Looking to find what a 5401 Citizen's comes in

[jringo8769]

Well i have been very lucky to be able to find a citizen diver 62-5370  i always wanted ...it is missing the original movement which i am told is the 5401...i am not sure what other models that it comes in.maybe a few dress watches........i am told that a 5200 series are the same but with the day wheel...i am just not sure...any help will so be appreciated...God Bless John

[sweephand]

Hi John, the 5401 movement is the date only version of the 52xx family. 52 movements have day as well. The 54 versions are hard to find - the 21 jewel 5401 was used in the 'Crystal Date', 'Compact' and '540' models none of which come up for sale very often. It also came with 17, 27 and 33 jewels.  

I'm not a watch maker so I don't know whether this is possible, but could you use a 52 movement if you were to remove the day wheel? The 52 models are much more common so a donor should be relatively easy to find. I don't know either whether the diver will have a special movement holding ring / spacer - it might be worth asking '1386paul' about that over on the SCWF.

Stephen

[jringo8769]

well thank you so much for the info....well i have a 520 auto dater that is just too nice to use for parts ...but glad to hear that the 520 is much easier to find..i was hoping to find the correct 540 movement...really appreciate the help..God Bless John...thank you Stephen...hey I will try to contact 1386 Paul on scwf.....i will see if he knows about that spacer..it looks like it should be quite big

[jringo8769]

Hey Stephen just so i am clear..any 54 series movement will be the same but the number of crystals will be the difference...so if i find a 5470 that would work?...what about a 5430?...so appreciate all the help..God Bless John...hey i just came into quite a large amount of NOS citizen and pulsar parts too..

[sweephand]

The 5470 measures the same as the 5401, but strangely in my parts manual the 5430 is deeper (4.45mm instead of 3.98mm). However, the Ranfft archive doesn't identify differences between the two: link


The number of jewels makes no difference, but it would best to fit a 21 jewel version if you possibly can, so you'd have it in original spec.


Stephen

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Might have your solution here...
www.ebay.ca/itm/2pc-Vintage-CITIZEN-Automatic-5470-Gents-Parts-Watch-AsIs-/131438045973?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9a516b15

[jringo8769]

Thank you all ...i emailed Ramon our good friend to see if he has the proper one...he is looking for me...Stephen you are right..better to try and find the right one..the search continues...God Bless John