[time-nuts] Am I the only Time Nut who doesn't wear a watch?

[Pete Lancashire]

i know you didnt ... it was quite the surprise. But then "Elder Packing"
was not your modern company. Everyone from the janitor up had a full
pension. Mr. Elder sold out to a maga-corp. Rest of the story is text book.

-pete

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:
> 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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