Seems high quality. The belt is surprisingly stiff. Actually that is beneficial because it prevents the waistband from rolling over when one sits down.

However, after just over a year of daily use (April '12 to May '13) the buckle came off. To enable the "reversible" feature, the buckle is attached to the belt via a single, spring-loaded screw. It is a small screw and it broke from simple stress. One cannot simply replace the screw since the end of the screw is still in the base and blocks any new screw one might install.

I would readily buy another Dickies belt, so long as it didn't use this flimsy mechanism to enable "reversible."