BALL Watch Company has revisited their previous models and took up the challenge of tweaking a resonant part of its watchmaking heritage in the form of the Engineer Master II dive watch. Following this model's collective success as soon as it launched, the Ball Watch Company now once again meets the expectations of traveler's dive watches with this newly revamped Engineer Master II Diver Worldtime Black. Like its predecessor, the Chronometer grade Engineer Master II combines both the functionalists of a dive watch and a world timer, an equally beautiful traveler's timepiece, and a robust diver's tool.
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Ball Engineer Master II Diver Worldtime Black - Ltd Edt 1000pcs Ref. DG2232A-SC-BK
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For many years now, BALL Watch has played a pioneering role in designing robust tool watches. Once again, BALL Watch is proud to introduce a new model into the ranks of the Engineer Master II collection, paying tribute both to the history of dual-time readings and to the heritage of underwater exploration.
This timepiece combines design with the codes and technology of contemporary watchmaking. This new model's development led to a stainless steel case of more than adequate dimensions, with a 42 mm diameter and a height of 15 mm. Smaller than previous models, it affords streamlined toughness and more comfortable wearing experience. The water-resistance of the Engineer Master II Worldtime, an essential feature of any diver's watch, is appropriate at a depth of 300 meters. The use of a timepiece at such a distance from the surface made it necessary to fit the case with a screw-in crown and case-back. It wears very well for most wrist, thanks to its modest lugs to lugs distance of 48mm, having just enough heft and wrist presence without the bulky experience.
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Automatic caliber BALL RR1501-C, Chronometer certified COSC
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As per Ball's timepiece, the worldtime Diver has impeccable finishings with intricate satin-brush at on all sides, separated with high-polished bezel grooves for the added contrast. While previous models featured a different crown at 2 o'clock, the new model features only one robust screwed-in crown for setting the time, day, and date. It is also a Ball piece that's anti-magnetic of up to 4800A/m.
Now let's get a little tackier. The dual-purpose inner ring is adorned with 24 global cities and diving graduations. And when diving, turn the bezel to begin tracking elapsed time underwater, as well as the use of luminous for exceptional nighttime legibility. This is Ball's marvel at best where both forms-follow-functions aesthetics cross the path of modern technology. Further, being a unidirectional rotation of the bezel is a necessary safety guarantee for any diver's instrument, since it prevents any unintended maneuver from accidentally prolonging the indication of the time available for returning to the surface.
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| Uni-directional diving bezel illuminated by micro gas tubes |
The black dial has been redesigned to enhance both personality and contrasts, with several layering but in an orderly way to make the essential information immediately accessible during a dive or time-zone check. The dial's very structure has been redesigned by incorporating a two-tone circular 24-hour ring that flanged the hour and minute scale. During time adjustment, the 24-hour ring would rotate just as the minute hand moves. This allows for better world time reading, like for instance, to set the preferred time zone by turning the bezel with local time zone city reference name sits at 12 o'clock position. From there, one will gather the current time of any of the 24 major time zones. All that said, the new Diver Worldtime is executed more refined than its previous Engineer Master II, both in design and legibility.
The dial-hour markers are fitted with nano-tubes of luminescent H3 gas at five-minute intervals in baton shape. These also the same case with more nano-tubes applied to the semi-skeletonized sword hands. All these led to the state-of-the-art Swiss technology enables the watch's indications to remain visible even in the ocean depths' darkness. A typical feature of BALL watches' technical performance is that these microtubes require no outside source of light and are up to 100 times more effective than conventional luminous paints. And with both the main dial and the inner ring featuring thicker micro gas tubes, the new Diver Worldtime takes a bolder approach to luminescence compared to its predecessors.
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36 micro gas tubes on dial, hour, minute, second hands and inner bezel
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Renowned for its precision and accuracy, seen through a display case back that offers a view of the decorated caliber BALL RR1501-C. A modified SW220-1 movement drives the essential hours, minutes, sweep seconds, and the 24-hour ring and day/date functions of the timepiece. This caliber complies with the prestigious chronometer standard criteria authorized by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC), a guarantee of Swiss accuracy and reliability.
Finally, the sublimely vintage look of the Ball Engineer Master II Diver Worldtime Black is rounded off by a 20mm sports bracelet with multi-finished stainless steel links, which immediately evokes as a real all-rounder. This watch is always ready for action.
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Sapphire crystal transparent case back
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Today, the Diver Worldtime is a limited edition of 1000 pieces that represents the rare union of different complications and functions. But it doesn't apologize for its contrasts or combinations. It celebrates them. The pairing of dive functionality with a worldtime disc is truly remarkable, as seen on the inner ring. The timepiece is also the first to combine a worldtime module with day and date windows – which are powered by the automatic caliber BALL RR1501-C, a COSC certified chronometer. When worn on the wrist, it's clear that Diver Worldtime is not a travel watch trapped inside a diving case, nor a travel watch masquerading as a dive watch. Instead, it is a timepiece that proudly owns its own category. More than ever, BALL Watch is continuing its journey and asserting its role as a key protagonist in exploring modern times and the evolution of watchmaking history.
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