Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

Not surprisingly, given the ludicrous asking price, the above stainless 7A38-7280 remains unsold. :| Profiteering German eBay re-seller m.a.k.2979 's latest over-priced offering has me scratching my head in bemusement. It's another 7A38-7280 - of sorts. :roll: It was once a gold-tone SAA124J, but so...

However, you may possibly understand my annoyance when I saw the very same Yema Spationaute III listed on eBay UK this afternoon by yet another would-be profiteering re-seller *urjewellery* (a.k.a. Jonathan Cox) with an extortionately marked-up Buy-it-Now price of £385 !! :x https://www.ebay.co.uk/i...

The Yema Spationaute III Aragatz is one of my favourite non-Seiko branded 7A38's. https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/aa373/Seiko7A38/Various%20Odds/Smilies/.highres/astro.gif I have far too many of them .... around two dozen of the 43mm version, including several NOS examples; a few with the lim...

Checking my eBay watching page, I see that flobaca 's most recent re-listing for his latest 7A38-7069 sold in the early hours of yesterday morning for the $250 opening bid price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355603288210 7A38-7069-Stainless+Gold-SilverFace-eBay-March2024-(Re-seller)-Ended-Sold-$250.jpg

We have a new record for greed and stupidity by a keyword spamming Italian eBay seller. This morning, they listed a NOS 7A38-6000, which genuinely (for a change) appears to be a full set, complete with box, tags and manuals, with an eye-watering Buy-it-Now price of €5000 Euros . No messing about wit...

Yet another price variation; one which I don't remember seeing before: now asking $560 in their first re-listing in April. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-1975-SEIKO-7A38,-15(!)-JEWELS-QUARTZ-CHRONOMETER-DAY-&-DATE!/256468993307 7A38-7000-Gold-WrongBracelet-eBay-April2024-martinachertok-...

Wearing this stainless 7A38-7000 SAA007J this morning. Bought off eBay in the States, in March 2009, this almost mint example has been in my collection for fifteen years. Couldn't decide between these two photos, so here's both of them.

Old habits die hard. Wearing this almost mint Yema Spationaute III Aragatz on this bright blue SATurday morning.

This 7A38-7010, listed yesterday evening by a dishonest Italian seller, as a 7-day auction with an opening bid of €299 Euros, is likely to catch out an unwary punter. The bracelet may be fitted with a 7-hole SQ clasp and bear an uncanny resemblance to the correct Seiko p/n Z1118S, but as can be seen...

Wearing my recently acquired Puma Y19201-70 this morning - my first '7A38' of 2024 (and the first in a long while). :) rsz_p1950037-crop.jpg Apart from sorting out the deflected centre seconds finger tension spring , which I did yesterday afternoon, it's more or less in 'as received' condition. Ther...

Just as well I checked. He obviously didn't notice it.

Earlier this week, I caved in and bought my first '7A38' of 2024, from a UK eBay seller. It's a Puma Y19201-70 in gunmetal two-tone finish, with a white dial - a variation that was missing from my collection. I don't like paying dealer prices and had negotiated a small discount, but still paid 'over...

Nearly 2 ½ years since it first appeared, deluded German eBay seller d.hasenmecki is still re-listing that 7A38-7070 , almost continuously, every 7 days, doggedly sticking to the same totally unrealistic opening bid price of €1499 Euros. :roll: Today, there was something to compare it to - albeit VE...

As I'd predicted, profiteering US eBay seller flobaca listed that 7A38-7069 late last night as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $250. Doesn't look as if he's done anything to it (other than re-setting the chronograph hands). https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEIKO-7A38-JAPAN***NICE-VINTAGE-FULL...

He may have got lucky with that stainless 7A38-727A, but profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 clearly has much to learn about the comparative values of less popular Seiko 7A38's. Was it really August 2021 when I wrote that about the gold-tone 7A38-7289 he'd just listed ? It seems that Gary T...

I suspect this gold-tone 7A38-7270 fitted with a non-original replacement Seiko bracelet will probably catch an unwary punter. It was listed yesterday evening by a US eBay seller, gustosportland , with a moderate Buy-it-Now price of $200. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Rare-1988-Seiko-7A38-7270-...

I'm fairly confident in my prediction of what will very likely be flobaca' s next 7A38 offering - yet another 7A38-7069. The 7-day US eBay auction for a typically worn example, with dubious sounding minor faults, ended yesterday evening, selling for a mere $68 after 19 bids. https://www.ebay.co.uk/i...

Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:13 amIt makes you wonder why eBay hasn't banned him already.

I guess the final outcome was inevitable: https://www.ebay.com/usr/millauctionhouse - no longer a registered user.

Here's another 7A38 with four sevens in the serial number, that I've just spotted. This well-worn stainless 7A38-7270 sold last night on eBay in the States for a mere $25 . The listing was live for less than 10 minutes. Serial number 776077. That stainless 7A38-7270 s/n 776077 has been doing the ro...

Looks like they're on the move again. :roll: The latest re-listing, yesterday evening, is up by another $50 to $599. :lol: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-1975-SEIKO-7A38,-15(!)-JEWELS-QUARTZ-CHRONOMETER-DAY-&-DATE!/256445908155 7A38-7000-Gold-WrongBracelet-eBay-March2024-martinachertok-...