Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

How does a 45M76NA1 crown compare? I've found a seller close to me that has the correct stem, but not the exact same crown.

It'll fit. It's just a bit taller, so will stick out further than the correct p/n 45M74NA1.

donwatch at April 6, 2015 at 11:30 AM

Paul, I think the B1339-E band has "shadow" links etched on the end pieces ?    Factory installed ?  

Had I not remembered the existence of this thread, I probably otherwise would have posted this here: Yet another 7Axx on an undisclosed non-original bracelet ....

5 years on since Don and I last discussed it, another Seiko p/n B1339S bracelet (stamped B1339.E) turned up fitted to a stainless 7A38-7190 (as opposed to the previous stainless 7A38-7270's), listed by a German seller, earlier this morning:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233652447542

I'm only going to bother up loading the eBay seller's last two photos:

The seller's description states: Mit dem original Seiko Edelstahl Band.

Funnily enough, only yesterday I'd posted this wrist shot in the WRUW thread, of my second string stainless 7A38-7190 SAA053J fitted with what is generally accepted as being the correct Seiko p/n B1405S bracelet (i.e. as shown on their database):

Of course the stainless 7A38-7190 and stainless 7A38-7270 share the exact same hooded lug watch case, with 18mm lug width fitting. But thinking way back (7 years ago) this isn't the only instance I've seen of something very similar. Indeed, I asked myself the question back then in what was effectively a dedicated topic:

Did Seiko themselves ever fit 'wrong' (substitute) bracelets to certain 7A38's ?

It starts: Here's an interesting one.

And so it remains an interesting question, to which I'm sure we'll never get a straight answer (not from Seiko, anyway).