Perhaps some day employers will be giving 65-year-olds a gold watch when they join the company.
In thanks, Al-Hamadany gave Brownfield a gold watch that had been presented to his brother by Saddam himself.
She wore an understated tan sari, a gold watch, and several unusual rings a star sapphire and a Burmese pigeon-blood ruby.
Mr Farr was a technician with Panasonic at its plant in Pentwyn, Cardiff, and had just received a gold watch marking 20 years' service.
For years, government officials and private companies told workers that once they retired, a gold watch and a pension for life would be waiting on them.
One of my grandfathers worked for thirty years for a manufacturer of household appliances, retiring with a gold watch, the house he bought in the 1950s, and some dividend-paying stock in a utility company.
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Though gold would seem to be the most valuable material for a watch, some collectors view gold as too common.
Included in the lot are a classic gold Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet, a white travel watch from Girard-Perregaux, and a striking azure chronograph from (no watch list is complete without it) Patek Phillippe.
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This is a big deal because in 1972 AP was the first company to use steel in a sports watch rather than a precious metal like silver or gold.
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This 18k pink gold openface watch is a minute repeating perpetual calendar split-seconds chronograph clockwatch with grande and petite sonnerie and moon phases, manufactured in 1898.
Of particular importance among the enamel and pocket watches being offered is a rare gold and enamel openface duplex pocket watch, circa 1815, by renowned London watchmaker William Ilbery (left).
The set includes a wristwatch, a pocket watch and a wood and leather presentation case and tools, including an 18-karat-gold magnifying glass.
There are other anecdotal stories around worth keeping an eye on: Swiss watch manufacturers report a 50% increase in sales of gold watches to Greece, Portugal and Spain in May, to 42m euros worth in a single month. (Thank god it's not gold medallions I am thinking because while I love the 1970s funkadelic look I don't want to see it on my holidays).
Among the top piece being offered by the famed watch brand is a Reference 2499, third series in pink gold, made in 1971 (left).
He was forced to withdraw from the coxless four when he sustained a stress fracture of the rib, leaving him with a deflated lung, and could only watch on as the crew claimed gold without him.
Another big cap name to watch is Newmont Mining ( NEM), a Colorado-based gold mining company with operations around the world.
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The study is observational -- meaning the researchers followed people over time -- rather than interventional (say, having some people watch TV and others read a book), which is the gold standard for research proving cause and effect.
The crowds then swelled to watch Weir, nicknamed "The Weirwolf of London", add a fourth gold medal to his London 2012 haul.
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Another swimmer to watch: Italy's Federica Pellegrini, who will go for a second consecutive gold medal in the 200 freestyle.
In addition, a collection of memorabilia associated with the record-breaking run, including the watch used by Olympic gold medallist Harold Abrahams to time it, is going on show at Pembroke College.
The goal is to harvest resources (food, wood, gold and stone), construct buildings (including sawmills, watch towers and barracks) on a huge, randomly generated map in order to seek out and destroy rival races while simultaneously protecting your burgeoning town.
Which leaves only Rolex, an unstoppable force that holds 25% of the high-end market with basically one watch, the Oyster, while keeping the company's inner workings almost completely hidden behind a gold-clad fortress in Geneva (see "As Tight as an Oyster").
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