He can be seen wearing it on stage during his first national TV appearance on the Stage Show in New York.
Guess who he gifted this watch to? Guitar player Scotty Moore! He did so while he and his band were sitting poolside at the New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, on 25 April 1956.
Not long ago this same gold-filled Lord Elgin was sold for a cool R5 million.
In South African terms, that is a pension right there.