| Ball watches come with a very sharp focus. Their aim | | | | were checked every couple of weeks and |
| is to manufacture the most accurate products under | | | | differences of more than thirty seconds were not |
| the worst of conditions. And it is no wonder then | | | | permitted. Thus the Ball watch company came to |
| that the Ball watch company is known to produce | | | | have a great impact on the safety of the national |
| watches that are not only rugged and durable but | | | | railways making it the national treasure that it is said |
| also extremely precise where a lot of other | | | | to be to this day. Ball’s work was recognized as |
| companies might fail. Never will this company | | | | it helped keep millions of riders safe from accidents. |
| compromise on quality of their products. | | | | Ball watches are still having an influence on the |
| The Ball watch company was founded by Webster | | | | railways of today. |
| Clay Ball. In 1891, he set up shop in Ohio in a place | | | | The Ball watch assortment is perfectly American in |
| called Cleveland. During that time, the towns across | | | | its simplicity and design. Any time a professional |
| the U.S. use to maintain local time. Thereafter, the | | | | requires a watch to carry out a task that needs a |
| standard time was established and the time zone | | | | reliable watch, nobody thinks of anything else but Ball |
| became larger. Ball was responsible for creating time | | | | watches. |
| signals in Cleveland in an effort to bring accuracy of | | | | Ball watches are basically very rugged and can endure |
| time into the city. The work he was doing was taken | | | | the rigors of industrialized life. The ball watch is legible |
| not of by the Superintendent of Lake Shore Lines | | | | even in darkness as it has self powered gas lights |
| who asked him to become the Chief Inspector of | | | | that make the dials extremely easy to read even on |
| the lines. Thus Ball came to be placed in the heart of | | | | the darkest nights. They even have a calendar model |
| the archives of time. | | | | which can be read in the dark. Their dive watches |
| The Superintendent asked Ball to study the issues of | | | | are well known for their shock resistance and some |
| time and record the usage of watches on Lake | | | | of them even have a resistance of as much as 1,000 |
| Shore Lines and devise a system of inspection. The | | | | meters. The Ball watches can also endure extreme |
| line had suffered a fatal accident just before which | | | | temperatures ranging from -40 to 60 degrees Celsius. |
| might have been avoided altogether if the | | | | Their slogan which says accuracy under adverse |
| appropriate timepieces were in position. Ball formed a | | | | conditions says it all. Not even the North and South |
| complex network that covered Mexico and Canada. | | | | poles pose any threat to them. |
| The watches that were worn by the rail workers | | | | |