Up 3% over the past 90 days
Based on eBay sales, last 12 months
Pre-owned watches trade across a wide condition spectrum. These ranges are typical for the secondary market.
Community + OSINT signals haven’t landed for this reference yet. We don’t publish a rating against zero signal — the number would mean nothing. Editorial body + caliber + market value still surface above; ratings appear once the signal corpus does.
SARB013 counterfeits are uncommon but gray-market "new old stock" claims are frequently exaggerated; dial condition is the primary concern.
| Area | What to check | What is correct | Red flag |
|---|---|---|---|
| dial | Green dial color consistency and printing | Even matte green with no fading, consistent Seiko text weight, clean lume plots at each hour marker, no cracks or lifting at the chapter ring edge | Uneven green coloring, faded sectors, text that looks reprinted, lume plots with visible seam lines or color mismatch |
| hands | Cathedral hand shape and lume fill | Sword/cathedral style with clean lume fill aligned to the center of the hand, no overflow onto the hand edges | Wrong hand style (baton, dauphine), lume that overflows edges or appears patchy, hands that sit at uneven height above dial |
| caseback | Engraved Seiko caseback markings |
| SARB013 reference number, country of origin, case material, and water resistance rating engraved cleanly; 4S15 movement reference present |
| Stamped (not engraved) text, incorrect reference number, missing 4S15 movement designation |
| movement | 4S15 hand-wound movement | Hand-wound caliber; rotor is absent by design; clean Seiko finishing on bridges with no tool marks | Automatic rotor present (indicates movement swap), movement that does not hand-wind, rough finishing |
| crown | Compass bezel and crown function | Bi-directional rotating compass bezel with positive clicks, crown winds smoothly in all positions without slipping | Bezel that rotates without clicks or locks in one direction only, crown that slips or skips when winding |
