Trainmaster Legend – the new elegant interpretation of Ball Watches brand's vintage model at BaselWorld 2012

Founded in the 19th century, at the very beginning of the epic American railroads era, Ball Watches company is nowadays a synonym for precision, high quality and reliability. In 1891 the company's founder, whose name it bears today, Webster Clay Ball, set the first railway chronometry standards, which were taken as a basis for creating the Swiss chronometry certification standards, used till this moment. Ball Watch company's experts, inspired by one of the original Trainmaster series models from 1952, proudly present their new “Trainmaster Legend” model, representing an ideal interpretation of timeless attributes of elegance, lightness and simplicity and symbolizing the classic Ball Trainmaster collection, to wrist watch connoisseurs.
This timepieces collection is dedicated to railroad masters, who supervised the smooth operation of the railroad transportation networks. Their competence included lots of aspects, including adherence to the company's policies, supervision of the state of trains and depots, the personnel's work, sticking up with the pricing policy, accidents investigation to name only these. The new collection's models resemble the first wrist watches with the “BALL’s Standard” encryptions, that guaranteed railroads safety thanks to their precision and reliability.

The Ball Trainmaster Legend wrist watch is undoubtedly an elegant timepiece, possessing clear and light lines. The watch's case, made of polished stainless steel has the diameter of 40 mm and the width of 11,45 mm. The model's dial, executed in a silver, black of grey tone, underlines its emblematic classicism. It is voluntarily uncluttered to provide better eligibility. The sculptured metal hour indexes add contrast and provide easier access to all data, indicated on the model's face. The hour marks at “3”, “6”, “9” and “12” positions resemble gnomons, used in the first solar watches and make the dial more sophisticated. The “heart” of the wrist watch is the mechanical ETA 2824-2 movement with automatic self-rewind, responsible for the precision of hour, minute, seconds and date indications.
Keeping fidelity to the reputation for keeping precision under the most adverse conditions, characteristic of all Ball brand's timepieces, the Trainmaster Legend model is resistant to shocks up to 5,000 Gs and water resistant up to 30 metres deep (3 ATM). The model's sapphire crystal with antireflective coating and its screw-down crown contribute to the time control easiness and safety.

The company's men's wrist watches possess its emblematic elements of style, one of which is the microtubes with the luminescent 3H gas, situated on the main hour indexes and on the watch's hour and minute hands as well. This state-of-the-art Swiss technology has 100 times bigger efficiency than the traditional luminescent coating and it doesn't require any outer sources of power or light. Ball Watch company has upgraded this technology, having started to fix the microtubes on the applied metal hour marks. The new patented technology amplifies the effect of glowing in the microtubes and provides better light refraction, created by the 3H gas. Thus, the timepieces' most precise indications stay visible even in complete darkness.
This great men's wrist watch is ideally set off by a stainless steel bracelet or a crocodile leather strap with a standard buckle. The Ball Trainmaster Legend wrist watch with its superb and chic allure will become an inimitable attribute of any dandy, paying tribute to the original model from 1952. If you consider yourself a real elegant and sophisticated time measuring instruments' connoisseur, you have to buy the Ball Trainmaster Legend wrist watch.

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