Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

Well that's a fairly satisfying outcome. Both listings have been ended by the seller as no longer available. :lol: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/168358257950 7A38-7060-Gold-Franken-(725Odial)-eBay-May2926-Ended-NLA.png https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/168358254217 7A38-7280-Gold-Franken-(White710Ldial)-eBay-...

The US eBay seller who concocted the gold-tone 7A38-7060 Franken in my previous post, ldalton30 has been a busy boy lately. Or should that read 'busy fool' ? in the early hours of this morning, he listed another laughably over-priced 7A38 Franken. This time it's a gold tone 7A38-7280, which has been...

Although his previous 7A38-7069 remains unsold (now well into its 4th 7-day re-listing) it didn't deter profiteering US eBay seller flobaca from listing another yesterday evening. As usual, it's a 7-day auction, but this time with a lower opening bid price of 'only' $235 - possibly for good reason. ...

This fairly obvious 7A38 Franken was listed overnight by a US eBay seller. The gold-tone 7A38-7060 has been fitted with the off-white / cream arabic numeral 725O dial / hands (and presumably the movement) from a gold-tone 7A38-7280. The highly ambitious $375 Buy-it-Now asking price should be enough ...

In case you might be wondering where greedy German eBay seller vintage-uhren-laden (a.k.a. Koronaci_und_Söhne ) was sourcing his (3 on offer) grossly over-priced bracelet adjustment links from, he's just given the game away. :lol: In the early hours of this morning, he listed this well-worn stainles...

Here's another N8YZ669 'Panda' listed overnight by a US eBay seller. Not quite so ambitiously over-priced at 'only' $295.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/137281332748

Remiss of me, I'd failed to notice that flobaca's most recent 7A38-702H had sold on 28th April, for an undisclosed offer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/358472851266

And so it goes on. :| The unashamed greed of certain sellers continues to pervade eBay. The latest example to grab my attention, which I simply couldn't let pass without comment, was this listing, yesterday evening, by German eBay seller vintage-uhren-laden (a.k.a. Koronaci_und_Söhne ). €149.58 Euro...

For the last couple of days, I've been wearing this attractive 7A38-7020 two-tone 'split dial' Franken, which I built way back in September 2011. The black lower 703L dial plate and Tachymeter ring came from a stainless 7A38-7020; the hands are 7A38-7260 and the light grey upper 703L dial plate, cas...

Those of you who own Cartier Ferrari Formula chronographs may recall a thread on the old archived forum: Cartier Ferrari Formula case-back removal tool - coming soon ! Back in February 2013, I was initially toying with the idea of having a batch of precision engineered case-back 'spanners' made loca...

Yesterday afternoon, I took a few wrist shots, for the first time in ages. I wore one of my most recently acquired Yema Spationaute III's - factory prototype N ° 02 . It really was too bright (even in the shade), so I picked up a few unwanted relections in the domed crystal. The last shot shows the ...

That one sold quickly. The listing was marked up with 'This item is out of stock' the following day. However, I suspect this next one, listed yesterday evening, fitted with a horrible Speidel Twist-O-Flex bracelet, may take rather longer. :| The deluded US eBay seller, who can't even spell Chronogra...

This unusual 7A38 Franken was listed late yesterday evening by a devious French eBay seller. Were it not for his greed, in asking a ludicrous €370 Euros as a Buy-it-Now, its subtlety might have been enough to catch out an unwary punter. Instead the price should hopefully act as a deterrent. It's a g...

In his most recent re-listing, earlier this afternoon, deluded Italian eBay seller giusponti-13 increased the Buy-it-Now price of this much re-listed Puma Y19904-50 from €350 to €370 Euros. :roll: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/318163005442 Puma-Y19904-50-Gold-WhiteFace-eBay-April2026-Re-Listing.jpg

Time to give this thread a belated bump, methinks. ;) Discounting the two NOS examples I bought in January 2021 for $250 apiece (see my first post), the Jaz N8's are still among the cheapest non-Seiko 7A38's I've ever bought. Checking back through my records, I paid various US eBay sellers as little...

Yesterday afternoon, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed yet another 7A38-7069 in no better than average worn condition. As usual, it's a 7-day auction, this time with an opening bid price of $275 and the option to make an offer. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/358410324665 7A38-7069-Stainless+...

Another peak bot swarm occurred earlier this morning, while I was still in bed asleep. Now up to 2147.

That surprisingly successful sale appears to have provided inspiration to a would-be plagiarist. This similar-looking (but frankly rather poorly executed) 7A38 Franken was listed on eBay by a greedy dishonest German seller yesterday evening. It's a 5-day auction with a laughable opening bid price of...

Dion. The Chrono24 link you posted is the same as in my quote from 2 ½ years ago. It's the same seller; same listing, with a different set of photos and a further reduced price. I don't need to prove that it's fitted with a non-original bracelet. I already have. Please re-read the last paragraph of ...

If you're following flobaca 's eBay activities, you'll no doubt have noticed that he never includes the full model number in either titles or descriptions of his listings. Just '7A38'. There's a reason for this. He's obviously (re)using a template, which he tweaks slightly for each listing. It also...