Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

There have been a few 7A38's fitted with non-original replacement bracelets listed on eBay recently, but this one stuck in my craw, because of the dishonest US eBay seller's attempt to deliberately deceive. This 7A38-7010 in average worn condition was listed overnight with a Buy-it-Now price of $325...

A quick heads up on two more 7A38 Frankens to close out 2025. The first was listed yesterday evening, by a devious US eBay seller, as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $199. He calls it a RARE 1972 7A38-702H Prototype ! :lol: In fact, if you check the case-back photos, it's actually base...

The watch re-appeared overnight, now with photos included, as a 7-day auction with the same risible opening bid price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/257289036283 CartierFF-7A38-Black+Gold-BlackFace-eBay-Jan2026-(Re-seller)-rtm127-Listing-.jpg rsz_cartierff-7a38-black-gold-blackface-ebay-jan2026-re-sell...

I sometimes wonder at the perverse logic of eBay sellers who list items without uploading any photos of the actual item. I'm not sure what they hope to achieve by it. Nobody in their right mind is going to bid or buy without seeing photos. On the morning of Wednesday 31st December (New Year's Eve), ...

First (but certainly not the last) re-listing of 2026. :roll: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317720290177 (Ended on Thu, 1 Jan at 7:39 PM because the item is no longer available.) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317721674942 (Ended on Fri, 2 Jan at 8:27 AM because the item is no longer available.) https://ww...

As I predicted in my previous post, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed that average worn two-tone 7A38-7270 overnight as a 7-day auction with a typically unrealistic opening bid price of $275. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/357703914291 7A38-7270-Stainless+Gold-CreamFace-eBay-Oct2025-(Re-sel...

The second 7A38 Franken was listed early this morning by an Australian eBay seller. It's basically a stainless 7A38-7130, into which someone has inserted the gold 701L dial and hands (and hence presumably movement) from a gold-tone 7A38-7000. The Ozzie seller has listed it as a 7-day auction, with a...

A quick heads up on two more 7A38 Frankens to close out 2025. The first was listed yesterday evening, by a devious US eBay seller, as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $199. He calls it a RARE 1972 7A38-702H Prototype ! :lol: In fact, if you check the case-back photos, it's actually based...

There has been a surfeit of 7A38-702H's on eBay in the States in December. I've seen at least 5 examples listed. So even though he still has two examples unsold, it was to be expected that flobaca would grab some of the action, to maintain his stock in trade. He won this US eBay 7-day auction last n...

If you're following flobaca 's eBay activities, you'll no doubt have noticed that he never includes the full model number in either titles or descriptions of his listings. Just '7A38'. There's a reason for this. He's obviously (re)using a template, which he tweaks slightly for each listing. It also ...

I really don't know why he bothers to try it on. :roll: Once again, devious US eBay re-seller flobaca has seen fit to replace that gold-tone crown on his stainless 7A38-7020 with the correct one. He re-listed it in the early hours of this morning, with a fresh set of photos and a slightly reduced op...

The correct original bracelet for a 7A38-701B 'Vulcan' is Seiko part number Z1118S. As you may already have guessed, they are virtually impossible to find nowadays. There are a few other similar-appearing Seiko 20mm stainless bracelets which can be used as substitutes. These include Seiko part numbe...

I've lost count of the number of times that greedy profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 (a.k.a. Gary Turner) has unsuccessfully re-listed his two-tone 7A38-728A, on an almost weekly basis, since the end of October 2023. Originally he was asking a ridiculous £375 as a Buy-it-Now (see my post h...

The other one is something of a horror, reminiscent of the Frankens that the Filipino watch botchers used to regularly churn out. It purports to be a 7A38-702H and was listed in the early hours of this morning by a US eBay seller with a laughable Buy-it-Now price of $250. That there's no 'Make Offer...

I thought these couple of 7A38 Frankens, which came up in my eBay searches recently, warranted a quick mention here. The first was listed on Sunday evening by a German eBay seller, with a risible opening bid price of €180 Euros and a completely ridiculous Buy-it-Now price of €260 Euros: https://www....

Flobaca 's latest listing overnight initially caught me by surprise, because at first glance, it looked very much like the previous re-listing - even the SUN day was the same. However it's not another 7A38-7029, but a stainless 7A38-7020. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/358017468661 7A38-7020-Stainless+...

Flobaca's 'triple crown' 7A38-7029 sold again for a third time yesterday evening, for that reduced opening bid price of $650. Here's hoping it stays sold this time. :roll: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227129562182 7A38-7029-Stainless+Grey-eBay-Sept2025-(Re-seller-Flobaca)-Ended-Sold-$650-Again.png

Profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca is struggling to shift his 'triple crown' 7A38-7029. That most recent (second) sale, posted above, also appears to have fallen through. It was back on eBay, re-listed yet again for the umpteenth time, in the early hours of this morning; this time with an openin...

I missed another bot swarm earlier this morning - their peak activity is now up to 1893 !

After umpteen re-listings, since the end of August, flobaca's 7A38-7029 eventually sold yesterday evening, for a second time, for the reduced opening bid price of $650.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/357972779911