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MING 17.09 Announcement
As many of you already know, I'm a huge fan of the MING 27 series, their "thin" watch that has a "TRON" (the movie) look that is great for modern environments. In Silicon Valley, the luxury vibe is all about modernity and elegance mixed together. Think elegant leather sneakers (from Lanvin or Common Projects), mixed with denim jeans, the nicest "hoodie" jackets (French crepe or in wool/cashmere often by Cucinelli), and watches with a small amount of modernity to them (a MING would be perfect). I ended up ordering both the 27.01 and 27.02 models and I'm panting like a mad dog waiting for them to arrive at my doorstep. MING charges your credit card in full (to discourage flipping as many flippers want to churn their money) and keeps you waiting several months. Below is my review of the 27.01 if you'd like to read it again. Currently, I've got multiple time only watches begging for wrist time during the pandemic, but oddly, I keep on thinking about the MING 27 series...
WatchProSite Review of MING 27.01 model: www.watchprosite.com
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But this post is about the new MING 17.09! I'm also happy to report that MING has made a new model of their 17-series, their "original" model. But this iteration, the 17.09 takes a lot of those refined design elements of the 27-series and incorporates them into the 17-series.
The 17-series is also significantly thicker than the 27-series (the 27-series is MING's thin variant, read my review and you'll notice it's quite thin), so if you found the 27 series too thin, this is a great piece.
The 17.09 has this awesome design language that really resembles a very cool and modern vibe. It's unique in the Swiss watch industry. And this design has an instantly recognizable design DNA that's completely MING.
Notice the shadow of the indices on the dial. The indices are printed on the backside of the crystal and not on the dial! Giving it that cool floating look! These guys at MING really incorporate cool design details!
The lume is amazing! Again, it's got an awesome design language that reminds me of that iconic TRON movie. The sapphire crystal is laser etched and filled with lume. This lume serves as the indices, thus the indices are on the crystal and not on the dial.
At 1950 CHF, the 17.09 is half the price of the thinner 27 series! Making it a great value! Orders are always limited with MING and you have to go to their website on a specific date and time to get one. This time, they promise to fulfill all orders placed in a specific ten minute period!
Blue not your color? Spice things up with red, notice the edge of the strap is painted in red too!
It makes a nice his and hers combo!
Availability:
The MING 17.09 is priced at CHF 1,950 in both variants and includes shipping worldwide. Orders open on 15 April 2021, 1:00 PM GMT for a limited batch and again on 16 April 2021 at 1:00 PM GMT to 1:10 PM GMT for an unlimited batch and watches are available exclusively from www.ming.watch
Tech Sheet:
• Case, dial & hands:
o 38mm diameter, 10mm thickness, 43.9mm lug to lug
o Stainless steel 316L with solid caseback, mixed brushed and polished finish
o Top sapphire crystal with double sided antireflective coating, laser etched indices with Super-LumiNova X1 fill
o Rigid case without spacer rings
o 100m water resistance with triple crown gaskets
o Composite, two-part dial in metallic burgundy or blue
o Hands coated with Super-LumiNova X1
• Straps
o Handmade by Jean Rousseau Paris
o Burgundy dial: textured calf in taupe with brown alcantara lining
o Blue dial: black alcantara with blue rubber lining
o 20x18mm, quick release with curved fitting
o Will fit 160-210mm (6.1”-8.3”) wrist circumference
o Signed flying blade pin buckle
• Movement:
o Cal. 330.M1 – based on the Sellita SW330-2, with independent hours
o Modified by Manufacture Schwarz-Etienne, exclusive to MING
o 42-hour power reserve
o 28,800 bph (4Hz)
o 25 jewels
o Hacking function and quick hour adjust
o Movement regulated with a 250-hour test program
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Leather travel pouch handmade by Studio Koji Sato
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2-year warranty against defects
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Made in Switzerland
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Retail price CHF1,950 inclusive of worldwide shipping
MING 17.09 Announcement
As many of you already know, I'm a huge fan of the MING 27 series, their "thin" watch that has a "TRON" (the movie) look that is great for modern environments. In Silicon Valley, the luxury vibe is all about modernity and elegance mixed together. Think el...
I love them both! Unfortunately buyers are only allowed to buy one...
so it will be a dilemma for me, if I'm lucky enough to score one! Have to be quick...
allowed to buy one...
...of each variant. so you can buy both! and if you're not in a hurry/willing to wait ~1 year, you don't even need fast fingers like in past ming sales. simply place the order during the 10-minute window (i'm shooting for both, earlier).
I like the way the get allocation to new customers on top of keeping loyal customers...big brands have to learn a lot from them !
Blue is my fav...great value at this price point. Best, mahesh.,
it ain't over yet, there's more in batch 2
the downside is one will have to wait two months longer than if one was successful today as aggretsuko says, "tomorrow is a new day!"
i totally get what you mean about being unable to wait
tried grabbing a 17.09 burgundy just now. sad to say, i wasn't quick enough. while there's a 10-min ordering window tomorrow, i won't buy there because i can't bear to wait a year. also, i figure at this point one's better off putting the budget toward wh...
Same here...
I was able to get a 17.09 blue on the second offering. But not the burgundy. I too don't see myself waiting for 11 months to get a watch neither!
Congrats! Seems like you'll get yours fairly soon since you're in the first batch!
I'm in the second batch, so we're relying on YOU to show us photos and your impressions of the watch!
CONGRATS if You ordered.......I never get tired of wearing these, Copper on Bespoke strap is fantastic
hopefully , the MING team will stay in business as long as the BIG names ...
They will! They've got a cool style and a unique design DNA that's unlike anything else in the industry.
No other brand has that TRON look!
got a delivery expectation e-mail from ming
says "we expect to deliver your watch in October 2021" <-- big relief it's not 2022!
Yay! Which batch did you place your order in?
I remember you menionted you weren't going to do the 10 minute batch, since it would require you to wait until 2022.
the existing owners batch
so it really should never have reached 2022 (hah!) seems i'm at the tail end of the first batch, which i suppose has an aug-to-oct window. odds are second batch is oct to feb/mar, then 10-min window is march and after
Thanks for the post
I couldn’t resist the brushed/guilloche finish of the blue dial so I ordered one. This would be my second on top of the Monolith. I too think they are pretty good value, and the limited production of the watch makes it even more appealing to own. A fun wa...
Looks decent.
Pricing also seems very reasonable. I was wondering if Schwarz Etienne was involved in the movement this time round and then saw it was a Sellita machine.
Good observation! Yes, this one is a Sellita, but it is modified by Schwarz Etienne.
Quoting MING's press release, "We have worked with our partners Manufacture Schwarz-Etienne to develop an independenthour hand adjustment mechanism, based on the Sellita SW330-2. This complication and modification is exclusive to MING. The intermediate cr...
