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Drop-in resolution

ETA 2804-2 vs Miyota 8205: do they swap?

Whether the ETA 2804-2 and Miyota 8205 share a case, and what changes if you move between them.

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Close in diameter, not a drop-in. The ETA 2804-2 (25.60 mm x 3.35 mm) and Miyota 8205 (26.00 mm x 5.67 mm) are near in size but differ in height, dial feet or layout, so moving between them means a new dial, hands and often a case adjustment.

The ETA 2804-2 is the hand-wound date member of the 2800 family, the manual sibling of the 2824-2. The Miyota 8205 is the day-date member of the 8200 family, with a weekday disc alongside the date.

They differ in diameter (25.60 mm vs 26.00 mm), height (3.35 mm vs 5.67 mm), beat rate (28,800 A/h (4 Hz) vs 21,600 A/h (3 Hz)), calendar layout (centre seconds, date at 3 vs centre seconds, day and date at 3), winding behaviour. The manual-wind, date-at-3 version of the 2800 family at 25.60 mm x 3.35 mm. It adds a date disc to the 2801-2, so it needs a dial with a date window and swaps with the Sellita SW215-1.

Matching diameter and height is necessary but not sufficient. A donor is only a true drop-in when the dial-foot positions, hand-hole sizes, stem length and calendar layout also match. Two movements can share a case and still need a new dial, re-broached hands or a cut-to-length stem.

Calibers and lookups

ETA 2804-225.60 mm x 3.35 mm
Miyota 820526.00 mm x 5.67 mm