No Reserve
57
Ming
Ref. 17.09
17.09 Blue
A contemporary and elegant stainless steel automatic wristwatch with blue guilloché dial, guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- CHF1,000 - 2,000•€1,100 - 2,100$1,100 - 2,200
CHF2,540
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Ming
- Year
- Circa 2022
- Reference No
- 17.09
- Case No
- 004'446
- Model Name
- 17.09 Blue
- Material
- Stainless Steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 330.M1, 25 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Jean Rousseau for Ming suede leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel MING pin buckle
- Dimensions
- 38mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by MING warranty (valid until 18th April 2025), leather case, cloth pouch and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
- Reference 17.09 marks MING’s first attempt to feature dials with laser-etched indices on the underside of the top crystal and filled with Super-Luminova-X1 for an intense glow.
- Released in the spring of 2021, it was made available in highly polished stainless steel with two different dial colors variants of Burgundy and Blue, like the present example. Both iterations featured a two-piece construction dial with Clous de Paris guilloché towards the center and an external circular brushed chapter ring creating a layer of depth and a touch of playfulness when hit by natural light.
- Inside beats the Schwarz-Etienne, made for MING, modified caliber 330.M1. Featuring an independent adjustable hour hand, the watch is designed for high-flying collectors who frequently travel from one time zone to another.
- Offered without reserve and preserved in excellent overall condition, the present MING reference 17.09 Blue is complete with its full set of accessories and is a fantastic opportunity to acquire a fascinating and interesting timepiece.
- Released in the spring of 2021, it was made available in highly polished stainless steel with two different dial colors variants of Burgundy and Blue, like the present example. Both iterations featured a two-piece construction dial with Clous de Paris guilloché towards the center and an external circular brushed chapter ring creating a layer of depth and a touch of playfulness when hit by natural light.
- Inside beats the Schwarz-Etienne, made for MING, modified caliber 330.M1. Featuring an independent adjustable hour hand, the watch is designed for high-flying collectors who frequently travel from one time zone to another.
- Offered without reserve and preserved in excellent overall condition, the present MING reference 17.09 Blue is complete with its full set of accessories and is a fantastic opportunity to acquire a fascinating and interesting timepiece.
Ming
Malaysian | 1986Ming Thein is the vision behind MING: he has a diverse background that bridges both the creative and corporate, with more than 10 years in strategy and finance and 20 years as a photographer, with seven as a full time professional. Ming was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1986, educated in Australia, New Zealand, and finally graduated with a masters’ degree in theoretical physics from Balliol College, Oxford at the age of 16.
Somewhere during the mechanical portions of his degree, he contracted the watch bug made worse by a Lange 1815 graduation gift from his parents. It would follow through his early career at KPMG and The Boston Consulting Group, where the generosity of online collector communities allowed him access to their events and watches. His contributions to the community were driven by knowledge (including numerous attempts at movement design) and photography: capturing a personal interpretation of a watch, Ming in a way made them his own and shared a different vision with the collector’s community
Browse MakerSomewhere during the mechanical portions of his degree, he contracted the watch bug made worse by a Lange 1815 graduation gift from his parents. It would follow through his early career at KPMG and The Boston Consulting Group, where the generosity of online collector communities allowed him access to their events and watches. His contributions to the community were driven by knowledge (including numerous attempts at movement design) and photography: capturing a personal interpretation of a watch, Ming in a way made them his own and shared a different vision with the collector’s community