My first pistol was a CZ. An old military surplus VZ-24 in 380. Ugly duckling but it went "BANG" every time you pulled the trigger. I didn't fully appreciate the significance of that at the time...
I sold the pistol because I really didn't have much respect for it, being ugly and all. But later after learning more about it, I felt bad about dissing it and put it in my mind to buy another CZ some day. That day eventually came decades later, and I got a CZ-75B for my daughter.
