Hands-On With the BALL Engineer Hydrocarbon DEVGRU

We covered the launch of BALL’s new Engineer Hydrocarbon DEVGRU last fall when the press release first hit our inbox. It’s tough to pass up the opportunity to write about a watch inspired by and designed with input from Seal Team Six, who are also known as DEVGRU (short for United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group)—one of the world’s premier counter-terrorism units. The stats purported by the Engineer Hydrocarbon DEVGRU are impressive, particularly centered around its anti-shock technology, and it’s something one would imagine to be very helpful in the field. BALL was kind enough to send us an example of this limited edition timepiece to check out. Let’s see how it holds up.