For me
It was an Wavetek (Beckman Industrial) HD160, a gift from my defunct father, my small allowance could not pay for that, 300$ CAD at the time, and i was at age 14, into electronics
I was building the Science et Vie magazine electronics projects, can't recall when they stopped doing that.
It was the most good and beautiful meter i had in my youth, i gave it to my best friend who still use it 25 30 years later, i'm now at 53
While over the years i began "my tons of meters" purchase wanting this or that ....
craziness who costed a lot now ending with Gossens ...
last ones