Is there any member that has one? Would like to see a picture of dial and movement.

Aloha Ernest, Here are the pictures you asked for. Note that the movement and dial are "Ball" marked accordingly. These Aurora Balls are quite rare. Mahalo, Fred

Aurora Pic 2

Aurora Ball pic 3

Aurora Ball pic 4

Thanks Fred. That is a gorgeous timepiece!

I`m a Waltham man myself, but I have to say Fred, that is a beautiful watch.

Hmmm , I had forgot that aurora made a few . I would call that a dresser queen !

Aloha and thank you very much, Mahalo, Fred

Now that’s a nice watch...Really beautiful...Gary

I'm presuming this is a typical private label type watch made for Ball the jeweler as opposed to Ball the RR watch inspector, since it is not railroad oriented. Interesting how this Aurora movement resembles the 18s Illinois 3rd model, right down to the 5th pinion.

These were Railroad grade William, of this "Grade 7" there was approximately only 350 made, 250 produced of the "Adjusted" marked ones and 100 of non-marked "Adjusted". Of the ones marked for Webb C Ball, probably very fewIt is at most times very hard to pin down production dates for these Aurora's but this one probably produced somewhere around 1888. A very fine piece indeed Fred, thanks for showing it

Aloha Bila and thank you for your post on the Aurora Ball herein under discussion. May I please suggest that this serial number (74,307) designates this watch as a Grade 113, Open Face, with a production of 420 watches. Please correct me if I am in error.I have not been able to determine how many of the 420 watches in the production were Aurora Balls. My understanding is that too few have surfaced to estimate how many.
Mahalo, Fred

You are correct Fred re the grade number and the production total. I have miss-read the research book I have here, thank you for the correction.

Also from the first run of the Grade 113 of a total of 3 runs making up the 420 total. Still a Railroad Grade watch and would have been accepted on most Roads. A great example as well