Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

I'd forgotten I'd written a thread about the 7A38's day / date changeover wheel, Achilles heel on the old archived forum. How to set the Day / Date on a Seiko 7A38 - and when NOT to do it The p/n for the 7A38 day / date driving wheel is 867.725. They were obsolete, no longer available from Seiko. Ho...

On that topic can I ask is it a common occurrence to see similar in the 7A38 re date? I've seen a couple of 7A38's with broken date wheels, but more often than not, it's the day change rather than the date that's adversely affected. The plastic changeover wheel is the 'Achilles heel' of the 7A38 mo...

As I expected, greedy profiteering US eBay seller rtm127 's 7-day auction listing for his ex-Yahoo Japan 7A38-7030 went unsold. As per his usual practice, he's since re-listed it as a Buy-it-Now. Unfortunately for any potential UK buyers, it looks like eBay has automatically added 20% VAT to his alr...

My '7A38-727x' case is a 24-slot aluminium watch case. It also contains my 7A38-7180 and 7A38-7190's, besides most of my 7A38-727A's, 7A38-727B's, 7A38-7270's and 7A38-7290's (which all use the same basic watch case). It's full. In fact I have 10 stainless 7A38-7270's in total. Two are currently in ...

It looks like 22 links (including 6 removable adjustment links) is how they shipped from the factory. Rather than get my case of 7A38-727x's out, I dug out this old photo of the first NOS 7A38-7270 SAA093J that I bought back in June 2011: rsz_7a38-7270-stainless-blackface-minenos-withsaa093jtag-p104...

OK so I'm maxed out in links then it seems,... You may already have the full complement of links (I need to dig out my NOS examples to check), but there's nothing stopping you from adding more adjustment links - if you can find them (and are willing to pay the asking price). :| Would you think my l...

He included a single spare link so that made a total of 22 links. I put ten links off 6 o'clock side and twelve off the 12 o'clock side if you get me. Unfortunately I also had to add a 16mm clasp extender as I've a thick wrist,... I checked a couple of mine, which happened to be lying around (daily...

By 7th April, the watch had been pre-bid to $1,366,694. The following announcement appeared on RR Auctions' page: Bidding details: this watch will be sold LIVE at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at 6 PM ET on April 17, 2025; at that time, absentee bidding will close, and the auction w...

In the early hours of this morning, greedy profiteering US eBay re-seller rtm127 (a.k.a. Ryan Marucheau of 'Watch and Jewelry Exchange') listed another ridiculously over-priced JDM 7A38, which naturally came from his usual source, Yahoo Japan auctions. This time it's an average condition titanium 7A...

By late Saturday morning, the would-be re-seller had ended the listing because of an error. One of several, I'd opine.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156882497820

Do you ever get that feeling of Déjà Vu ? I do, all the time. Especially having an almost photographic memory, it's frequently impossible to forget some of the horrors I see listed on eBay. This post is about two sightings of what's probably the worst 7Axx Franken that I've seen in a long time. It f...

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 wi...

At the other end of the pricing scale, another 7A38-701B 'Vulcan', which the Italian seller described as 'perfect', sold last night in an eBay auction for a comparatively cheap €700 Euros. Only one 'snipe' bid was placed in the closing seconds. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127023543849 7A38-701B-Vulca...

Late last night, after five 7-day re-listings, flobaca's latest 7A38-7029 sold for $760 after 2 bids. The mind boggles.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356723893923

Speaking (off topic) as I was about 18K gold Omega Speedmasters (Apollo 11 Commemorative), Neil Armstrong's watch is coming up for sale in a fortnight's time by RR Auctions. The auctioneers' estimate is a cool $2 million plus. :shock: https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/350070307167000-nei...

Belated update: Evidently the 'Vulcan' which sold on eBay in August 2024 for £1220 was purchased by one Alan Maclean, a Scottish collector, who posted half a dozen photos of it, here on the Facebook Vintage Seiko Watches group page . 7A38-701B-Vulcan-Stainless-YellowFace-Facebook-AlanMaclean-Post.jp...

Welcome aboard Alan and thank you for owning up to the purchase. Will you try to rectify the re-reamed bezel insert ?

Late last night, Spanish eBay re-seller micotam ended the listing as item no longer available, presumably sold off eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286419432413 7A38-6000-(Divers)-Stainless-PandaFace-WrongBracelet-(exLewBrown)-eBay-March2025-Ended-NLA.jpg The earlier Chrono24 listing has been update...

Yesterday afternoon Spanish eBay re-seller micotam revised his listing for the ex-Lew Brown modded 7A38-6000, reducing the Buy-it-Now price to a marginally less ambitious €550 Euros, still with the option to make an offer. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286419432413 7A38-6000-(Divers)-PandaFace-WrongBra...

The latest nickname for a Seiko 7A38 to emerge might be the 'Zorin', after Max Zorin, the main villain from the 1985 James Bond movie, 'A view to a kill', played by Christopher Walken. He appears to wear what looks like a gold-tone 7A38-7000 SAA008J, most often visible in the last 20 minutes of the ...