I guess it goes something like this:-
A collector:
(1) Rolex 6542 GMT, (2) Rolex 1675 GMT gloss dial small GMT hand (3) Rolex 1675 GMT matt dial, (4) Rolex 16750 matt dial, (5) Rolex 16750 gloss dial, (6) Rolex 16750 gloss spider web dial, (7) Rolex 16700, (5) Rolex 16710 GMTII with lug holes (6) Rolex 16710 without lug holes, (7) Rolex 16710 with "stick dial" 3186 movement, (
Rolex 16760 fat lady, (9) Rolex GMTII ceramic.
...all safely stored in a nicely polished burgundy hard wood box.
An accumulator:
(1) Q&Q quartz watch, (2) Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionelle World Time (3) Casio Baby-G (4) A Lange Langematik Anniversary, (5) Rolex 5512 but with 5513 caseback bought from online seller from Hong Kong who likes to display his watches on a leather couch, (6) Seiko 6309-7040 with 6105 hands bought from Philippines online seller, (7) Barnie Purple Dinosaur watch, (
Rolex Sea-Dweller (Petaling Street edition) (9) ABBA 30-year anniversary concert made in china watch (10) Rolex Submariner white gold blue dial (11) Shanghai 19J Made in China watch with Mao Zedong waving hand...
.....all stashed into a rusty old Khong Guan biscuit tin.
I guess most of us are somewhere in between the extremes.....