Whether you’re hunting or exploring the outdoors, being able to track the time is crucial for properly planning how long it will take you to move between your starting location and your destination, especially when having no other option but to move through rough terrain. What’s more is that specifically for hunters, wearing a wristwatch while hunting can also be extremely helpful for knowing the official shot time of each kill and taking note of that information for your tags, and it is also just as helpful to know the time after each shot you take in case you need to track down your target. No matter if you’re an avid hunter or even if you simply love exploring the wilderness, you’ll want a wristwatch that’s particularly designed with an outdoors lifestyle in mind. Something that’s sturdy, waterproof, has decent illumination for nighttime use, and is built to withstand countless hours of adventure and exploration. On that note, consider going with the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited, a gorgeous wristwatch that’s built to endure literally any hunting trip and outdoors excursion.
The BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited is a high-end all-terrain hunting and exploration watch that features an ultra-sturdy stainless steel construction rated to have 5,000Gs shock-resistance and anti-magnetic protection up to 4,800A/m, an anti-reflective coating for easy time reading during daytime, a Water-Resistance Rating up to 330 ft. / 100m, an Automatic mechanical caliber BALL RR1103 mechanism for its hands and date movement for which it boasts a 40-hour power reserve, plus self-powered illumination technology via by 63 micro tritium gas tubes integrated on its dial and watch hands for high legibility during nighttime.
Designed in partnership with iconic brands Ducks Unlimited and Mossy Oak, this limited-edition timepiece by BALL Watch Co. is built exclusively for hunters and outdoor enthusiasts, making it a truly unique collector’s wristwatch that can be passed down from generation to generation.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited and check out everything that this limited-edition high-end hunting and exploration watch has to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the watch’s size, the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited comes at a typically size for an exploration watch, with its case measuring exactly 40mm in diameter and 11.3mm thick / tall. The watch’s case packs a reasonably compact size and it is also fairly lightweight, weighing approximately 0.30 lbs. (140 g), so you can be assured that you’ll be able to get a very comfortable fit while wearing it.
At the top- and bottom-sides of the watch, we have two super-durable sets of watch lugs (i.e. the watch’s “horns”), which feature an horizontal spacing of 20mm from one lug to another, and a vertical spacing of 48.5mm between the watch’s top and bottom sets of lugs.
Now, we’d like to note that for our review unit of the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited, we received the Camouflage color-model (but there’s also a Black Dial color model available, which comes with the exact same stainless steel case).
When it comes to the watch’s construction, the Fireman Ducks Unlimited also features an ultra-durable construction, as its case is entirely built out of a high-grade stainless steel, for which its case is both satin-brushed and polished.
The watch’s ultra-sturdy stainless steel case is also rated to have 5,000Gs shock-resistance, as well as up to 4,800A/m of anti-magnetic protection, thus allowing you to explore most outdoors areas at high altitudes without having to worry about potential magnetic variations that could occur at different heights.
At the back-side of the watch’s case, there’s a screw-on embossed stainless steel case-back that’s neatly stamped with Ducks Unlimited’s official logo, for which its case-back is also just as durable as the watch’s front-side.
Moreover, this high-end hunting and exploration watch also comes equipped by default with a sturdy stainless steel bracelet which is integrated with a folding clasp buckle that allows it to be easily closed and also stay safely closed at all times.
Adding up to its ultra-durable stainless steel construction, the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited is also equipped a high-quality screwed-in crown (made of the same high-grade stainless steel) that faintly “pops out” from its polished stainless steel case, integrating tiny metallic cogs that make it easy to hold between your fingers and comfortably rotate it whenever you need to regulate the watch’s hands (meaning its time dials).
The Fireman Ducks Unlimited Camouflage model features a really cool-looking camouflage dial (i.e. the watch’s face), which gives it an extremely discreet look when wearing it while being surrounded by any type vegetation.
In addition to its super discreet camouflage pattern, the watch’s bezel also integrates a high-grade glass cover made of high-quality sapphire crystal that’s coated with a layer of anti-reflective coating, thus allowing you to easily read the time displayed in its dial through its crystal cover any time of the day, even if you’re under direct sunlight, all without having it cause any sort of glare due to sunlight that would otherwise give away your position while hunting in the bush.
Note that the watch’s camouflage dial also features BALL Watch’s official logo at the 12 o’clock time marking, along with Ducks Unlimited’s official logo at the 6 o’clock time marking.
While the Fireman Ducks Unlimited Camouflage model comes equipped by default with a sturdy stainless steel bracelet out of its box, this unique camouflage color model also comes together with a camouflage NATO watch strap (included as a free gift) that features a super discrete camouflage pattern.
Regarding its design, the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited features a simple and discreet design that allows it to pass completely inconspicuous when worn outdoors. In fact, wearing the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited Camouflage model together with this camouflage NATO watch strap allows hunters to always have a really discrete presence while still being able to track the time at any given moment.
Another great thing about the Fireman Ducks Unlimited is that thanks to BALL’s signature screwed-in crown, this ultra-durable hunting and exploration watch is also rated to be Water-Resistant up to 330 ft. / 100m depth underwater.
For its time-tracking capabilities, the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited is powered by a SWISS-made Automatic mechanical caliber BALL RR1103 mechanism that’s responsible for powering both its hands (which include hours, minutes, and sweep seconds) and its date movement.
Note that the watch’s Automatic mechanical caliber mechanism is rated to have a total of 40 hours of power reserve.
Last but not least, this high-end hunting and exploration watch also integrates an self-powered illumination technology that’s powered by 63 individual high-grade micro tritium gas tubes integrated throughout all the time-markings in its dial and also in all of its watch hands (hours, minutes, and seconds hands), which conveniently provide a powerful glow during low-light conditions with bright green and orange light colors for its time-markings and a bright white color for its watch hands.
This provides hunters and outdoors explorers with an outstanding illumination for the watch’s face, thus giving it high legibility during nighttime.
PACKAGING
Finally, in terms of the watch’s packaging, we’re also very pleased to share that this awesome hunting and exploration watch also comes neatly packed inside a hard carboard box, for which the watch itself then comes slotted in some thick shock-resistant foam that’s perfectly protected inside a second carboard piece with a squared cut-out at the center (in which the watch comes gently packed in).
FINAL THOUGHTS
All in all, this high-end all-terrain hunting and exploration watch allows both hunters and outdoor enthusiasts to be able to keep track of time in any sort of outdoors location, no matter how rough the terrain is or even how bad the weather might be.
Once again, note that the BALL Watch Fireman Ducks Unlimited is currently available in two (x2) different color models for its dial (i.e. its watch face): the basic version sports a stylish Flat Black color dial, while the Camouflage version portrays a super-discreet camouflage dial.
If you’re interested in buying it, know that the standard Black Dial model is priced at $1,199, and that the Camouflage model is priced at $1,449. You can order yours online right now, directly from BALL Watch’s official shopping page.
