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No mechanical drop-in. The ETA 901.001 is a quartz caliber; swapping it for an automatic of a similar diameter changes power source, height and hand heights, so it is a case redesign, not a drop-in. The exact donor to buy and the dial, hand and stem checks before you order.

Updated 05 September 2026.

Drop-in resolution

Donor movement for the ETA 901.001

Which movement drops into a ETA 901.001 case, and what has to match beyond the footprint.

No drop-in

No mechanical drop-in. The ETA 901.001 is a quartz caliber; swapping it for an automatic of a similar diameter changes power source, height and hand heights, so it is a case redesign, not a drop-in.

The ETA 901.001 is a battery quartz caliber at 17.20 mm x 3.20 mm. Replacing it like-for-like means another quartz movement of the same family and footprint, not an ETA, Sellita, Miyota or Seiko automatic.

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.

Related calibers and lookups

ETA 901.00117.20 mm x 3.20 mm
ETA 2824-2the 25.60 mm benchmark

Questions and answers

Donor movement for the ETA 901.001?

No mechanical drop-in. The ETA 901.001 is a quartz caliber; swapping it for an automatic of a similar diameter changes power source, height and hand heights, so it is a case redesign, not a drop-in.