Before it became the symbol of a program stalling on your PC, the hourglass spent centuries as the representation of mortality and an emblem of the sciences. Much more than a symbol, of course, it also kept track of time in the pre-Swatch Era. read more
To make Vial of the Sands, you may only need 16,800 Gold to get the 8 Sands of Time, instead of 24,000g. This may or may not be true, but I'm certain that it will be faster to farm the 7200g difference than it will to grind the 24 guild levels. read more