I picked up a Seiko 7A28 a few weeks ago - total hope purchase. It came in with about the worst possible outcome - major battery leak, destroyed anti-magnetic shield, destroyed circuit. Just cooked. Dial / hands / case / bezel were good though... and thanks to John (Tiger) I happened to have a 7A48 Moonphase basket case in the parts drawer. After looking, fiddling, cleaning, testing I managed to ascertain that the two could be combined to make one working watch, and so the 7A28 was reborn! With one slight detour to pick chunks of rust out of the 1/10th counter gear train, it was almost ready to wear.
here's the slightly longer story of the rebuild: http://www.thewatchsite.com/index.php/topic,29275.0.html
It was still missing a few parts that prevented me from wearing it - two pushers and a stem. DaveS stepped up, donating a complete case with pushers and stem! Now.. the last thing. What was the original bracelet that this model carried? Anyone have pictures? A bracelet ID number?
Here's the seller's picture:
here's a poor "after" shot, just after getting it rolling again
Here's a picture with it on a Seiko 6138 chrono bracelet that i had sitting around - it actually works really well but is slightly too narrow - I could shim it up and it'd work fine, but really the right bracelet would be the way to go.
here's the slightly longer story of the rebuild: http://www.thewatchsite.com/index.php/topic,29275.0.html
It was still missing a few parts that prevented me from wearing it - two pushers and a stem. DaveS stepped up, donating a complete case with pushers and stem! Now.. the last thing. What was the original bracelet that this model carried? Anyone have pictures? A bracelet ID number?
Here's the seller's picture:
here's a poor "after" shot, just after getting it rolling again

Here's a picture with it on a Seiko 6138 chrono bracelet that i had sitting around - it actually works really well but is slightly too narrow - I could shim it up and it'd work fine, but really the right bracelet would be the way to go.
