I'm like you, but I've completed the journey. 😈 I started out detesting Panerai as being uninteresting, and eventually thought "what the heck, let's stick a toe in the pool". So I went to the Dark Side and bought a really nicely done 6154, then a 604 with engraving, then a 3646 Rolerai, then a "welded lug" whatchamacallit with rivet dial. I wore them awhile and then slowly lost interest, and now they sit at the detested end of the box again.
I tried, honest I did. But I just can't go Full Retard over something as bland and uninspiring as a Panerai. Time to sell them all! Or maybe I'll hold onto them just a smidge longer.......