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Hey Dane is the plane following parallel to the interstate ?
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No actually it wasn't parallel to the car as I have typically seen them. This one was off to the right. The reason I would believe they were using radar is I saw the plane and then saw a red flash indicative of a lazer. Radar? I thought so, since there was a multi car WSP speed trap happening along the same section of the highway and no one running radar, just the troops writing tickets. My valentine picked up a couple of quick shots from the right, different enough that drew my attention to that direction.
Nothing there but blue sky and a Cessna 180 at 1500 feet or so.
As far as Rolexs go.....what ever the brand name's reputation is in your circles...it is first "the" tool watch. It has been the most reliable time piece available in a couple of forms, Sub, Seadweller, Explorer and GMT for 50 years. It hasn't been until recently that the any other mechnical watches (Omega being the rare exception in a chrono ) or a quartz watch have been able to keep up for durability.
The Daytona is a gimic watch. But only because Rolex has made it so by marketing. If you need a mechanical chronograph there isn't anything better. They are damn hard to read however. There are other mechnical chrono I prefer.
So while you might sneer at Rolex for any number of reasons you'd be a fool to dismiss them as a bad watch. Over priced? Maybe but not in comparison to the watches that attempt to directly compete with them. They have more in common with Porsche than some are willing to admit.
Both build the best of their market with superior engineering, well thought out models, seldom change those same models for years cosmetically while improving them internally and always charge a premium price by controling the marketing and production numbers of an excellent product.