Ball Watch owes its heritage to the age of steam, but has evolved from a brand famous for keeping United States trains on time to one capable of standing up to Earth's most extreme environments.
Pushing boundaries to break new ground are what makes adventurers and explorers succeed, and Ball's single-minded vision is to be the watch of choice among the most daring of adventurers.
Thanks to sportsmen such as Guillaume Nery acting as Ball ambassadors, its timepieces have been tested in cavernous oceans, atop the world's highest mountains and beyond earth's orbit into outer space.
Ball diving watches achieved new depths of excellence when free-diving champion Nery became an ambassador for the brand five years ago, and the new Engineer Hydrocarbon DeepQuest raises the bar even further, with its ability to resist water to 3,000 metres.
The bezel is screwed directly on top of a titanium case crafted from a single block of metal, reducing the likelihood of warping from water pressure. Stronger crown seals and an anti-reflective sapphire crystal make the watch sturdier. Dial and watch hands feature Ball's trademark gas micro-tubes to ensure readability deep below the surface.
The Engineer Master II Diver FreeFall watch was inspired by Nery's free-fall video recorded during a base jump into the Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas last year. The black dial mirrors the darkness of the ocean and a streamlined, curved metallic case gives this watch an elegant edge. Time can be measured up to 12 hours thanks to an ETA 7750 movement. Dive times are read by a unidirectional internal rotating bezel activated by a screw-in crown.