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>>13989825
Good finishing is where the prestige comes from.

But you're right that a European name and house has a certain cachet, it's where watchmaking as we know it arose, at a time when Europe was at the pinnacle of world domination, thanks in no small part to timekeeping in the form of marine chronometers.
As a Euro, this is part of my heritage.

That said, the Japanese have themselves a very long and distinguished history of eminent craftsmanship, see pic for instance.
Plus, the Japanese have so far resisted the call to mass immigration as one of the very few affluent countries in the world, so I'd wear a high-end Seiko with pride as a badge of aspiration.