Are Rolexes Considered Community Property?

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Case in point. A work colleague is currently separated and divorce proceedings underway. Two of his three Rolexes (an SS Datejust, SS Submariner and SS GMT) were purchased during the course of his 8-year marriage to a now 40-something woman who has recently taken up with a Millennial-aged lover. As per her divorce attorney, she is now staking claim to both the Submariner and GMT (one of which she intends to pass on to her current boyfriend) and the other to be sold. While this planned endeavor is a 'slap in the face' to any hardworking and devoted Rolex WIS, the eventual dispersal of joint (community-based assets) is apparently legal and on the horizon for the soon-to-be divorced couple. As an afterthought, is it maybe best to keep some personal purchases and belongings 'secret' from spouses given that domestic changes can occur at any time?