Drop-in resolution
Seiko 4R36 vs Miyota 9012: do they swap?
Whether the Seiko 4R36 and Miyota 9012 share a case, and what changes if you move between them.
Different footprints. The Seiko 4R36 is 27.40 mm x 5.32 mm and the Miyota 9012 is 26.00 mm x 3.90 mm, so they do not share a case. This is a choice between platforms, not a swap.
The Seiko 4R36 is the branded day-date Seiko automatic, the retail version of the NH36. The Miyota 9012 is a 90-series premium automatic with a 24-hour sub-hand and date.
They differ in diameter (27.40 mm vs 26.00 mm), height (5.32 mm vs 3.90 mm), beat rate (21,600 A/h (3 Hz) vs 28,800 A/h (4 Hz)), calendar layout (centre seconds, day and date at 3 vs centre seconds, date at 3, 24h sub-hand), winding behaviour. The branded day-date Seiko at 27.40 mm x 5.32 mm that the NH36 copies. It shares the NH3x footprint and stem, so it drops into an NH36 case with a matching day-date 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.