Hi Pete, I wasn't implying that it was a cheapie... though most of the more expensive watches are at least 21J... A solid gold case will bring the price up pdq! I was just saying that a lot of companies are giving "gold" watches to any employee that hangs on long enough to retire. The cost of that gift isn't necessarily high enough to preclude the gesture.
I think the sentiment behind a company giving a treasured employee a gold watch on retirement is a very nice one... hopefully there will be some sort of pension to go along with it... In my grandfather's day, that wasn't often the case. The watch *was* the pension. -Chuck Pete Lancashire wrote:
I thouth as well that it was just a cheapie, but when I got it I took it to get it cleaned and to replace the crystal. My watch/clock guy was quite surprised. It was not gold plated but 14ct gold, cheapies where 10ct or plated. I don't have the info with me but he told me it was not your usual gift watch for a 'worker' and in 1968 would have cost around $150. another favorite one i got at a junk store and had fixed was a gift to a Westinghouse Elevator employee, on the face the 1-12 are replaced with W E S T I N G H O U S E and on the back 'for 20 years service, the person name and 'what goes up must come down'. -pete
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