Stuck trying to find what miyota mvt this is

[Danh]

Hi guys

stuck on this miyota, it has no numbers and odd dial feet placement - out of a very small ladies rotary

13mm x 15.8mm

any pointers very gratefully accepted

thanks

[StuartBaker104]

It’s a Miyota 3n20. Not easy to find a new alternate for. 5y20 is listed as the current replacement but has different dial feet positions, hand sizes and stem tap size!!! There is a watch on eBay with a 3n20 in Spain, but my Spanish isn’t good enough to see if its working.

Best alternate may be to find a Citizen 3220. There’s a new 3220 on eBay.com, but doesn’t look like they ship to uk https://www.ebay.com/itm/Citizen-Watch-Corp-3220-Original-Quartz-Watch-Movement-Japan-Made-1-Jewel-/273598188626.

Alternatively, there are many Citizen 3220 series watches on eBay.

Or you could google for other sources of both

[TexasDon]

I've been researching this watch for hours on end and never even got close to identifying it. How did you com up with the answer?

[Danh]

Thank you guys

Stuart - I agree with Don - I have spent hours trying find this  - thank you for ID’ing it 

[StuartBaker104]

Google is your friend 

I searched Cousins to find the current Miyota of that size, then I googled for where that had been suggested as an alternative for obsolete movements, then hit the images button.  You just have to ask the same question a few different ways.

Actually, I found it quite quickly, but didn’t realise I had because the first picture I saw was pretty poor, so I kept on looking.

Took me about half an hour which I should have spent starting the next project in my toy box!!

[StuartBaker104]

Looking for the 5y20 as replacement on page 79 of this was the killer link

https://www.jewelerssupplies.com/media/pdfs/CaskerMovements48w.pdf

[Danh]

15 minutes ago, StuartBaker104 said:

Google is your friend 

I searched Cousins to find the current Miyota of that size, then I googled for where that had been suggested as an alternative for obsolete movements, then hit the images button.  You just have to ask the same question a few different ways.

Actually, I found it quite quickly, but didn’t realise I had because the first picture I saw was pretty poor, so I kept on looking.

Took me about half an hour which I should have spent starting the next project in my toy box!!

Thanks Stuart - I did start with cousins but never thought to back track the replacement

thats a great shout - thank you for your help