My Dad's 7A28-7020 reappears!

[Pascal S]

In another thread I told the story of how I got my first analog chronograph, a 7A38-7000. My parents and I were on a day out shopping in Nice, and my Dad fell in love with these brand new Seiko chronographs that were proudly being displayed in a shop window. He went in and bought himself one on the spot, and seeing that his teenage son was equally mesmerized, he told me to pick one for myself and bought it as well.

While mine went on many adventures on the wrist of the 14 year old boy I was, and bears a few scars as a result, my Dad's watch led a much quieter life. He wore it pretty often though. In fact, it turns out that it is the last watch he ever wore, because that's the one he had on his wrist when he got admitted to the hospital right before passing away 20 years ago. That's the reason why my Mom had kept it, until now.

Over the last weekend, I visited my mother in Monaco, where she still lives. And she decided to give me custody of a few timepieces she had kept for sentimental reasons. And among them was my Dad's Seiko, a two-tone 7A28-7020 I hadn't seen in ages. I popped a new battery in, and it is still working flawlessly. What's more, she still had the matching papers, so I found out that this day I remember so well was October 15, 1983.

Here's a picture of that beauty:

[Seiko7A38]

Wonderful acquisition, Pascal.

All you need do now is find his 7A48-7010.

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[Pascal S]

I'll pass on this one, to be honest!

While my Dad had a better tolerance for bling that I ever did, his 7A48 was a bit much even for him. He rarely wore it, and when the link between the bracelet and the case broke, it got relegated to a drawer. So upon inheriting this watch, I felt no great attachment to it like I do for his 7A28, regardless of the fact that the latter is gorgeous in my opinion. I wouldn't describe the 7A48 the same way, and that's why I sold it.



If the dial had not been all gold, and the case had classic lugs allowing the use of straps, I might have felt differently. But the bottom line is that I don't miss it. The only detail I liked was that the crown had the same design as the pushers, allowing symmetry.