Rare Budweiser 7A28 listed on eBay

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Rare Budweiser 7A28 listed on eBay

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This rather unusual Budweiser logo'd 7A28 came up in my eBay saved search notifications this morning. As I don't regularly search eBay for 7A28's, had it not been for the Vietnamese seller's keyword spamming ('RAF'), I probably wouldn't have seen it. :roll: Can't say I've studied dressy 7A28's that closely in the past, but I think I can safely say I've never seen a 7A28-605B like this before. It's a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $199.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-Seik ... 4281653941

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Hmm. Interesting. I've found another similar Budweiser logo'd watch, except it's a 7A28-605A (rather than a 'B' suffix). It's also being offered by a Vietnamese online seller: Long's Fine Watches (Long Nguyễn Thanh). Asking price is $400.
The obvious difference being that it has an italic Arabic numeral dial rather than Roman numerals of the 7A28-706B.

https://longfinewatch.com/product/seiko ... 7a28-605a/

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Note this watch also has a relatively low 9300xx prefix serial number, manufactured in March 1989.

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The A and B would appear to be slight variations on the gold-tone export model 7A28-6050 SPR046J. Both versions are documented on Seiko Oceania's database, though there's no mention of Budweiser (in the parts list descriptions). Note the different dial and strap part numbers.

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Having briefly skim read through it again, this afternoon, I must say I was mildly amused (but not exactly surprised) to find that there was absolutely no mention of the 7A28-605A / -605B in the over-rated Seiko 7A28 Collector's Guide - much of whose data was blatantly copied from the old forum. :x

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That 7-day auction for the rare Budweiser logo'd 7A28-605B didn't last the duration. It sold in the early hours of this morning for an undisclosed best offer. In view of its rarity, I hope it's gone to a genuine collector, rather than another greedy speculator looking to make a fast profit. :|

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314281653941

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Another of those Budweiser logo'd 7A28-605B's came up in my eBay saved search notifications overnight. It was listed by
the same keyword-spamming Vietnamese seller NamNam_watches as a 7-day auction, with an opening bid of $269 US.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315558829006

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