MR. George Flett, former coxswain of the Aberdeen no. 1 life-boat, received a watch from Watches of Switzer- land Ltd. at a ceremony in Aberdeen on the llth September, 1961. It has been the practice of this firm, when opening a new branch, to present such a watch to any member of the British Railways staff who has given first-class service to the public, but it was widely felt that in Aberdeen the recipient should be a seaman, and the former life-boat coxswain was therefore chosen..