Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

Apologies for not having posted an update to this thread earlier. Simone's 7-day auction for that stainless 7A38-7270 ended two weeks ago, on Friday 8th December. As I'd predicted, the auction appeared to have been shilled in the best Italian tradition, but surprisingly it only made €287 Euros after...

Yesterday evening, profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 listed two more two-tone 7A38's with typically greedily marked-up Buy-it-Now prices. Both come supplied with rather secondhand looking Seiko presentation boxes. Unless I've failed to spot any over the last 4 months, I believe these are ...

Presumably that NOS 7A38-6010 did sell at some point, but for how much exactly will likely forever remain a mystery. It re-appeared on eBay early yesterday evening, listed by another Italian seller chimera452 , who's asking €1100 Euros as a Buy-it-Now, with the option to make a (much lower sensible)...

Two of the 7A48-7050 Fishing Masters , listed by cross-platform profiteering re-seller jap_t_t_w in November 2020 (their stock reference W594) and August 2021 (W866) still remain unsold, despite their Buy-it-Now prices having been reduced to (less than) half their original ludicrous ask. With the n...

Just as I predicted in my previous post, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed that same 7A38-7069 yesterday evening as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $325. He's pitched it higher than usual, but then this one's in much nicer condition than some of his previous examples. Whethe...

I'm not going to bother tracking their activities any longer, but in the last week or so, manic re-listing Italian eBay seller carm_en has (ended and) re-listed that 7A38-7180 a few more times. :roll: I didn't record every time; apathy had set in. Hopefully you get the picture by now. 7A38-7180-Bla...

I think I can safely make another prediction of flobaca 's next 7A38-7069. There were five of them listed on eBay during the month of November. This was the last - a 7-day auction which ended on 4th December, selling for $77.51. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126208622391 7A38-7069-Stainless+Gold-Silver...

I've seen 7A38's fitted with replacement sapphire crystals listed on eBay. Never owned one. Don't see the point. It's overkill. Other than the JDM 7A38-7030, which has a Sapphire crystal, Seiko Hardlex was always deemed adequate.

I suggest you try fitting new O-rings. I'll warn you it's a fiddly job. You may find this thread from the old archived forum useful. Easy fix of an eBay seller's 7A38-7270 ? Let's see.

You didn't say, but did you lubricate the pushers with Silicone grease when you reassembled them ? The pusher O-rings sometimes harden with age, which perversely seems to give them a tendency to stick.

Check the condition of the switch lever(s). They are made from spring steel and sometimes rust, reducing electrical conductivity. Also check the cleanliness of their contact posts embedded in the '710' (green plastic insulator spacer).

I should have exposed them a month ago when I spotted their first listing for a two-tone 7A38-6080. These two current (re-)listings both have a couple of days to run. First there's a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of €365 Euros. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375080350753 7A38-6080-Stainless+Go...

As I wrote recently in another thread in this forum section .... Sometimes I try to ignore the many instances of blatant profiteering that I witness on eBay on an almost daily basis. But then I think about the gullible newbies that may fall prey to these greedy re-sellers, for lack of due diligence....

TiccTacc posted that allegedly NOS stainless 7A38-7190 For Sale on Instagram quicker than I expected, around lunchtime today, with a typically ludicrous asking price of €1250 Euros ! :o https://i.ibb.co/6FpKFKx/7-A38-7190-Stainless-White-Face-Wrong-Bracelet-Instagram-Ticc-Tacc-Post.png The post was...

Simone has been uncannily quiet on the Seiko 7Axx front of late - hence the lack of updates to this thread over the last eight months. Earlier this morning he listed a decent looking stainless 7A38-7270 as a 7-day auction, with a low start opening bid price of €1 Euro. However I would advise exercis...

Early this morning, profiteering German eBay re-seller m.a.k.2979 listed another stainless 7A38-7020, with presentation box and user manual, supposedly as another 'full set'. At first glance this one looks to be in decent cosmetic condition and somewhat cheaper than his usual ludicrously over-priced...

Checking my eBay watching page, I see that would-be profiteering re-seller rotori-e-circuiti (as was) ended his latest re-listing for that two-tone 7A38-6090 yesterday evening, because of another error in the listing. The price is still far from right, compared to the £122 he paid for it, nearly a m...

Bit late in the day for taking wrist shots. I've been wearing this two-tone 7A38-702A SAA012J 'beater' today.

Wearing this almost mint 7A38-7070 SAA031J this morning. It's a later production example with the white painted hands.

Flobaca 's most recent well-worn 7A38-702H, fitted with a non-original gold-tone bracelet sold rather more quickly than his gold-tone 7A38-7000, taking by comparison, only three 7-day re-listings. It sold a couple of days ago for the opening bid price of $240 (or possibly a best offer). All I can s...