Citations:my watch has ended

Phrase: "(fandom slang) used to indicate that one's duties or tenure in a position have ended"

 * 2014, Ron Howeth, Final Return, page 120:
 * Back in his office, Tanner moved behind his desk. “I thought you'd understand that. I've had some good years with Tanner Systems, but my watch has ended. Now you have to help keep the company on track.
 * 2015, "Acknowledgements", in Austin M. Howard, "Akirin-Mediated Gene Regulation During Cardiac Development", thesis submitted to Kennesaw State University, page 45:
 * And now, my watch has ended. Valar morghulis.
 * 2016, Joseph Staszewski, "Farewell – but not goodbye", Brooklyn Courier, 20 May 2016 - 26 May 2016, page 44:
 * My watch has ended.
 * For the last eight years – four of them here at Courier Life Publications – I have had the privilege to be your eyes and ears, your evaluator, and a watchdog in New York City's local sports scene.
 * 2016, CC Chengappa, "The 'Weekly' Gone By", The Doon School Weekly (The Doon School, Dehradun, India), 26 November 2016, page 8:
 * In the words of the much revered John [sic] Snow...My watch has ended.
 * 2017, David F. Luby, "BCBA Annual Golf Tournament", The Advocate (Baltimore County Bar Association), July 2017, page 16:
 * This event is considered the “Super Bowl” of events for the Chair of the Entertainment Committee, so my watch has ended.
 * 2017, Siddharth Parwatay, "...and so my watch has ended", Digit, December 2017, page 1 (used in title only):
 * And now, after nearly nine years, my watch has come to an end. I take away nothing but treasured memories and valuable lessons.
 * 2018, Gary W. Lewandowski, "My Watch Has Ended: A Chair's Exit Interview", The Department Chair, Fall 2018, page 10:
 * My watch has ended. After six years, I'm about to conclude my last three-year term as department chair.
 * 2018, Robert Cameron, Reunite (St George's College, Weybridge), Autumn 2018, page 30:
 * I am just packing up my office over in Belfast after eight years and an array of highs and lows, finally my watch has ended!
 * 2019, "Acknowledgements", in Carlos Gómez Guijarro, "Connecting the Extremes: High-redshift Starbursts as Progenitors of Massive Galaxies", dissertation submitted to the University of Copenhagen, page vii:
 * To all of you in Madrid and outside, in Copenhagen, Bianca and the salsa people. You are all wonderful. My watch has ended.
 * 2019, "Acknowledgements", in Candice Lee Herd, "Evaluating the effects of HIV-1 infection on haematopoietic stem cell colony formation", dissertation submitted the University of Pretoria, page ii:
 * My watch has ended.
 * 2019, Sophie Turner, quoted in "Sophie Turner relished her X-Men Experience", Kuwait Times, 3 June 2019, page 20:
 * “I think it’s time to say goodbye to Sansa. I’m ready ... ish, to say goodbye to her. I think my watch has ended.
 * 2020, Kyra Osten Hunting, "The Role of Popular Media in 2016 US Presidential Election Memes", Transformative Works and Cultures, Volume 32 (link):
 * For example, in figure 3, a meme that circulated shortly after the election, Obama is depicted as Jon Snow from Game of Thrones, declaring "My watch has ended," above an image of Donald Trump as the Night King, declaring "Winter is coming."
 * 2020, Chris Mannix, "'I'm Going Home': Reflecting on Life Inside the NBA Bubble", Sports Illustrated, 7 September 2020 (republished in Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Vault Great Writing from the Pages of Sports Illustrated, ed. Chris Ballard, unnumbered page):
 * Goodbye, Orlando, Lake Buena Vista ore wherever you officially were. After two months, 62 COVID-19 tests and a lifetime's worth of hand sanitizer, I'm going home. Farewell to my lizard friends on the stairwell, the mosquitos that swarm by the thousands and the monsoons that seem to spring from the sky. So, long 7 a.m. alarms and midnight bus rides, the sprints to catch the end of one practice and the hustling to make the ride to the next. My watch has ended.
 * 2020, Ryan Bater, quoted in John Cairns, "Bater concedes race", Regional News-Optimist (The Battlefords, SK), 12 November 2020, page 3:
 * "I really enjoyed my time on city council the last eight years. I've learned a lot, developed some really good relationships. I'm proud of the work we've done. And you know, I'm going to be thinking of our achievements as I move forward but for now, my watch has ended."
 * 2021, Fartun Omer, "Homecoming", Shaumbra, December 2021, page 33:
 * Remember how I thought that I was cursed with the evil eye? There is no grief, aka “evil eye,” remaining in the image I see of her now. The healing progress in her that I have experienced in myself is giving me a lot of hope for my own realization. Adamus has said that when we become realized in this lifetime, all our lifetimes become realized too. But more than anything, I have finally fulfilled my commitment to my Atlantean self. My watch has ended.