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Bust-down watches—the rap-world colloquialism for timepieces encrusted in aftermarket diamonds and gemstones—seem like an invention of recent history. In the early 2000s, especially, there was no bigger wristwear trend in hip-hop; nary a music video would flash by on TV without a glimpse at a Rolex or Audemars Piguet absolutely dripping in jewels. But nearly a century before Pharrell and Gucci Mane, there was another man unsatisfied by the bling on his factory-made watch: the gangster Al…
