Ball Watch

Ball Watch is an American watch company with headquarters in Switzerland. The founder of Ball Watch, Webb C. Ball, was the first jeweler to use Standard Time time signals in 1883 and subsequently held important positions in the railroad industry. Ball established guidelines for the manufacturing of precision timepieces, including resistance to magnetism, reliability of time keeping in 5 positions, isochronism, power reserve and dial arrangement.

PORTFOLIO

Time Explorers: 6 Watches Tough Enough for the Outdoors

When climbing or hiking, mountain biking or camping, a watch needs to be sturdy and able to withstand scratches and impacts. Outdoors, far away from work, the pressures of everyday schedules quickly fall away. We’ve found six watches designed to rediscover that lost time, including new models from TAG Heuer, Oris, and Sinn.

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Oct 9, 2019 by WatchTime

PROMOTION

E.C.Andersson Releases New Model and New Jubilee Bracelet in Divers’ Collection

Along with the cold, Scandinavian winds comes a new model from Scandinavian brand E.C.Andersson Watch Co: the Denise Arctic Sport. It features the same eye-catching, utilitarian design as other models in the company’s tool-watch collection, but this time with a matte white ceramic bezel and snow-white dial with contrasting black makers and hands. It is...

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Oct 17, 2019 by WatchTime

FEATURES:

Five Things You Should Know About the COSC

The Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) is crucial to the Swiss watch industry. It’s existed in its current form since 1973 but there has been competitive chronometric testing happening in Neuchâtel since the late 1800s. Today, the COSC functions as a sort of litmus test for precision throughout the Swiss watch industry. In an...

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May 10, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

PORTFOLIO

6 Sports Watches and Dive Watches Built for Adventure

From the WatchTime archives: If you want to climb mountains, explore caverns, or undergo underwater ordeals, these watches will blithely master such extreme situations. But their attributes can also be useful in everyday life.

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Apr 29, 2019 by Jens Koch

FEATURE:

First Watch: U.S. Presidents and Their Timepieces

WatchTime shares, in this feature on U.S. presidents and their watches, what brands graced the wrists and waistcoasts of our chief executives, such as JFK's Omega Ultra Thin and Bill Clinton's Cartier Ballon Bleu.

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Feb 18, 2019 by Norma Buchanan

The WatchTime Q&A:

In Conversation with Jeff Hess, CEO of Duber Time and Ball Watch USA

If you’ve ever purchased or been interested in purchasing an Anonimo, Ball, MeisterSinger, or Mühle in the United States, there’s a good chance you interacted with Jeffrey P. Hess in some way. In fact, if you’ve followed the watch industry over the past three decades, you’ve likely come in contact with the man himself in some...

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Jan 3, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

GOING THE EXTRA FATHOM:

The Rolex Deepsea and 6 Other Extreme Dive Watches

We take a look at seven "extreme" dive watches - including the Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue Edition; Breitling's Superocean Chronograph M2000 and the UTS 4000M Professional Diver - and what sets them apart from the pack.

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Dec 6, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Budget Travelers: 5 World-Time Watches Under $5,000

Here are 5 world-time watches all with mechanical movements, that you can get for $5,000 or less, including Montblanc's TimeWalker World Time Hemispheres watch and Tissot's Heritage Navigator 160th Anniversary watch.

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Sep 17, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Tough Timers: 10 Watches for Extreme Conditions

WatchTime takes a look at 10 tough timer watches, including the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra >15,000 Gauss and the Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea, designed to withstand extreme conditions.

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Aug 24, 2018 by Jens Koch

FEATURE

“Sound” Investments: 10 Notable Minute Repeaters and Chiming Watches

WatchTime takes a look at 10 notable minute repeaters - and other, even more sophisticated, chiming watches - such as the A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Striking Time and the Ulysse Nardin Stranger.

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Jul 13, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Ball Watch Debuts New In-House Caliber in Engineer M Challenger

With the introduction of its new Engineer M Challenger, Ball Watch Co. joins the fraternity of watch manufacturers that produce at least one in-house movement. Here's what you need to know about the watch and the new manufacture Caliber 7309.

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Jan 5, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TO WATCH

Night Time Navigator: Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon AeroGMT II

It is the curse of the modern-day frequent traveler: how to keep track of not only one's local time, but also the times back home and at the next destination. This week's Watch to Watch, the Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon AeroGMT II, not only displays three time zones simultaneously but does so even in the darkest cockpits and cabins. Here's what you need to know about it.

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Aug 17, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

COUTURE 2017:

Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon DEVGRU Boasts Navy SEAL Team Six DNA

The 2017 Couture Time watch exhibition rolls on this weekend in Las Vegas, and we continue to seek out notable watches. Today we spotlight the Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon DEVGRU — a new divers' watch designed jointly with members of Navy SEAL Team Six.

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Jun 4, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

SPONSORED

Close-Up: Ball Engineer Master II Voyager

Ball Watch Co. has become known for its use of micro gas tubes to provide bright, long-lasting luminescence on its dials. The brand's new Engineer Master II Voyager — a limited edition available for a short time at a special pre-order price — features the thinnest such tubes ever used on a Ball watch.

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Jan 30, 2017 by WatchTime

Close-Up: Ball for BMW TimeTrekker Limited Edition

Ball Watch brought out a new piece for the special collection, the Ball for BMW TimeTrekker, at Baselworld 2015, and is now offering it in a new, limited edition.

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Oct 29, 2016 by WatchTime

Just for Kicks: 6 Watches That Celebrate Soccer

Some of the world's luxury sports-watch makers - like Audemars Piguet, Tissot and Parmigiani - have gotten in on the excitement of soccer, with special-edition watches specially devoted to the sport and its players.

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Oct 19, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Close-Up: Ball for BMW TMT

The Ball for BMW TMT is a recent addition to the series of watches that Ball Watch launched in a partnership with BMW in 2012. The watch, which we had a chance to get our hands on this week, is equipped with a complication one doesn't see very often: a mechanical thermometer.

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Aug 19, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Automatic for the People: 7 Mechanical Watches Under $2,000

We've compiled a list of affordable watches with automatic movements - from brands like Tissot, Ball, Raymond Weil and others - that won't break the bank.

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Jun 22, 2016 by WatchTime

JCK/COUTURE 2016:

Ball Trainmaster Manufacture Features New In-House Movement

Ball Watch Co. celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2016, the same year in which the brand has introduced its first in-house movement, Caliber RRM1101. The movement makes its debut in the new Ball Trainmaster Manufacture, on display this week at the JCK Watch and Jewelry fair in Las Vegas.

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Jun 2, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Broadway Debut: New Watch Models Launch at WatchTime New York 2015

When a new play wants to make a big splash, it opens on Broadway. When a watch company wants to put its newest timepieces in front of the most avid and knowledgeable collectors, it also turns to Broadway — specifically Gotham Hall at 1356 Boradway, site of last weekend's WatchTime New York event. Here are the timepieces that U.S. watch aficionados saw for the first time at the event.

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Oct 29, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Dive Watch Wednesday: Diving into WatchTime New York 2015

If you are as much into dive watches as we are at DiveIntoWatches.com, last week’s WatchTime New York event offered at least 30 additional very good reasons to visit the show at Gotham Hall. And just in case you missed it, here is a comprehensive overview of what the sponsoring brands had on display (from...

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Oct 28, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

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