Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had 
    left, it was said to the man: Take your ring and benefit from it (by selling 
    it). He said: No, by Allaah, I will never pick it up when the Messenger of 
    Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) has thrown it 
    aside. 

    Abu Dawood (4075), al-Nasaa’i (5144) and Ibn Maajah (3595) 
    narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the 
    Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) took a piece of 
    silk in his right hand and a piece of gold in his left and said: “These two 
    are haraam for the males of my ummah.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in 
    Saheeh Abi Dawood. 

    Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Sharh 
    Muslim: As for gold rings, they are haraam for men according to 
    scholarly consensus. The same applies if they are partially gold and 
    partially silver. End quote. 

    The Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas was asked: It has 
    become common among some people, especially men, to use that which is called 
    white gold, which is used to make watches, rings, pens and so on. After 
    asking the jewellers and goldsmiths, we found out that white gold is 
    actually the well-known yellow gold, to which a certain metal has been 
    added, 5-10%, to change its colour from yellow to white, or some other 
    colour, which makes it look like another kind of metal. Use of this has 
    become very widespread in  recent times, and many people are confused about 
    using it.

    They replied: 

    If the situation is as described, the gold which is mixed 
    with other metals still comes under the ruling that it is haraam to 
    differentiate in weight or measure when selling it for gold of the same 
    type, and the exchange must be completed in one sitting, whether it is sold 
    for gold of the same type or for silver or cash. It is haraam for men to 
    wear it, and it is haraam to make vessels out of it. Calling it white gold 
    does not change these rulings. End quote. 

    Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah 
    (24/60) 

    Secondly: 

    There is nothing wrong with wearing a watch which contains 
    diamonds, because the basic principle is that they are permitted, and there 
    is no evidence to suggest that they are not allowed. 

    The Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas was asked about 
    wearing valuable watches which contain diamonds or gold. 

    They replied: Wearing diamonds is permissible for men, and we 
    do not know of anything wrong with that if they are pure and there is no 
    gold or silver with them. End quote. 

    To conclude: if the watch is free of gold then it is 
    permissible to wear it, otherwise it is not permissible. 

    And Allaah knows best.