My usual comfort zone for watches is around $200, so when I pick up a watch between 3-4 hundred, it's a real splurge for me. This Sarb may as well be a Grand Seiko for how much I can afford a real GS. However, I do have one other "expensive" watch I can compare this to. It's the  Hamilton Khaki.
Both are  38mm autos with uncoated sapphire glass and a high polished bezel around the face. The Hamilton is a great watch, but I've always felt the glossy crystal and shiny bezel took away from the look of the watch, which is supposed to be a military field. It really looks more like a luxury watch styled like a field, rather than an authentic field.
With the Seiko, the high gloss crystal and gleaming polished surfaces of the case all add to the look and feel of the watch because the style is basically dress, or casual dress. I have mine on a black Italian rubber strap, and it just looks beautiful-gleaming and shining like it was a Grand Seiko. I've noticed while reading many reviews on the web, that I don't see a lot of people mentioning that they get compliments on their Sarbs. Me either, and that's how I like it. Maybe someone who knows Sarb will appreciate it when they see it, but other people just see it as a Seiko dress watch and go on their way. But to me it feels like extreme quality. Easily nicer than the more expensive Swiss Hamilton.