About Magnetic Ball Watches — Our Story
About Magnetic Ball Watches
magneticballwatches.com — Steve Taylor, Doncaster East VIC 3109, Australia · ABN 24 529 266 542
Where this started
A few years ago, I came across something that genuinely impressed me: watches designed specifically for people with visual impairments. Watches where you could tell the time by touch — no screen, no sound, just physical position. I found it extraordinary that thoughtful design could give something as simple as checking the time back to people who'd lost it.
That discovery led me to magnetic ball watches — a category of timepieces where steel balls roll across the dial face, drawn by a magnetic field, to mark the hours and minutes. No hands. The balls are the hands. And critically, the watch face is open — there's no glass or crystal between your fingers and the mechanism. You can touch the time.
I wanted more people to know these watches existed. Not just as a novelty, but as a genuine option for people with visual impairment, low vision, or anyone who wants a more tactile relationship with time. That's what started Magnetic Ball Watches.
What we do
Magnetic Ball Watches is an online retailer stocking a curated range of magnetic ball timepieces from brands including EUTOUR, DOM, FOXBOX, and Daniel Gorman. We ship worldwide, free of charge, and every order comes with a 30-day return guarantee.
Our range starts at around $77 USD for everyday wear models and runs to $241 for premium brass-case, sapphire-crystal editions. Every watch in the range uses the same core mechanism: a quartz motor beneath the dial rotates a magnetic field, and steel balls follow that field to the correct hour and minute position. Accurate, maintenance-free, and genuinely unlike anything else on the wrist.
We maintain a dedicated collection for low-vision and visually impaired wearers — watches with open-face designs, clear ball position, and sufficient tactile feedback to tell the time by touch. Alongside this, we publish guides on watches for the visually impaired and alternatives to specialist tactile timepieces.
Why magnetic ball watches
The mechanism has been around since the 1960s in various forms but remains genuinely unusual. Most people have never seen one. The reaction when someone first sees the balls move — or first reads the time by touch — is consistently the same: curiosity, then comprehension, then a desire to show the person next to them.
We believe there's a category of product the world needs more of: things that are both useful and genuinely interesting. Magnetic ball watches are one of them.
Contact
Email: steve@magneticballwatches.com
Address: 27 Fullwood Parade, Doncaster East VIC 3109, Australia
ABN: 24 529 266 542