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Fair enough. If they're not for you, they're not for you. I'd be interested to see if your opinion changed if you see one in the flesh (if you haven't already). They're really quite intoxicating. Yes I just used the word intoxicating to describe a watch.
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I know one of the Seiko area sales managers very well , he's the partner of one of our ex members of staff, so I have seen them regularly and I think if you were to actually compare side by side with a variety of similarly priced, different branded Swiss product you may change your opinion as well. They just aren't as special . Agree to disagree as I said way earlier.
I have to respect the way you leap to the brands defence tho, all of you.
ejay2.0
So in the same ball park as a Rolex Non date submariner , or an Omega globemaster with the master chronometer movement .
@JB mainly the depreciation factor , but they just dont look special enough.
I've just been on the Seiko website and clicked view all and there they all are the Grand Seiko along side watches at £149 and visually on the website they don't obviously stand out as being Prestige pieces .
I cant put my finger on it.
Maybe it's the lack of heritage in comparison with the Swiss , maybe it is just ingrained snobbery .
But that watch at 5.5k doesn't inspire in the same way .