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Anyone have any experience with these ? I am looking for a daily wearer and there are a few that I like in their catalog.

Ball Watches are really excellent, and great value for the $$$.

I currently own a Ball Spacemaster, and just sold a Ball Engineer II Arabic II COSC.

Their watches keep amazingly accurate time (probably the most accurate watches in my collection), have fantastic finish, anti-magnetic (most, not sure if all of them), not to mention the feature Ball is most known for, the fantastic tritium tubes!

I sold the Engineer II only because another watch caught my eye, and I really didn't want to sink more $$$ into my collection then I already have. Being that the Engineer was black dial, and I have a Planet Ocean that's black dial and somewhat similar, it was the one I let go. It was (is) a fantastic watch!

By the way... I needed to add two links to the Ball Engineer II that I sold, for the new buyer, and while I was at the AD, I naturally walked over the the Ball display! (They carry Rolex, Omega, Longine, etc. etc.)

LOVE the Ball Trainmaster Eternity!

Thanks for the input, Shel. I've recently taken an interest in Ball, too, mainly the Trainmaster line - the Cleveland Express in particular. Unfortunately, I don't have any firsthand experience with the watches, and they don't get discussed very much around here. However, Watch Talk Forums has a very active Ball discussion forum, so you can probably find a great deal more input there.

See a pretty good video of the Cleveland Express here.

Great responses. I too am interested in the Cleveland Express. I have an AD nearby. May have to run over and take a test drive !

I like the look of some of the Ball line, and I really like the Tritium. The Cleveland, at least in that video, kind of looked a little feminine to me. I will have to see it in the metal before judging for sure.

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Hello

I have two balls and not had a problem one of the best swiss movments in them and grate value. Also good custermer service. Hope this helps

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Rolex Explorer 39mm
Omega James bond 50th

Consider yourself lucky, bro.

I can see what you're talking about. That video looks a little distorted to me, like it's elongated vertically, making the watch look narrower than it actually does - at least that's my impression based on the pictures shown on Ball's website. Also, my interest is more in the blue dial, which I think might "butch" it up a little bit. My biggest issue is actually with the somewhat awkward juxtaposition of the date and day windows. That, and the rather ornate second hand. I still think it is a nice watch, though.