Lee's Watch Thread for MM'ers of Impeccable Taste

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I'm super curious to see your thoughts on them when they arrive. What's weird is a see a lot of failed kickstarters but watch crowdfunding efforts seem to destroy their targets. I think there really is a strong/growing market for unique microbrands.

Ball Watches has a new model dropping soon that caught my eye, it's in "preorder" pricing right now. For reference, Ball is a very old US-based watchmaker with really cool historical roots. You can read their story here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ballwatch.com/global/en/company/history.html">http://www.ballwatch.com/global/en/company/history.html</a><!-- m -->

The watch is the Roadmaster GMT, which makes some pretty cool use of tritium tubes in an inner GMT bezel. Ball uses i believe a proprietary Swiss-made movement that operates within COSC standards and is shock and magnetic proof. This model also has a sapphire crystal display caseback, which I have a weakness for. 42mm is a great size:




I've had a few people offer to trade me for their Ball watches, but they have some really weird, big chunky styles. This seems like something that would be up my alley, but at $1700 + tax or $3k+ after the preorder is over, that's a little much for me to take a flier on one. We'll see what happens when they hit the resale market