Drumming to its Own Beat

BALL Watch Company’s SpringLOCK design is the world’s first revolutionary anti-shock system. Just ask Eric Singer, drummer of the band KISS

KISS drummer Eric Singer

The SpringLOCK works as a “cage” around the balance-spring and absorbs the energy created when the watch is subjected to external impacts. Such impacts can cause standard mechanical movements to vary by up to 60 seconds a day. Having the chance to test the system in a real, concrete situation was an amazing opportunity for the company. A few months after having tested prototypes in Milan, BALL Watch’s team went to Tokyo to renew the experience with the finalized products. This time, Eric Singer wore the brand new Engineer Hydrocarbon Airborne featured with the SpringLOCK.

As a start, BALL Watch will endow a few models with the SpringLOCK System; The Engineer Hydrocarbon Black, The Engineer Hydrocarbon Airborne and the Trainmaster Cannonball.

Today, more than ever, BALL Watch is continuing its journey and asserting its role as a key protagonist in the exploration of modern time and the evolution of watchmaking history.

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