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Assalāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāh,
I received a stainless-steel watch as a wedding gift from my father-in-law. Neither of us knew that certain models from this brand made after 1979 use very small amounts of white gold on the dial for anti-corrosion. In my model, it is only four markers (12, 3, 6, 9), and even then only the thin outline of each numeral is white gold, while the centres are luminescent paint. The amount is tiny, has no gold colour, and the rest of the watch is completely stainless steel.
My question is: Does this count as wearing gold for a man when the only gold present is a barely visible white-gold outline on four markers, not worn as adornment and not recognisable as gold? And because it was a wedding gift and I feel ashamed to return it, what should I do?
Jazākum Allāhu khayran.
