Introducing The Crystallized Titanium Ming 51.01 'Halo'

Ming reconsiders the dress watch with a new material, new case, and new take on their classic design.

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If there’s one thing to be sure of when it comes to Ming, it’s that expectations are a fool’s errand — every time you think you’ve got a handle on where the brand is headed, you can be sure that their next release will come at you from the opposite direction. So it is with their latest release, the Ming 51.01 Halo: a stripped-down reinterpretation of a dress watch and a dramatic departure from the ornate, architectural offerings we’ve seen from the brand in recent months.

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.…