I am a Seiko enthusiast and I've owned this model watch for seven (7) years.  It does run in my opinion like my other Seikos.  Its performance reminds me of the 7S26, which is fine, but far from exacting.  In other words, it keeps decent time.  The reason for buying one now is for Seiko collecting.  It has already shot up in cost about 150 - 200 dollars in just the time from March 2018 until now.  That is the time Seiko said they were discontinuing until now.  It is easy to see they will easily shoot past this $499 dollar price (it has already in many markets) and I don't think you could not make a profit, relatively quickly.  Get one, it will pay you back.