The 15th Anniversary Ball Watch Engineer
Hydrocarbon Original
SPECIFICATIONS:
Ball Watch 15th Anniversary Engineer
Hydrocarbon Original
Movement: Automatic caliber BALL RR1102-CSL,
COSC-chronometer certified with SpringLOCK
patented anti-shock system and SpringSEAL
patented regulator anti-shock system
Dial: Black with thirty micro gas tubes on hour,
minute, and second hands, as well as under the
dial (for the first time) and bezel; hours, minutes,
sweep seconds, day and date
Case: 40mm x 14.55mm stainless steel, Mu-metal
shield, unidirectional rotating curved sapphire
bezel with micro gas tubes, Amortiser patented
anti-shock system, anti-reflective sapphire crystal,
patented crown protection system, anti-magnetic to
80,000A/m, water resistant to 200 meters, shock
resistant to 7,500Gs.
Bracelet: Tapered stainless steel with patented
folding buckle and extension system
Price: $3,199.
15TH ANNIVERSARY ENGINEER
HYDROCARBON ORIGINAL
Ball earlier this year announced that it released its
Engineer Hydrocarbon Original ($3,199) in a special
fifteenth Anniversary edition that sports larger H3 gas
microcapsules – for the first time under the dial – and
three of Ball’s patented anti-shock systems, namely the
Amortiser, SpringLOCK and SpringSEAL.
For this anniversary model, Ball places its micro-gas
tubes on hands and utilizes those larger tubes under
the dial on the hour apertures. The 40mm steel watch
is fitted with a graduated and notched unidirectional
bezel and is water-resistant to 200 meters (660
feet). Powered by a COSC-certified BALL RR1102-CSL
automatic caliber, the watch also displays the day and
date functions on its black dial.
Like all watches in the Hydrocarbon Collection,
Ball protects its crown with a protection valve to
insure that it’s securely bolted down and inaccessible
while diving. And, true to its name, the Engineer
Hydrocarbon Original is made to be shock resistant to
7,500 Gs and anti-magnetic to 80,000 A/m, thanks to
mu-metal magnetic shielding.
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