I stopped wearing a watch when I got a cell phone. Man jewelry ain't my bag baby...

Heuer chronographs that are associated with automobile racing and rallying.

http://www.onthedash.com/Guide/_Chronographs/

What makes it tick:

http://www.onthedash.com/movements.shtml

I too have one of those Colt's. Mod. 6520 but it also has the M203 launcher. As with almost all of my collection, it has never been fired either.

Holy Smoke.

And one super cool scene as well.

Well, a firearm that may save your life is a much different sort of investment than a watch...right?

But no, i don't own any $1000.00 scopes, or long range rifles for that matter. I'm in a pretty dense urban environment here, so i have a 9mm pistol and a 12 ga shotgun, but yes, they are both very high quality items, and i have a shiit-load of money in the pistol especially. But both of them put together cost half the price of a $5k rolex, even though i did spend big bucks for them (at least by my standards), so your point is at least partially valid. ;)

I carried one of those for about 9 months during my rifle humpin' days. An ungainly weapon, and heavy, but 40mm grenades fly a hell of a lot farther than you can toss one. Pretty accurate too. You can actually see the grenade flying down range. An inflight 40mm looks a lot like a golf ball that got whacked real good on a driving range.

I think the key here is that people spend their money on the things they enjoy.
Some things are status of a sort, others aren't. Some folks like watches while to others a watch is merely a way to tell time.

It's all about what floats your boat....Tabby loves his spoons, and his antique firearms, right?

Strange as it may seem to some here, my cue case and the sticks in it are worth more than my hunting rifles, and I prefer a military style $200 watch, and I got tired of a car some would call the holy grail of early 911 models, so I passed it on.

It's all about whatever floats your boat.

Oh, to keep on topic? The watch I wear most of the time...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1211727673.jpg