IMHO that practice is the main reason why there are so many non-Ball cases on Ball watches with no telltale extra case screw marks.Īs I like my Ball watches to be "correct" (i.e. Of course Ball Model cases were also premium priced, so a lot of the "original recase" business was diverted to other case makers.
that they sold complete watches, not just movements.īall advertising also touted the quality of Ball Model cases and urged owners to select a Ball Model replacement case when their original case wore out, which was a common occurence in "working" railroad watches. In fact it was a prominently displayed advertising slogan of the Ball Watch Co.
As a collector of Ball ORRS watches, I learned long ago that all Ball ORRS watches from advent of 16S Waltham production on were originally sold in premium "Ball Model" factory cases when new.
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