“I’m a working class lad from Lancashire,” Michael Bisping said in a recent interview. “I’ve got a solid gold Rolex but I never wear it, because I feel like an absolute wanker.” Right there, with the concussive force of one of his left hooks, the former MMA fighter nails that vague sense of unease that every owner of a gold Rolex must navigate. That’s because no other watch can trigger such a flood of polarising emotions that range from searing envy to sanctimonious disdain. A gold Rolex isn’t just a watch, it’s a divisive psychodrama with more baggage than a luggage carousel. We don’t know which specific watch Bisping was referring to here. Was it the classic Day-Date with its fluted bezel perched aloft that distinctive president bracelet? The Datejust with the honeyed sheen of its champagne dial? The Cosmograph Daytona with its bejewelled rainbow bezel? To be honest, it doesn’t really matter. Whatever Rolex he owns, Bisping has earned it. The British fighter certainly did the hard yards to become a UFC Hall of Famer. Before his career in the Octagon took off, Bisping was forced to graft away in a series of low paid jobs that included stints…
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