In "A Rose for Emily," what do you think the stopped watch that hangs down to her waist represents?

Miss Emily is a relic. A representative of a time period and an era long gone.  This is represented by the once-regal house being surrounded by gas stations and other "modern" items that have encroached on the territory of the old aristocracy.

The watch...stopped...represents that her life is no longer what it once was.  With the death of her father, her life, in a sense, also stopped.  She lived in the past up until her death.  How appropriate that the watch should be stopped to show the reader that she is unable to move on into the future?