My first watch was a Caravelle with an exhibition back , I was hooked, that was on my 9th birthday, my serious collecting started mid 90s my first was a Tag 2000 series , since then I probably would have had a couple of 100 watches , currently I am at about 40 , I now concentrate on Seiko and try to keep purchases under the $500 mark , but sometimes is get carried away , like recently when I bought a SLA043 , but hey what ya gonna do ……..