Ball NM2038 User manual

Owner’s Manual
Mode d’emploi
Manual del usuario
Руководство по эксплуатации
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波爾錶使用說明
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Congratulations
Brand Spirit
BALL’S TIME
Performance
Magnetism
Swiss Night Reading Technology
Operating Instructions
1. Manual Watch
2. Automatic Watch
3. Automatic Chronograph
4. Automatic Chronograph with Moon Phase Display
5. Single-button Chronograph
6. Automatic Chronograph with GMT Display
7. Slide Chronograph
8. Amortiser®anti-shock system
9. Chronograph Scales
10. Linear Triple Calendar
11. GMT
12. Dual Time
13. World Time
14. 24-Hour Window (UTC or UMT Indication)
15. Chronometer Certicate
16. SpringLOCK®
17. Power reserve
18. Moon Phase
19. TMT
Contents
Owner’s Manual
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Congratulations
We congratulate you on your choice of a BALL watch and thank you
for your condence in our company, a Swiss brand among the most
highly renowned in the world. From now on, you will wear on your
wrist a genuine tribute to the American railroad history. Each BALL watch
is completely Swiss-made and has been created to meet the most exacting
requirements. The materials we use guarantee the exceptional durability of
our watches, even under particularly adverse conditions.
Your new watch has passed stringent controls before it was released for
sale. To ensure it operates perfectly, we recommend that you follow the
advice given in these instructions (all owner’s manuals are also available
on our website: www.ballwatch.com - Customer Service).
Thank you for your trust and condence in us.
Yours faithfully,
BALL Watch Company
20. Rotating bezel
21. Patented crown protection system
22. A-PROOF®System
Caring for your BALL watch
Optimum Safety
Disposal and After-Sales Service
BALL International Warranty
International After-Sales Service Centers
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BALL’S TIME
Webb C. Ball was born in Fredericktown, Ohio
on October 6, 1847. In the early years, Mr. Ball
was recognized as having an interest in accurate
time. When Standard Time was adopted in 1883,
Mr. Ball was the rst Cleveland jeweler to use
the time signals sent from the Naval Observatory
in Washington D.C., bringing accurate time to
Cleveland. For many years, as people walked
past his store, they would pull out their watches
and set the time. The phrase, “BALL’S TIME”,
came to mean the absolute correct time all over
Northern Ohio.
Webb C. Ball was instrumental in establishing watch standards and the
inspection system that required all watches and clocks used on the railroads
to be checked by competent watchmakers. It is important to recognize and
applaud Webb C. Ball for inventing the rst successful system to be accepted
on a broad scale. It was his system that set the standards for the railroads; it
was his system that helped establish accuracy and uniformity in timekeeping.
It was his system that resulted in railroad time and railroad watches being
recognized as STANDARD, whenever accuracy in time was required.
Webster Clay Ball, founder
of BALL Watch Company
Brand Spirit
Freedom represents what humans live for: Free will and the chance to
pursue their dreams.
TheAmerican Railroads brought freedom to the country, the opportunity to
travel and explore the new frontiers. The powerful locomotives sparked the
spirit of adventure in the American people, while the men of the railroads
were the heroes of the machine age. Then BALL Watch Company proudly
served the men of the railroads, just as we support the world-class explorers
of today.
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Movement:
BALL has worked with top Swiss movement manufacturers to build our
precise and dependable movements under the most rigorous conditions.
BALL watches are then adjusted and modied to BALL Standard.
Illumination:
It is the self-powered micro gas tube (3H) that gives the watch excellent
legibility even in the absolute darkness and under adverse conditions. This
light source on all BALL watches does not require batteries or re-exposure,
and lasts for up to 25 years. However, the brightness of 3H micro gas lights
will deteriorate over the years, but can be restored by replacing with new
dial. For most of the models of the Engineer Hydrocarbon series, the
markings on the bezel are lled with luminous paint that emits the light to
which it has been exposed during the day.
Water-resistant:
The water resistance of BALL watches ranges from 30m/100ft to
3,000m/9,850ft, depending on the model chosen. The water resistance of
a timepiece will be impaired if the crown is not properly screwed-in. The
patented crown protection system of the Engineer Hydrocarbon models
ensures the crown returns to its proper position.
Performance
At BALL Watch Company, all watches are made to live up to our motto:
Since 1891, accuracy under adverse conditions
Case:
The case material used in our collections ranges from superior quality, high-
grade stainless steel, titanium, gold or metal coated with Diamond-Like
Carbon. The automatic watches of the Engineer Hydrocarbon, Engineer
Master II and Engineer II series are specially equipped with an antimagnetic
soft iron inner jacket.
Crystal:
The crystal is made of anti-glare sapphire.
Shock-resistant:
All BALL watches are constructed to withstand impact test, according to
the norm ISO 1413, which is carried out on a machine to simulate the effect
of a free fall onto a hard wooden oor from a height of one meter. The
Engineer Hydrocarbon series undergoes a more rigorous 7,500Gs impact
test, to ensure its impeccable shock resistance.
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