That ‘Landman’ Rolex Scene Has Us Searching for Oil Rig Jobs

There was a time when working 20 or 25 years at an established company meant you earned the right to a gold timepiece—often one with a commemorative personal engraving on the back. That practice largely fell by the wayside as cheap quartz watches proliferated, but if a recent episode of Landman is any indication, there’s at least one field that still rewards decades of service with a nice watch.

In season 2 of Landman, the Tyler Sheridan-created series about the oil industry on…