11BLAC Mainspring

Submitted by mesadowski on

I've got a Sea King N0 and I'd like to replace the mainspring while I attempt to service it (I'm new at this). The watch does run but it's about 3 min slow per day according to a timegrapher and the amplitud is only about 170-180, so I figured I'd swap the mainspring out and see if that helps. Where can I get one? Searching on this (e.g., Otto Frei) yields no results. There are many other Bulova mainsprings on that site, but not 11BLAC. Is there one that's equivalent? 

mesadowski
Posted September 27, 2025 - 7:21am

Correction it's an M9.

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted September 28, 2025 - 5:56am

Bulova 11BLACD 

No listing for the mainspring dimension unfortunately but does list the family of movements.  

I believe these have a sealed barrel? 

mesadowski
Posted September 28, 2025 - 7:03am

In reply to by FifthAvenueRes…

I've also got an 11BLAC. Same thing--I don't see it listed on sites like Otto Frei. It sounds like this might be challenging to replace...