MING 27.01 and 27.02

[chiscott_29]

I went from loving the 27.02 on initial release of the details, to being disappointed to learn there was no lume. And then I thought how I would wear this watch, and realized there will be maybe 1 in 1,000 times I look at the time and will wish it was lumed. So, I tried to get one on the first round of the sale and got lucky as one of the transactions that went through. I got an email the other day confirming an estimated late November 2021 delivery date, so I’m excited for my first Ming.

This will go into the category of “dressy” watch in my collection...I’ll get a couple of the different straps to make it more casual (definitely something in an orange tone) but overall it isn’t going to take time away from my sports models.


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[thesingularity7]

Originally Posted by chiscott_29

I went from loving the 27.02 on initial release of the details, to being disappointed to learn there was no lume. And then I thought how I would wear this watch, and realized there will be maybe 1 in 1,000 times I look at the time and will wish it was lumed. So, I tried to get one on the first round of the sale and got lucky as one of the transactions that went through. I got an email the other day confirming an estimated late November 2021 delivery date, so I’m excited for my first Ming.

This will go into the category of “dressy” watch in my collection...I’ll get a couple of the different straps to make it more casual (definitely something in an orange tone) but overall it isn’t going to take time away from my sports models.


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Congratulations, I don't think you will be disappointing. Having owned two Mings so far, I think their build quality, design and finishing is really impressive.

[Acquisition40]

Originally Posted by chiscott_29

I went from loving the 27.02 on initial release of the details, to being disappointed to learn there was no lume. And then I thought how I would wear this watch, and realized there will be maybe 1 in 1,000 times I look at the time and will wish it was lumed. So, I tried to get one on the first round of the sale and got lucky as one of the transactions that went through. I got an email the other day confirming an estimated late November 2021 delivery date, so I’m excited for my first Ming.

This will go into the category of “dressy” watch in my collection...I’ll get a couple of the different straps to make it more casual (definitely something in an orange tone) but overall it isn’t going to take time away from my sports models.

Congrats! I agree with you in that the 27.02, of all Ming watches, is the one to NOT have lume, particularly because it was meant to be an extra-thin "dress" piece. It's an interesting way of framing the watch because I feel that Ming watches, by design, don't have the "traditional" dressy feel—like 1960s, 1970s, gold, 2 or 3 hand classic dress watches by PP, VC, JLC, etc—even the 27.01/02, his dressiest pieces yet.

I think it's the result of him staying true to what Ming is: a modern watch company with its unique design language. They're not trying to be something they're not (by trying to make it like a calatrava-type watch), all the while, thinking of transferring some of the elegance of what an extra-thin watch used to mean.

There are plenty of other Ming models with lume (most, if not all), and all the better for it since they're really cool. But also very cool that you were able to see through to how this watch—created today but thinking to the past—can really shine without lume!

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