I do not see too many Ball Watches here, from the limited pictures I have to date can somone give me some info on this watch I have the chance to purchase.

I will be meeting with this person to review the watch. Would like some up front info if possible.

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trying to get owner to take picture of movement or bring it to me, may have to wait until Sunday morning at the flea market. That is why I stated limited photos.

While I am no expert by any means and others will be able to give you more detailed info and evaluation....

Things look pretty good so far....the dial has a couple of hairlines and flea bites, but other than that it looks good....

The case looks good but again, I am no expert on the Ball watch....

By running a simple Ball Search....it turned up over 700 matches....maybe something will match up with yours....


Regards,

Jerry

Hello David:

Nice-looking Ball Canadian 24-hour dial, most dials on Balls for the American market are marked with the Ball "Official RR Standard" trademark except for the commercial standard watches that were not railway approved they have the signature like this dial. These dials were made for the Canadian Ball Watch Co. Ltd. of Winnipeg on most examples I have seen. This one is interesting because it is in a Ball marked case for the American market. Here are a couple of examples from my collection, this style of dial numberals is more like the CPR dials.

Larry

Canadian Ball Watch Co. Ltd. Winnipeg screw back case with the "BALCO" baseball style trademark.

Nice watch the young fellow picked up ,eh Larry!! I hear you made a great score on some Brotherhood china coffee mugs. Lindell pointed me to the sellers other items, including the bathing suit model!!! Who says there is no fun on IHC? Did you see that ad Larry?????
Wow!!!! I'll have to be very careful as I have been diagnosed with atrial fibrilation

Here is an another example of the Canadian Ball dial this one has the red 24-hour inner tract, plus it's Montgomery. Tom I did catch the swimsuit model in that auction, she sure did have some nice mugs

ooh what a beauty dial

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Hello Dave:

Here is some information on your watch that I found in my records The serial number is hard to read on your photos but it looks like B238094 . This would be from a run of 5100 Waltham Ball watches numbered from B234901 to B240000 and is a 16 size, 19 jewel, open face, nickel plates, lever set, Adjusted 5 Positions, Official Rail Road Standard from a mixed run that included 17 jewel watches it was manufactured in 1909. Just something I noticed was the run previous to this B234851 to B234900 was a run of 50 Waltham, 19 jewel, Wind Indicators.

Larry

David I particularly admire the Canadian dial and that is a nice watch from what I see. If you check ebay you find the Waltham Balls do not bring the price of other makers, which is not to say they are not fine watches, so keep that in mind.