An interesting parker question from my wife

[Bruce Day]

I bought a new Rolex for $160 at the Base Exchange at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand in 1972. Its been cleaned and oiled a couple times and still keeps great time. Its my daily wearer. I have and use my great grandfather's gold Elgin watch from 1895.

Still shooting my grandfather's PHE 16 ga and Mod 12 which I acquired in the early 1970's.

Well made and designed things last if maintained and not abused. I wish we had kept the family Mercedes sedan from that time period but I do have my dad's 1980 Mercedes 450SL. I have friends who still drive the cars they bought as seniors at the Air Force Academy during the late 1960's, such as a 1966 Corvette roadster, another with a 1970 Mustang, bought new.