Ming

MING is an independent watch brand which aims to revive a sense of excitement and discovery among watch enthusiasts. We are dedicated to refined aesthetics paired with innovative materials, mechanics and engineering. Since our debut in 2017, we have produced more than 60 references with various design concepts, complications and materials, and collaborated with the best partners both inside and outside the watchmaking industry. This unique combination of aesthetics and mechanics in watchmaking has won us many accolades, including the Horological Revelation Prize at the 2019 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.

Our Special Projects Cave pushes this approach even further by allowing customer participation in experimental watches focused on developing specific new technologies. The Cave has already disgorged several firsts such as the sapphire Mosaic – an internal 3D structure created inside sapphire crystal with a femtosecond laser, Hyceram – a ceramic- fused luminous material, and LW.01 – the world’s lightest production mechanical watch at just 8.8 grams realised using AZ31 magnesium alloy and finite element simulation.

Led by Ming Thein, an Oxford-trained physicist, established designer and photographer, MING is renowned for exploiting the properties of light, form and colour. Our pieces dynamically reflect their environment, rewarding careful observation, and give collectors the pleasure of continually discovering a new side to their watches.

MING is a global company with facilities in La Chaux-de-Fonds and Kuala Lumpur.