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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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http://oceanictime.blogspot.com/2011/06/ball-watch-co-engineer-hydrocarbon.html http://www.ballwatch.com/Newsletter/popup/dm3000/DeepQUEST.swf This is one awesome Ball Watch. WOW!!!   |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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Looking good but the monocoque is a minus for me... Much more uneasy to be serviced by any good watch-maker due to the complexity of the top face demounting compare to a case back. Those watch mostly have to be sent to the factory and that costs... The first trouble there would be to unscrew those unique bezel screws in star shape...First trick to hold service monopoly as for Alpina did(lucky me, I have the triangle screw-driver...) Rolf experienced the monocoque trouble with his Seiko darth-tuna when it was 12s/day wrong and at the end, he didn't send it to Japan.  Last edited on Fri Mar 30th, 2012 02:41 pm by Hammerfjord |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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Yea it could be trouble if you have trouble with it. But as my Dad would say if you can aford to buy it you best be able to aford any maintance too. Mostly directed at a car or home but fits any purchace really. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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I sort of agree with the principe Skip. Stupid to buy a Rolls when you can't afford a break shift... But then on a Rolls: Everything is from Rolls. With watches, you usually don't have to go through the manufacturer: Specially when the movement is a well known and conventional ETA which parts are available to any watch-maker. Breitling is not playing this monopoly game. Ball makes it difficult with a monocoque case and special screws there: Things who are not at all necessary to a 3000m built watch. Them ETA should be serviceable to anyone by anyone. For the 8L35 from the Tuna, things are not be so easy as this movement is not much known outside Japan and parts are not circulating because it's totally in-house production: The SBDX011 is a domestic watch. The day Ball has it's own movements, I would understand better this "exclusivity" tactic. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Network troubles...Double post... Last edited on Fri Mar 30th, 2012 06:11 pm by Hammerfjord |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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True that. One major plus the upper end watches have is everything is inhouse. They don't have to order a part if out just build another one.  |
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Johnny P Advisor 
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This is a very nice watch that I would consider in the near future, never owned a "ball watch" around here you must specify. LOL! |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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One of these days the Dawg will catch a Ball. |
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afc14284 3T WIS 
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Ball watches have always appealed to me, although their prices are outta my price range, everytime I see a Guillaume Néry watch I end up in the Ball forum admiring them until I once again realize I can't buy one.. call me a marketing dummy |
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