1944 bulova a-11 trouble removing movement

[Tempusfugit007]

I can unscrew the back and take out the crown and movement set screws, but there’s a lip or washer, I dunno that holds the movement in. I’ve searched on here and no definitive answer as to how to open it. I’d rather a more seasoned watch person tell me, rather than “monkey with a pipe wrench” the thing open. The front has the same Rolex kinda teeth on the sides as the back did, but I tried using my ball to open the front…..glass just swivels, so is the front a pop off or screw off. I’ve included pics. Thanks ahead of time 

[clockboy]

Welcome to the forum, enjoy.That is watch  have not serviced before. Maybe the front  bezel unscrews.

[Waggy]

Looking at the picture, the case screws appear to stop the movement moving forward  (towards the crystal) indicating that this is the way the watch needs to travel to remove it from the case, hence it appears to be a front loader, this is just a 'rule of thumb' and as ever there are many exceptions. Hence, I would be fairly confident that the front bezel needs to be removed and the movement taken out the front of the watch.

Look on the bezel for a small slit, similar to what you would see on a snap-on case back to remove it then the watch movement should fall out the front of the watch.

Edited April 24 by Waggy

[RichardHarris123]

I agree, the bezel needs removing.  If there isn't a gap between the case and bezel for removal, it's probably screw on. If so you need to grip the bezel itself. 

[JohnR725]

I have an image of what the case is supposed to look like disassembled.

then an interesting website

https://www.mybulova.com/vintage-bulova-catalogs

there's all sorts of interesting things here for anyone in watch repair. but for the particular subject these are the two I recommend. You can see page 7 is where I got the image of the case. Then the word apartment technical manual is really a training manual of watch repair covers wristwatches and pocket watches everybody should have a copy of this.