M8 11ALAC Clipper P

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11ALAC M8

Airborne Turtle
Posted February 23, 2025 - 11:37pm

First post, so please be patient.  I'm doing an info dump so other people can search for it later.  Disabled Vet with lots of "time on my hands," so I recently decided to take a crack at repairing watches.  This is the first one I'm tackling!  What I *think I know is that it is a 1967 or 1968 Clipper P.  I've stripped it down to the movement, but stopped there until I find more info.  I have pictures of everything, so please feel free to ask for specifics & I'll post them.  I was going to post them all at once, but could only figure out how to include a single picture.  Here's all of the markings I've been able to find.  Anything in parenthesis is what I think it means.

 

Dial:

  • Black face (the P model)
  • Off white Arabic numerals all around
  • White text:
    • BULOVA
    • AUTOMATIC
  • White ring around dial face
    • black minute ticks
  • bottom of dial
    • T SWISS MADE T
  • Minute & hour hands are lumed.  Given the year,  I know that could mean radium, so I'm not going to do anything with them.

 

Case:

  • Bulova
  • F392400 (serial number)
  • M7 (1967)
  • Waterproof
  • Self-Winding
  • Anti-Magnetic
  • Stainless Steel Case
  • Shock Resistant
    • There is a small locating tab at the top that centers it in the case.
    • The case is held close with a rotating ring.
    • When I took it apart, the ring, case back, a gasket, & another ring all fell out, so I'm not sure the order the gasket & other ring were stacked.

 

Movement:

  • Bulova Watch Co.
  • 11 ALAC (automatic, sweep second)
  • 17 Jewel
  • Seventeen
  • Swiss
  • Unadjusted
  • M8 (1968)
  • BXW (import code for the parts)

 

I *think I've tracked down a catalog number, but I'm not positive: 11364Ws.

 

What I'm looking for is a parts list, or diagram, or ideally an exploded view.  I've found it for other versions, but not the ALAC.  Specifically the case back gasket part number & dimensions.  Some part had to be first, so why not start there?  Hopefully the diagram will include oiling suggestions, but I think I can figure that out through other means.

 

In a perfect world, somewhere out there is a step by step of how to take it apart & put it back together, but in reality, at best, I hope to find a parts list.

 

Any assistance is appreciated & I'm eager to get it stripped down, cleaned, rebuilt, & on my wrist.  This will be my first automatic taken from start to finish & love that it's a Bulova!

Airborne Turtle
Posted February 23, 2025 - 11:49pm

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mybulova_admin
Posted February 24, 2025 - 2:29am

Airborne Turtle welcome. 

Please add your watch (in it's assembled state) here: https://mybulova.com/add-your-watch where the myBulova.com panel will review it an confirm/assign an official ID, which will then be searchable via the sites model listing.

It will then join the two other examaples we have in the Database.