Assuming I take your anecdote at face value, I'm quite impressed at how well you keep tabs on all of the Rolex owners you've met, identified their occupations as well as illegal or immoral activities.
I've seen people wearing watches, but hell I have hard time identifying the brand of watch, let alone where the person wearing it works.
It's pretty easy to spot a Rolex once you know a little bit about them. Get a closer look and it's even easy to spot fakes.
However, I agree with the first part of your comment in a way, but it's really not that hard to get a rough estimate of someone based on how they choose to present themselves. They didn't exactly get forced into that look.
That's a valid argument, that some stereotypical appearances are relatively consistently accurate.
Though I'm wondering what, exactly, defines the appearance of a specific lawyer who pushes for accident victims to sue, or businessmen that participate in wage theft. How do you tell them apart from... other lawyers or random people wearing suits?
I'll say this though, when it comes to corpo execs, at least in the USA, if they think they can get away with some illegal and/or unethical activity and they believe that it won't impact any potential profits (either greater than the punishment or benefits to themselves, because we rarely if ever jail executives in this country or hold them accountable without immense public scrutiny), they'll do that thing 9.9 out of 10 times.
Wage theft is rampant here, especially for lower wage workers. The government simply doesn't exist in a capacity to actually prevent these things, and people in general are too apathetic to other peoples well being, let alone engaging in appropriate political discourse, that the needle rarely moves forward for your average citizen.
I've seen people wearing watches, but hell I have hard time identifying the brand of watch, let alone where the person wearing it works.