Introducing The Crystallized Titanium Ming 51.01 'Halo'
The Ming 51.01 Halo is introduced as a minimalist dress watch featuring a 37mm crystallised titanium case and a modified La Joux-Perret movement. The watch emphasizes thinness and unique material textures achieved through high-heat vacuum treatment.
Why it matters
It showcases how independent watch brands are pushing the boundaries of material science to differentiate their products in a crowded market.
Ming reconsiders the dress watch with a new material, new case, and new take on their classic design.
The new watch is a bare bones take on a Ming, with a new movement, a new 37mm case, and a material execution wholly novel for Ming. Starting from the inside out, the Halo is driven by a modified version of the La Joux-Perret Calibre 7380. The ultra-thin caliber, which is here dubbed the La Joux-Perret for MING Calibre 7380.M1, is a manually wound 3hz movement with a 90-hour power reserve. Here, the base movement has been dramatically redecorated with extensive handwork, anglage, and varied black coatings on the bridges and mainplate. Critically, it’s also just 2.7mm thick, which lets the new 37mm case (also a compact 43mm lug-to-lug) come in at just 8mm thick.
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