This was an important article for me to write as the concept of luxury Japanese watches has been on my mind a lot lately. I think you'll find it an interesting read. It rather well accumulates my dispersed thoughts on this topic of global sold Japanese luxury watches and our perception on them.
See my Japan's Watch Revival: The Lexus Effect article on AskMen.com here.
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Written by Mr. Ariel Adams - aBlogtoRead.com
The article on the “Lexus Effect” is great. I’m a collector and blogger of vintage Seiko watches. The Seiko brand has historically been associated with low to mid priced watches in the US. It has been difficult to distinguish their higher end products from their bread and butter models. Seiko has to talk about it rich heritage in watch making. I think there is a tendency to avoid dicussion of the WW2 period of their heritage for obvious reasons. Seikos rise in popularity in the US was primarilly driven by returning servicement who purchased the diver and business watches. They need to talk about that heritage. I sell lots of vintage Seikos to guys who want the watch that their dad wore or they received in high school. I don’t think Seiko understands it’s heritage in the US. SEIKO Credor, IZUL and GALANTE watches are beautiful work of art that anyone can appreciate. Seiko has to be proud enough to put these products into the world market.
Glad you like it! Thanks.