Strange Habits

For Sale: One Leopard-Skin Rolex and Maybe Some Frozen Sharks. When a Mexican drug lord gets busted, what happens to his emerald-encrusted pistols? Read on. What really intrigued me was the Mexican narco-bling: A Rolex watch and band custom-jeweled to resemble leopard's skin; De La Cour watches featuring skull or marijuana-leaf motifs; a pair of gold pistol grips with raised eagle busts adorned with diamonds and emeralds. Perhaps reflecting proximity of death for many drug traffickers, often the jewels have religious themes, such as a palm-sized gold and diamond necklace ornament depicting St. Jude, the patron saint of hopeless causes.