Towards the end of last month, I received an email notification from the-saleroom.com of a stainless 7A38-7020 coming up for auction in the UK in June. It was being auctioned by Lockdales of Ipswich. It was described as not working and the auctioneers' estimate was a very conservative £30 - £50, which is a joke. I knew that figure was totally unrealistic.
There was only one photo in the lot listing:
As you can see from that photo, it was rather grubby (understatement) and the crystal was scratched. Apart from a couple of minor dings and scratches on the bezel, the case looked in reasonably decent condition and the bracelet didn't appear to be stretched or suffering from twisted links. The dial and hands lume looked nice and clean. There appeared to be some minor paint flaking on the 'O' of the SEIKO logo (not unusual). However, one point of concern was that the day wheel (showing MIE) appeared to be halfway though the changeover @ 11:26 - a possible indicator of a damaged day / date driving wheel.
The auctioneers' description was as follows:
Note they included the words 'Seiko signed movement', so presumably someone had unscrewed the case-back. If so, it made me wonder why they hadn't posted a photo of the movement - or for that matter any other photos of the watch.Seiko Sports 100 chronograph stainless steel cased gents quartz wristwatch, ref. 7A38-7020. The grey dial with baton markers, triple black subsidiary dials, day-date aperture at 3 o'clock and luminous insert hands. Seiko signed movement, Seiko bracelet . Case size approx 38mm. Not working