My watch story is long and complicated but I'll try to make it quick. My dad took me to what's now my Rolex AD on my 21st birthday and bought a new Explorer I. He then gave me the watch on his wrist which was an older Explorer I. I fell in love.
I bought a used TT 36mm Datejust ( was proper size at the time ) and borrowed occasionally my fathers solid gold Bulgari Bulgari chronograph. I went through a Cartier, bought and sold two other Bulgaris, one of those digital Breitlings ( which were cool back then ), a Rolex bubble back and a Patek Calatrava. There were a few more but I can't remember them all. This does not include the Elgin's and their lesser known watches I picked up here and there.
Dad passed, probate came and I had to sell everything, even the Patek, I weep daily. Now I own an Explorer I 214270 from 2010 I think, a Tissot Seastar, bought a Sub date, had it stolen, recently bought another one.
Favorite watches, Rolex Daytona SS white dial, Lange Daymatic, and third could be a Speedmaster or a Royal Oak, or newer in-house movement Vacheron Overseas, or Patek Nautilus 5711-1A.
I hate Hublot, El primero ( though I respect the movement ) anything with diamonds, funky colors ( not like the Pepsi or a few red markers on a dial ) but like Richard Mille and Franck Muller craziness ), tourbillons, skeletenized dials, moonphases, retrograde displays ( for the most part ), oh and only certain golds look good on me. I have pasty white skin.
On the the question of what kind of collection I would like this haunts me everyday. Do I just want more Rolex's or do I want a collection featuring many brands. I do t really care how many watches I have but I think somewhere between 4 and 8. I couldn't afford the servicing of many more. Hope this answers your questions.