A friend of mine owns this Ball movement. He asked me about replacing the case, dial & hands. I really don't know much about these things except that I thought the parts that he needs would be hard to come by and very expensive. If that cannot happen I believe he would just sell outright or seek a trade.
Input?

Hi Phillip, don't know what your friend has into the movement $$$ wise but to give you an idea, a decent ball model case will run $150-$185, nice hands $85 and a nice dial $100-$165. If your hawking e-bay with regularity you should be able to find what your looking for by years end or sooner. good luck regards Joe

Phil,

I believe I have a ball case and nice dial for that there movement.

Just need to know the dial feet location to make sure the dials line up. There is a difference between the 21j and 17j.

V/r

Jon

Thanks guys, he is monitoring this site. I don't have the movement so I cannot answer any questions about it.

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Just need to know the dial feet location to make sure the dials line up. There is a difference between the 21j and 17j.

I didn't know that

Phil's watch is a Ball Waltham I believe. Can you expound on that Jon

I need to learn.

regards,
bb

Yep - The difference is between the the Hamilton and Waltham model...

Sorry for confusing the masses and myself (Ha! ha!)

And Yes - I have tried to put a Ball Hamilton Dial on a Ball Waltham to see if it would work. It is not too far off. Maybe just clip a dial foot off and put a dab of caulking at the missing foot location... (((( JUST KIDDING )))))

Don't worry about it Jon....

The "Riddle" filter will keep everything running smoothly....

Thanks, Lin for clearing up that little matter....

Regards,

Jerry

Jerry,

Sometimes a good Riddle can straighten out a state of entropy

My friend is in touch with Jon. Thanks guys for your input.

Jon, I'm sure no pun was intended...?



Regards,

Jerry

I have a ball waltham and noticed that the ball waltham uses the triangle hairspring stud while the hamilton doesn't. Bill