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Originally Posted by chicfarmer1

I'd say the opposite is true. When it debuted, it was a notable step up in price and quality from the quartz on the market, at least in the US. It was my "gateway drug" into nice watches. I had an elegant blue-dialed Seiko that I received in the 1970s that my daughter is wearing today. Over time it may have gone more mid-market in the costume watch category, but it had a certain prestige.

Of course the Seiko high end is a different animal, although it suffers to an extent from its association with the mass market products.

I was born in '83. Perhaps this explains the difference in the way we perceive the brand.