We spent some time at my parents’ house yesterday afternoon.

While Kevin and my mom talked, Lucas played his DS, and Atticus watched TV, my dad showed me how to use the census search engine to look up some of Kevin’s ancestors, and he showed me this watch.

It was my great-grandmother’s sister’s watch. Her name was Ethel, and the engraving underneath says “1924.”

The watch band is so small; it’s about two-thirds the size of mine! And the face cover is made of pre-plastic celluloid, which is why it’s so scratched, my dad said.