Ball Watch watches

Ball Watch traces its origins to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1891, and to the jeweller Webb C. Ball. After a fatal train collision near Kipton, Ohio, on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway that year was attributed to a stopped watch, Ball was designated Chief Time Inspector and set accuracy standards for watches used by railroad workers.

The present company, BALL Watch Company SA, is Swiss. Its collections include the Engineer, Trainmaster, Fireman and Roadmaster lines. Models such as the Roadmaster Vanguard use tritium (H3) micro gas tubes to illuminate the hands and markers.