Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

Thought I'd wear a Yema N8 Flygraf for a change. This one's lacquered wooden box just happened to be on the top when I opened my cupboard. It's the third one I ever bought, in NOS unworn condition, in March 2013, from a US eBay seller. See the old archived forum thread for the full story: I really d...

Earlier this afternoon, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed a 7A38-7029, fitted with an ill-matched (stainless and black chrome) non-original replacement Seiko bracelet, as a 7-day auction listing, with a highly optimistic opening bid price of $700 (and unusually no Buy-it-Now option). htt...

Wearing this NOS condition Yema Spationaute III on this sunny bleu Saturday morning.

Something plain and simple today. I'm wearing this stainless 7A38-7280 SAA119J, one of a few in my collection, for the first time in ages. This watch used to be one of my daily wearers when I was still working. It's the first example of this model I ever bought. It was listed on eBay UK in January 2...

For now, here's a slightly different wrist shot to the one I posted in the WRUW thread yesterday morning . rsz_p1950081-crop.jpg Incidentally, that isn't a chip in the rim of the crystal @ 120 on the Tachymeter scale. It's just a bit of grubbiness, which I quickly cleaned up with the point of a wood...

A bit rough it may have been, but at least I had an example of this J39908-70 variant in my collection. If you've read through those old threads I linked, then you'll know it came from eBay Australia in August 2011. Up until last month, I'd never seen another example of this particular variant. So i...

If you follow the WRUW thread then you may have noticed this caption in my post yesterday: Just trying on this delightful example of Orient J39908-70 which arrived from Japan in this morning's post. Here's the back story. Apologies if I ramble on a bit. The included links are intended to help keep i...

Just trying on this delightful example of Orient J39908-70 which arrived from Japan in this morning's post. Whenever I describe these (and other dressy watches), I'm sometimes tempted to use the adjective 'little', which in the case of the J39908-70 would be wholly incorrect, because they're actuall...

Earlier this afternoon, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed a 7A38-6010, in average worn condition, as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $375, or the option to Buy-it-Now for $490 for anybody foolish enough. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/357058544983 7A38-6010-(Divers)-Black+Gold-e...

In contrast, the bracelet end pieces are the usual flimsy pressed items. Their ears are stamped 4502-G.E, but so far I haven't had any success trying to discover which model this bracelet correctly belongs to .... It had been bugging me, so I'd asked the question over on SCWF a couple of days ago: ...

Wearing my favourite self-built 'franken mod' on this sunny Sunday morning. I've verbally dissected it several times before in this thread, but I guess one more time won't hurt. It's based on a re-finished 7A38-7020 watch case. The 709L dial is from a 7A38-7070, but with deliberately contrasting whi...

Here's a couple of wrist shots - slightly different to the pair I just posted in the WRUW thread.

It's been exactly one year since I last posted a wrist shot in our WRUW thread. My, how time flies and shame on me. :oops: That doesn't seem to have deterred visitors - this thread has now received well over 400,000 views ! :o It just so happens that I've recently purchased a 7A38 - the first in a l...

Having decided not to re-fit the incorrect bracelet that it came with presented me with virtually the same dilemma I faced back in November 2010, when I asked: Strap Suggestions For A Dinky Diver, Anybody ? on the RLT watch forum. I was pleased with that particular outcome, but didn't want to go dow...

The auctioneer's description included the statement: Condition report: Watch is not currently running. Naturally, I assumed the usual flat battery, but purchasing any quartz watch on this basis is always something of a gamble. The watch's Varta #394 battery must have run out years ago, because it ha...

The courier delivered the package at lunchtime on Tuesday. I was going out for the afternoon, so I did little more than open it and check the contents. First impression was that the non-original replacement Seiko bracelet fitted was quite chunky and didn't really suit the watch. The following mornin...

If you click on the link I posted earlier , you'll come to an updated version of the listing page. Unfortunately I wasn't thinking quickly enough to take another screen print as the lot was ending and now it states (which I personally find bloody annoying as the winning bidder): Hammer Price: Auctio...

I've just gone and bought myself another 7A38-6000. Don't ask me why. :roll: The two examples I already had in my vast collection should have been more than adequate. One is almost mint / 100% correct and the other is my much-loved original 'Dinky Diver', fitted with a vintage Seiko 'Beads of Rice' ...

Remiss of me not to have followed up on this thread before. Profiteering Japanese cross-platform re-seller jap_t_t_y has since managed to find mug punter buyers for the three ex-Yahoo Japan 7A38-7030's that they were listing on eBay. They're currently only listing one 7A48-7050 Fishing Master on eBa...

Much to my surprise, flobaca 's 'polished turd' of a 7A38-702A sold on Thursday for the opening bid price of $275. I had expected that poor example would have hung around unsold for months. :| https://www.ebay.com/itm/226769721610 7A38-702A-Stainless+Gold-eBay-May2025-Flobaca-Ended-Sold-$275.png Nee...