I've no interest whatsoever in defending or advocating on behalf of Seiko. I also have no issue at all with homages, except, as expressed earlier, where they are direct 1:1 copies of a watch still in production, and that's a personal preference rather than a judgement of other people's taste.
The point I was hoping to make in this thread was that comparisons of a white label Chinese parts bin copy, and a Seiko are unfair and unrealistic for various reasons, and that some of the conclusions being drawn in this thread based on such comparisons don't hold up.
I would make a similar point if the conversation were a more traditional watch forum staple from the time when Seiko were the leading value proposition in the world of quality watches - comparing Seikos to Swiss made luxury watches, and drawing similar bogus conclusions.