Finally got a Seiko 7a38

[ro63rto]

Winging its way right now.

 

It's a non runner from Hong Kong and the bezel looks a little faded but should be a fun project.

Besides, if it is beyond my rather basic skills, I know a man in Berlin that can revive it.

 

Seiko 7a38-702a

 

Next will be the 7020 version Geo likes [emoji106]

 

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[rogart63]

You fix that @ro63rto . It pretty easy compared to 7T movements. Lot of small parts. But no plastic wheels . 

[ro63rto]

Yeah, seen pics George C. has posted on his site. Looks fiddly BUT at least the parts aren't going to crumble in front of your eyes [emoji1]

Fingers crossed it's not acid damaged.

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[ricardopalamino]

     I have my share of 7xxx and other battery powered Seiko Chronos , but the 7A38 is my favorite .  

 

In the past I have had about a 50% success rate in repairing them , but these can be a pistol to work on ,....mostly because if the circuit board is kaput , that's it .  I don't have the patience to work with the plastic gears mostly because of the fragile pivots , so I had a large stash of parts I sent to George C . where they will do the most good .

Good Luck with your incoming 7A38 .     BTW , The watch forum , 7A38 - by the numbers  , is a good source of info on this caliber .

http://seiko7a38.com/

 

[ro63rto]

Nice collection you have there.

I too have a few 7t watches.

7t34


7t62 asymmetric


I have a few others but Photobucket is playing silly monkeys and not letting me access all my pics.

This is my first 7a and hopefully not my last. I just refuse to pay the inflated prices some of them are going for so I buy cheap non working ones and keep buying until I can make one good one. Then I send them to George  when I fail or chicken out 

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[ro63rto]

Well, bad news and good news.

 

The bad

 

 

But the good news is a VERY generous member on another forum sent me a working donor.

 

 

Only thing is.... I stuck it on a brown leather strap with gold buckle and can't bring myself to pull the movement to transplant into the first one [emoji4]

 

 

 

Now all I need is a working donor with a trashed case [emoji6]

 

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[ricardopalamino]

That IS bad news and Very good news , and a little something in-between....I think .

Curious , Is the dial seated properly?  In the pic It seems to be lifted a bit from 10 to 3 . I have had similar circumstances where the dial wasn't seated all the way caused by the dial feet not being all the way down . I loosened the dial foot screw and was able to better seat the dial....sometimes .

[ro63rto]

That IS bad news and Very good news , and a little something in-between....I think .
Curious , Is the dial seated properly?  In the pic It seems to be lifted a bit from 10 to 3 . I have had similar circumstances where the dial wasn't seated all the way caused by the dial feet not being all the way down . I loosened the dial foot screw and was able to better seat the dial....sometimes .

Never noticed but I'll take a closer look. Might just be the angle and that shadow but we'll see.

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[ro63rto]

No, looks all ok to me.
Must have been the angle/shadow.


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[ricardopalamino]

OK , more good news..... Looks like you may have to zero out the minute subdial .

Edited May 23, 2017 by ricardopalamino

[ro63rto]

OK , more good news..... Looks like you may have to zero out the minute subdial .

For that, it will need a case clean and rebuild with gaskets first. Will be ordering a load soon for this and 6 or 7 other watches.

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[ricardopalamino]

Sounds like you're on a mission . Good Luck . 

Be very careful with the plastic pivots .