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Drop + BALL Watch Co. Night Train DLC Automatic Watch
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Drop + BALL Watch Co. Night Train DLC Automatic Watch
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Our reboot of BALL’s popular Night Train features brighter tritium, a color-matched crown, and a redesigned dial even more handsome than before. Get yours on a perforated leather band or DLC-coated bracelet.
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keyboard_arrow_downBerefto6
39
Nov 17, 2020
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Just what I expected, which is good.
After a thorough review of this watch prior to purchase I was hoping there would be no surprises when it finally arrived. I was not disappointed, this is just what I expected and I am completely satisfied. The dial is plain in daylight, but the white markers against the black dial are easy to read. In darkness, the round railroad track lights up with a 3D affect and looks great, it makes the watch. The black case and crown are not fancy, but have a high quality look and feel. The black strap feels and looks good on my 7 1/2 inch wrist and nicely complements the case. The watch winds and runs smoothly.
Chuck.Peeks
55
Nov 23, 2020
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Solid showing from Ball / Drop
Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Is it fantastic at its price point? Absolutely. This is on the lower cost end of the Ball spectrum and should be evaluated as such. The tritium is great and looks amazing in the dark, the watch feels well built and I am thoroughly enjoying wearing it. 
Recommends this product? Yes
JTam
29
Nov 15, 2020
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Good value for money for the watch, however...
I pre-ordered the watch and received it on 4th November 2020, having bought the steel bracelet version with the leather bands as an option.
The box itself is nothing special, and the watch was packaged with plastic protection along the steel bracelet, crystal, and casing. The leather bands were separate from the box. Inside the box included a warranty card, which I used to register the watch with Ball to get the extra 1 year warranty.
From the Drop.com pictures, the watch looks quite plain. But taking a closer look at the dial you'll start to notice the radial pattern which I think looks great. When it's bright out, the indices on the dial and the hands themselves appear white, it make it very easy to read the time given the contrast with the dial.
Around dusk, you'll start to notice the indices changing colours a bit (see picture below). The colour change is subtle. During the evenings, the tritium glows faintly but enough to allow you to easily read the time at night. The tritium is not supposed to glow intensely as some people believe, and that is a good thing because the watch isn't going to be a big glowing thing on your wrist at night attracting everyone's attention.
The DLC coating on the watch is quite nice. The casing is darker than the official Drop photos show, and the butterfly clasp design of the DLC bracelet also means the bracelet looks continuous around your wrist. I haven't thrown my watch around or deliberately try scratching the coating so I can only comment on the appearance and not the durability aspect. My wrist is around 6.5 inches in circumference so I removed 3 links from the bracelet to fit my wrist perfectly, though I would've preferred some extra adjustments on the bracelet to loosen it up a tiny bit.
The leather band was an impulse buy in case I didn't like the steel bracelet, but I don't think I will be using the leather band. As you can see from the photo below, the leather band isn't completely black on the outside, which is disappointing as I don't think the brown highlights on the band matches the casing of the watch at all. My recommendation for potential buyers is to get the steel bracelet option only.
The movement is supposed to be an ETA 2824-2 derivative, and the sound of the rotation of the rotor is very faint. As for timekeeping it's been keeping time quite well throughout the week (using time.is as the reference).
Besides the leather band, there are other things I think are worth noting. The "RR" insignia on the crown is not timed perpendicular/parallel with the casing. Neither is the Night Train case back (see pictures below). Regarding the case back, there's no mention of Drop.com on it for those who are curious.
The DLC coating on the steel band doesn't coat the entirety of the surfaces of the links (see picture below). I assume that when the DLC coating was applied on Ball's usual steel bracelets, the coating changed the tolerances of the links enough such that the links were binding against each other when assembled, hence they had to remove the DLC coating where the links interface to remove the binding issue. You won't see the lack of DLC coating on the steel bracelet when assembled so it's not a glaring issue, and the links don't have slop at all; so functionality-wise I don't think it's an issue.
Overall, with the tritium inserts, the look of the watch and the DLC coating, I think this watch represents a good value for money for anyone looking to purchase a watch with a swiss movement. I can recommend this watch to my friends and family without hesitation.
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Recommends this product? Yes
JTam
29
Dec 6, 2020
I pointed the case back orientation and the crown's timing being off not as a negative, but for those who are curious.
In fact, I only mentioned it because I remember seeing it in the comments that someone mentioned the same, and I thought to point it out in my review if potential purchasers care about this stuff.
In any event you're wrong with your hubcap analogy because the case back and crown stem are mounted on threading, and the timing of the threads on both the case, case back, and the crown be manufactured such that the timing set to a certain position. Whether anyone expects a watch manufacturer to do so is another matter of course.
SugarRay
54
Dec 6, 2020
JTamWhen I saw the watch available again after the pre-order and the watch price drop from $999 to $699, my mouth dropped open. Drop used to be a site where prices were lowered when more people joined the drop. It’s fairly obvious their just in time business model has changed. I wonder if this is contributing to the lack of new products available. It’s actually made up my mind to unsubscribe from their emails.
ManOnMission
37
Dec 16, 2020
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Instant fave!
Initially when I first saw this watch I was in doubt; the price seems to be unusually low for a Ball watch- what’s the catch? But now that I have it on hand; it is suprisingly good! Well built & looks much better in person. If I’m being nitpick, the strap feels a bit stiff & there’s “squeaky” noise when the leather rub with the lugs. Another thing that bugs me; from side view, half of the crown looks kind of hanging from the case. While this is not unusual, I would prefer a crown guard to cover this portion but maybe it’s just me. At 43mm, it wears big even on my 7 1/2” wrist because of the 52mm lug-to-lug size. Overall, its a solid watch! And oh, the tritium lume is just simply gorgeous!
Recommends this product? Yes
RumRunner
5
Oct 31, 2020
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Just about perfect
This watch is almost exactly what I was hoping for. Great size and comfort, style that’ll work with anything, and amazing lume. The strap isn’t great but I usually play around with those anyways (and was planning on it), that’s the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars. I have a 6.75” wrist and am on the very smallest hole for the strap. But the watch itself is fantastic!
Recommends this product? Yes
nothappyguy
5
Dec 8, 2020
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Drop is a fairly scummy company, unlikely to use them again. Constant delays in shipping with little communication, cancelled orders sometimes after months of waiting, and now add insult to injury by cutting the price on something right after a preorder and not offering that price to the peope who preordered. Spend your money somewhere reputable.
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Recommends this product? No
Micron
16
Dec 12, 2020
nothappyguyDrop gave me an immediate refund of the difference when I asked, for the black Friday price.
MrBoots
15
Dec 21, 2020
Most of Walmart.com is now third party sellers just like Amazon. Lots of rip-off artists taking advantage of folks shopping from during COVID.
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mlwhite
3
Dec 17, 2020
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Nice, not mind blowing
Awesome price as of this writing for a Ball. It's well made, nice size. It's pretty plain looking until it gets dark though. Even more so than it looks in pictures. It's not bad looking, but you don't look at it and go "wow" until it gets dark. Once it's dark out it's incredible. The 4 colors of tritium tubes are mesmerizing to look at. It really looks like nothing else. Buy it to wear in the evenings.
MrBoots
15
Dec 21, 2020
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Nice watch, but it went DOA about 12 hours after I put it on.
A) Opened it. Adjusted the bracelet. Wound it. Set it. Woke up because it was light out, and the watch said 5:25 AM, dozed off, awoke and it was still 5:25. Shook my wrist to move the second hand , nothing. Set and wound it, still nothing. Big disappoint after owning a half dozen Ball Watch Co. watches. Still have three besides this one.
B) Wondered why the the movement was so tight both times I wound it.
C) Folks who bought the bracelet, at least the stainless ones, should check for loose link screws. Mine were so loose that there was no initial resistance. Most of the other link screws were loose.
D) Was looking forward to the blue minute tubes. Was very disappointed that they looked like the white minute tubes on my two year old PVD version. If I squinted I thought I could see a blueish tint, but Mrs.Boots still says they're white. Is that how they should be on the stainless version?
Very disappointed that I got a dud.
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Recommends this product? No
LavadorJ
56
Dec 22, 2020
MrBootsBummer, got pics of the white tube? Definitely sounds like a dud all around.
tigersharkv
7
Dec 11, 2020
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Silver color is better than I thought.
Uncorrected self-lighting night shooting pictures.↓
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Recommends this product? Yes
Kherbert1
5
Dec 11, 2020
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DONT PREORDER YOU WILL PAY MORE
Do yourself a favor read through the discussion section to see how they really treat their customers.
Recommends this product? No
mdeous
230
Dec 13, 2020
Is this price protection documented somewhere? I've searched through the ToS but didn't find any mention of this.
mdeous
230
Jan 9, 2021
mdeousSo, couldn't find any documentation, but I contacted the support and after providing them with a screenshot of the sale with the price that's lower than what I paid (I was a bit surprised by this step, shouldn't they know the price of their items?) they directly refunded me of the difference. Easy process.
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