Seiko quartz Chronograph 7A38-7060

An attractive vintage Seiko Quartz Chronograph, featuring a gold-tone case, champagne dial with tachymeter scale and tricompax layout with day and date at 3 o’clock. It is fitted with the renowned Seiko 7A38 calibre, a day-date evolution of the 7A family, among the most interesting quartz chronograph movements produced by Seiko in the 1980s.

• Brand: Seiko
• Collection: Quartz Chronograph
• Reference: 7A38-7060 (A6)
• Period: Year 1988
• Condition: Vintage
• Movement: Analogue quartz chronograph
• Calibre: Seiko 7A38 – 15 jewels, 32.768 Hz, chronograph with four independent stepping motors, day/date indication
• Case serial number: 8D5243
• Case: Gold-finished metal
• Case diameter: 37.5 mm
• Dial: Champagne/gold-tone, applied indices, three chronograph subdials, peripheral tachymeter scale and day-date window at 3 o’clock
• Strap: Generic brown leather strap
• Buckle: Generic
• Crown: Crown at 8 o’clock for time and calendar adjustment; chronograph pushers
• Notes: The 7A38, introduced in 1984, derives from the 7A28 with the addition of day and date indication. The 7A family is particularly prized by collectors as it represents one of the first generations of Seiko analogue quartz chronographs, with sophisticated construction and 15 jewels.