The Chronicles of Rhoda (1909)

Florence Tinsley Cox's children's novel follows Rhoda and Dick through domestic trials, illness, and acts of generosity. (Open Library)

Watches

Waterbury watch: Dick keeps his Waterbury watch in a red-lined box, treats it as his most valuable possession, and later offers it as a gift. After a quarrel, Dick takes the watch from the bottom bureau drawer and puts it on with the other possessions he gathers. Rhoda explains that he normally takes it to bed, winds it each morning and wears it only when his play will not be too rough. Those habits establish how carefully he protects it. (Project Gutenberg source text)

Source text: "In it was his Waterbury watch. That was the most valuable thing that Dick possessed." (Project Gutenberg ebook 40526)