Drop-in resolution
Miyota 82S5 vs Seiko NH38 (TMI NH38A): do they swap?
Whether the Miyota 82S5 and Seiko NH38 (TMI NH38A) share a case, and what changes if you move between them.
Different footprints. The Miyota 82S5 is 26.00 mm x 5.67 mm and the Seiko NH38 (TMI NH38A) is 27.40 mm x 5.32 mm, so they do not share a case. This is a choice between platforms, not a swap.
The Miyota 82S5 is the small-seconds open-heart 8200 member, in decorated entry automatics. The Seiko NH38 (TMI NH38A) is the open-heart, no-date member of the NH3x family, in skeleton-dial mod watches.
They differ in diameter (26.00 mm vs 27.40 mm), height (5.67 mm vs 5.32 mm), calendar layout (small seconds, open heart, no date vs centre seconds, open heart, no date), winding behaviour. An 8200-family open-heart caliber at 26.00 mm x 5.67 mm with small seconds rather than the 82S0's central seconds. It shares the family footprint but needs its own small-seconds, open-heart dial.
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.