Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

The above re-listed re-finished 7A38-7070, fitted with the wrong Seiko bracelet (which, incidentally the Italian seller was originally asking a risible €635 Euros for) eventually sold on October 20th for €375 Euros. Fabio listed another re-finished 7A38-7070 last night, this time without the 'ticks'...

Confirming my earlier suspicion, all three were re-listed, yet again, earlier this morning, within a period of 30 minutes: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316015874624 Puma Y19904-50 le24ore https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186818648586 Seiko 7A38-7180 carm_en https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186818678806 Orient J39...

In the early hours of this morning, greedy profiteering US eBay re-seller rtm127 (a.k.a. Ryan Marucheau) listed another thousand dollar JDM 7A38, which naturally came from his usual source, Yahoo Japan. This time it's another 7A38-6040. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256725652340 7A38-6040-(Divers)-Stai...

Keeping an eye open for unusual 77xxxx prefix case-back serial numbers can sometimes turn up an amusing instance of what can only be described as incompetence. I had an inkling that two-tone 7A38-7270 might have been snatched up by one of the many profiteering eBay re-sellers, because the listing wa...

Evidently profiteering US eBay re-seller Ryan Marucheau (a.k.a. rtm127 ) is monitoring this thread. He recently sent me this message bragging about his profitability: eBay-Message-rtm127.png His second paragraph (if true) demonstrates that there are still gullible mug punters out there, with more mo...

Perhaps I may have missed a couple, but it's been more than two years since I last saw a stainless 7A38-6080 listed on eBay Germany - that was in July 2022. There was a NOS example listed at the beginning of November, that wouldn't have been difficult to miss, because the German seller didn't includ...

The second 7A38 listed yesterday evening by flobaca was a common-or-garden gold-tone 7A38-7289, in average worn condition, with typical plating loss on the bracelet, again as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $170. Note once again, in the photos below, that he hasn't bothered replacing th...

Apart from being one of the longest-standing US-based profiteering eBay re-sellers, flobaca is also an opportunist. He habitually buys the cheapest watches he can find, often paying less than $100, so that his marked-up prices don't look too outlandish. He listed two more 7A38's yesterday evening. I...

His latest 7A38 eBay listing is something of a departure from his usual stock in trade (lately almost always 7A38-7069's). Late last night he listed this fairly well-worn 7A38-7070, fitted with a non-original replacement Seiko bracelet (which evidently he fitted), as a 7-day auction, with a typical...

If it does exist, it's looking more like the elusive 777777 case-back serial number may belong to a two-tone 7A38-7270. A grubby well-worn non-working example with s/n 777897 was listed and sold on eBay in the States earlier today. rsz_7a38-7270-stainless-gold-creamface-ebay-oct2024-another-13.jpg h...

Although scheduled to end at 30 minutes after Midnight (UK time) RR Auctions lot # 6514 dragged on until 01:48 this morning. This was due to their ' 30 Minute Rule ' automatic extension being invoked 3 times by single late placed bids. RRAuction-30MinuteRule.png Bidding on Jean-Loup Chrétien's Mir A...

If you've read through the first page of this thread, which is primarily concerned with a French auction house's sale of Jean-Loup Chrétien's space memorabilia in June 2022, you may recall that the featured lots included two watches: his Yema Spationaute III, which I bought, and one of his (two) Ome...

Daisuki Shimizu continues to re-list his 7A38-6000 / -6040 based Franken Panda without success. In the latest re-listing, he's reduced the Buy-it-Now price to 'only' ¥280,000 Yen, equivalent to approx. $1872.67 USD / £1435.00 GBP. https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/n1152023534 rsz_7a38-6040-divers-...

Seeing a watch listed on eBay by two (or more) different Japanese proxy re-sellers is usually a pretty good indicator that the same watch is available for sale on one of the usual Japanese platforms, typically Yahoo Japan, Rakuten or Mercari. It wasn't exactly difficult to find using Google Lens. Me...

I've looked at that listing for the Indy 500 logo'd Orient J39701-70 a couple of times (not because I had any intention of buying it, I'll hasten to add) and I noticed it was showing slightly different prices to the screen print I previously posted. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356118702433 Orient-J39...

Although some of his grossly over-priced JDM 7A28's and other 7A38's remain unsold well over a year later, it hasn't deterred greedy profiteering US eBay re-seller rtm127 (a.k.a. Watch and Jewelry Exchange), Ryan Marucheau from scouring Yahoo Japan in search of more potential easy profit. Last nigh...

Well perhaps these Indianapolis 500 branded Orient J39701-70's aren't quite as rare as I initially surmised. Or maybe they are. :P Because it's been nearly eighteen months since I last saw one offered for sale, anywhere. Then out of the blue, one popped up on eBay this afternoon, listed by a Japane...

Looks like flobaca may be trying to get back into the lucrative 7A38-702X 'Royal Oak' market, which used to be his favourite stock in trade, before he was squeezed out by the competition. I spotted this non-working 7A38-7029 'head only', which sold on eBay in the States, a couple of days ago. https:...

I'm not sure what prompted me, but I decided to check on that listing for the 7A48-7009 fitted with non-original Speidel bracelet. I was surprised to find that MM had actually ended the listing last night, correctly as item no longer available. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286056102215 ListingEnded-It...

Looks like MM is sliding back into his old ways again. :roll: According to eBay, he's managed to sell a total of 4 items, but has already picked up his first negative feedback, reducing his current feedback percentage down to 80% . :!: I hadn't spotted it previously, but it turns out that he'd manag...