Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

Seiko7A38 at October 8, 2020 at 4:00 AM

In parallel, Robert had also advertised his 7A38-7140 FS on SCWF Trading Post.

He subsequently made a couple of revisions to his eBay listing:

Reducing the Buy-it-Now price from the original over-optimistic $385 down to $300:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284024675535

Checking my eBay watching page, I see he ended the listing in the early hours of this morning, as item no longer available.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284024675535

Evidently it is still available judging by what Robert posted on Instagram yesterday. See Hanson's comment and his subsequent reply.

I must admit, scrolling through the 6 wrist shots that he's uploaded, I was somewhat amused by the difference between the 4 which appear to have been subjected to Instagram's 'warmed over' suntan-enhancing filter (very SoCal) ....

.... and the other two raw images, taken in the cold light of day:

Seems that Rob Lambert's well-worn 7A38-7140 has eventually found a new home.  It's washed up 5500 miles away in the Netherlands. Yesterday afternoon, Dutch Seiko collector seikocollectorxl, Peter Gnodde, posted this photo on Instagram.

As Peter's photo was possibly slightly flattering, I wasn't initially sure it was the same 7A38-7140. So out of curiosity, I DM'd him. Peter kindly confirmed it was.