Watch Update
Although I still have not taken possession of my new Swiss-branded, Japanese-built timepiece, I did unearth the small collection of old pocket watches I inherited. Looks like most of them are worth somewhere between $20 and $50, but there’s one that’s solid silver, c. 1880, made by the American/Waltham Watch Co., which STILL WORKS. It’s 120-ish years old and it still works. Take that, Casio. It belonged to a multiple-great “Uncle Willie” who died some time before WWII, I’m guessing. Did I mention it still !@%!% works?
I also found a battered copy of Robinson Crusoe printed in 1900, and not-so-battered Bible from London, printed in 1858. Both the watch and the Bible are probably worth $100-$200 each.
And I thought I didn’t have an inheritance.