Darn right Allen I have been there three times, you know where the money goes! better say this though Megan and I have been married for 34 years and I would not change a thing lets me buy all the Parkers I want, Gary

I can tell from my experience because my wife bought me both on two separate anniversaries. For one she bought me a Rolex Submariner and for another she bought me a Repro Steel Shot Special. I've had a lot of great shotguns and many other fine watches, the repro parker is long gone, probably was rolled into some other sxs along the way but I will never let the Rolex go. You could find yourself any where in the world and get yourself out of a jamb ( plane ticket, place to stay, currency, etc.) by bartering with a Rolex if you had to. My wife wanted me to have the Rolex and that meant more to me, the Parker was just another gun that I wanted and it just felt more like "stuff" that I wasn't really connected to. Don't really care about which one is worth more today. My kids or there kids can all fight over it when I'm gone and I have plenty of guns to go around for them, but the Rolex is something that I truly enjoyed on a daily basis.

If your wife asks a question, you better make sure you give the answer she wants. That is my experience.

You could also be anywhere in the world and get stabbed in an alley for your Rolex.....it's like wearing a stack of $1000 bills strapped to your wrist in plain sight.

I'd hate to be in the watch making business, as well as the digital camera business. Both are getting a big chunk of their market taken away by the cell phone.

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I believe you will see that trend change back in the near future. Who would have thought that there was a market for new high end side by side shotguns twenty years ago? I can buy a great shotgun got $275.00 and never war it out in my lifetime. I think the repeating shotgun is what killed the double barrel market because it was cheaper and more modern, kind of like your cell phone, camera, watch, callender, you name it, all rolled into a neat little package.

i would have to choose the parker if i need to know the time i will ask my good friend who owns the rolex...charlie

I understand the desire for a Rolex of any kind . My pop still has the same one my mom gave him around 1970 .

And with that being said , back in the late eighties when I was hot on the skeet trail I wanted a Rolex . I never did get one however , and very rarely do I ever think about it anymore ! Go figure :rolleyes:

Skeet trail-Rolex. Yup.

Just some facts on Rolex. They make 3/4 of a million of them a year. They also don't keep the greatest time. I'm an amateur horologist and could never justify the cost of Rolex. They get the price because they spend the most on marketing. China is the biggest market because it is seen as a complete status symbol. You can also get a fake one in Shanghai for $30 to $350. The $350 fake one is a better watch than the Rolex.

I'd buy the Parker. I was going to give my daughter a Rollie for turning 21. I gave her the 20ga GH instead. She will keep that for the rest of her life. Besides you can caress a Parker in a duck blind and nobody will bat an eye. Do that with a Rollie and you are going to get some funny looks.