Ball Engineer Master II Aviator GMT

Ball Engineer Master II Aviator. The Ball Engineer Master II Aviator is a dual time and date watch. The second time zone is displayed by shorter red 24-hour hand, with the 24 hour markers on the inner dial. The date is displayed in a small window at the 3 o'clock position.

Powering the watch is self-winding ETA 2893-2 movement, which generates 28,800 vibrations per hour. Nothing, exceptional here. What makes this watch, and other Ball watches interesting, is the use of micro-gas tubes to illuminate the dial. The Ball Engineer Master II Aviator has 16 double sized micro-gas tubes.

Glow in the dark. Ever since the invention of clocks, the different systems have been used for telling time in the dark. Ball Watch Company uses Self-Powered Micro Gas Lights (3H) manufactured by means of innovative Swiss laser technology. The micro-gas tubes provides superior brightness – 100 times brighter than the current markings using luminous paint. Amazingly, these micro-gas tubes have a useful life reaching 25 years. It does so without charging from the sun or the use of batteries.

Accuracy Under Adverse Conditions. Ball watches are design to be though. The case, which is made of stainless steel, is water resistant to 100 meters and resistant to magentism up to 4,800 A/m. The case is a fairly large, at 44 millimeters in diameter.

About Ball. The Ball Watch Company, was founded by Webster Clay Ball , a jeweler and watchmaker born in Fredericktown, Ohio. In 1891 there was a collision between Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railways at Kipton, Ohio which occurred because an engineer's watch had stopped. The railroad officials commissioned Webb C. Ball as their Chief Time Inspector, in order to establish precision standards and a reliable timepiece inspection system for Railroad chronometers. The Ball Watch Company is currently headquartered in Neuchatel, Switzerland.