Ball Engineer III Legend Pre-Order

[CGSshorty]

New Ball in house caliber:



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What house? As far as I know they don’t even have a watch factory. Where are they built?

[ericf4]

New Ball in house caliber:



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What house? As far as I know they don’t even have a watch factory. Where are they built?

No clue.....your place?

[CGSshorty]

Could be.

[james80]

Except for the Moonglow

That has to be the worst date Ive ever seen.

[mattcantwin]

New Ball in house caliber:



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What house? As far as I know they don’t even have a watch factory. Where are they built?

[streetracer101]

If this brand wasn’t such a hot mess, I’d bite. Have a few winners amidst all the madness.

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Hot mess from design perspective or organizationally? They are a long established brand. Only a few designs I like though. They should ditch the tubes on some models to allow flexibility on dial design.

Just organizationally. They had a million skus back when I paid attention to them, but now their release cadence seems to have actually accelerated with this new online pre-order system. Nothing seems to have any permanence in their collection, which drives me nuts. Plus, with the pre-order pricing dramatically devaluing anything they've done in the past (which is fine, buying used with Ball was always a better value), it definitely smacks of a management team throwing whatever they've got at the wall and praying something will stick, while royally screwing over their AD network in the process. Not exactly a brand whose values or distribution means I respect enough to continue supporting. Shame, the EMII Diver Worldtime was (and still is) one of the most interesting watches they've ever made.

I agree. The watches I've had were all very well made and finished, but lately they seem to be grasping for any and all relevance. It seems every week brings a new military unit themed watch. I thought I'd seen it all until they released a skin diver (really nice watch too) with a Coast Guard Reserves caseback. From a design congruency perspective, they've lost it.
The Devgru is another example. I thought the design was cool, but they lost me with the spec ops designator.


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[ericf4]

Flat out beautiful..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0YDOBdBfyU

[mattcantwin]

If you hate the stick numerals, this will turn your stomach.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3tVsesmqqI

[pbj204]

If you hate the stick numerals, this will turn your stomach.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3tVsesmqqI

Ha!

[JP Chestnut]

Or the Marvelight

Ok that shits hot. Reminds me of the blue dial Rolex date just, newer model.

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Goodness that sucks. It takes everything bad about the awkward Rolex DJ2 and turns it up to 11.

disagree.....not sure what is awkward on the rolex...??

Too wide bezel and too large lume plots to start. It's not like Rolex discontinued it for no reason. It was a mess.

[ericf4]

Didn't know it was discontinued, but damn i love it...

[JP Chestnut]

You might love the DJ41 more. I think it's better looking, and similarly large.

[ericf4]

I Also thought that Matt Wu had a sweet one with fluted bezel at one point...smokin hot.

[ericf4]

You might love the DJ41 more. I think it's better looking, and similarly large.

That could be it, i may be confusing the 2 models.....

[JP Chestnut]

The 2 looks nice in some pictures, but in hand with the 36mm and 41mm versions, the dj2 is somehow off. It's a great value though.

[pbj204]

Except for the Moonglow

That has to be the worst date Ive ever seen.

This is worse

[JP Chestnut]

The day aperture in the center of the dial is a nice touch.

[CGSshorty]

Except for the Moonglow

That has to be the worst date Ive ever seen.

This is worse

The day aperture in the center of the dial is a nice touch.

That’s a hot mess right there.

[hoppyjr]

For some reason I can’t warm up to the tubes.

[mattcantwin]

For some reason I can’t warm up to the tubes.

Good for old eyes.


I can keep track of what times I get up during the night to take a leak.

[JP Chestnut]

Not sure I'd be ever able to wear a watch with BALL written front and center on the dial

Definitely a watch for this guy.

[raf42]

This is worse

I tried one of these on thinking it might be ok. Couldn't get it off my wrist fast enough. Last time I ever touched a Ball.

[Jeep99dad]

If you hate the stick numerals, this will turn your stomach.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3tVsesmqqI

Ha!

Those numerals are freakin huge I’m out

[Jeep99dad]

Or the Marvelight

Ok that shits hot. Reminds me of the blue dial Rolex date just, newer model.

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Goodness that sucks. It takes everything bad about the awkward Rolex DJ2 and turns it up to 11.

disagree.....not sure what is awkward on the rolex...??

Too wide bezel and too large lume plots to start. It's not like Rolex discontinued it for no reason. It was a mess.

I really like that one a lot more w/o the huge angular numbers

[Jeep99dad]

Didn't know it was discontinued, but damn i love it...

Me too. One of my favorite with the subC and BLNR. Not counting vintage Rolex