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We minimize paperwork and protect you as much as possible, so you can stop worrying about your watch and focus on enjoying it.
Each of your hours is covered up to 150% of the insured value (up to the total value of the policy).
Our quotes are based on historical sales data and real-time market data, which allows us to offer fair prices effortlessly.
We minimize paperwork and protect you as much as possible, so you can stop worrying about your watch and focus on enjoying it.
Each of your hours is covered up to 150% of the insured value (up to the total value of the policy).
Our quotes are based on historical sales data and real-time market data, which allows us to offer fair prices effortlessly.
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When the brand released its first watch on 17.01 in 2017, I thought that Ming’s diving watch might not be one of those things that anyone looks forward to in the near or even medium term. However, it turns out that, according to Ming Thain and the company that bears his name, diving watches are already in development. In hindsight, we see clear signs that both the first watches and subsequent models, the company’s clear interest in exploring both the technical and aesthetic possibilities of its unique approach to watchmaking may well apply to diving watches. The first Ming 18.01 H41 collection was launched earlier this month (and, unsurprisingly, sold out almost immediately), but the second batch will go on sale at 2am GMT on August 22nd. Between the first announcement and the second, we managed to see the watch live.
First, it’s immediately obvious that this is a Ming watch, with the same general design language that we’ve seen in Ming watches dating back to the earliest watches. The three key elements of the Ming watch are the heavy use of Super-LumiNova to provide clarity and abstract design elements, the signature flared lugs, and the desire to keep watch sizes reasonable, even classic. Ming’s first diving watch was actually a 10-watch prototype series, the 18.01 Abyss Concept, which contained almost all the main elements of the full-scale 18.01 H41 model, with the exception of the case material, while the Abyss Concept featured brushed 316L stainless steel. steel case The series case is made of Grade 5 titanium or DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) treated stainless steel.
The technical characteristics of the watch correspond to the dimensions of the watch suitable for wear (diameter 40 mm, thickness 12.9 mm, lug to lug distance 46 mm); water resistance is 1000 meters / 100 atmospheres, or about 3280 feet – the size of a modern nuclear submarine Three times the test depth. Indeed, such depth ratings are clearly overkill and largely serve the functions that make a watch a talking point, but it’s still interesting to think that a watch can withstand the pressure that can make a watch a talking point. The fictional Sub-Red October explodes. The 18.01 H41 was also the first legible watch with a central second hand – in fact, it was the first to have any sort of indication of running seconds, but obviously this is an important element of a watch for divers, and not only timekeeping also helps to let the diver know that the watch works correctly on the surface and at depth.
As with the Ming Dynasty, the dial is a rather intricate design, it is a two-layer sapphire construction with HyCeram Super-LumiNova XI (luminous ceramic composite). Super-LumiNova XI is applied to the bezel as a liquid epoxy resin and to the hands as a solid material. There are many luminous watches out there and you don’t pay much attention to their glow unless it’s at night, but from time to time you’ll find yourself wearing one (many Seiko divers have this feature) even in low ambient light. glows. In the time I’ve owned the 18.01 H41, I’ve been surprised to do this several times in an elevator after returning from a sunny day.
The bracelet is also crafted from Grade 5 titanium, and the bezel and caseback are machined to give them a slightly roughened surface for easier turning (in the case of the bezel) and to hold the watch on wet hands or wetsuit sleeves. I’m not a diver, but if I were, I’d probably want some kind of micro-adjustment clasp, but the benefit of not having one is a very elegant and seamless bracelet.
Unlike a standard diving watch, the 60-click bezel is not fluted at all, but the slightly rough surface provides a good grip and the bezel is very precise to the touch. There’s nothing special about each brake, and every paddle click sounds perfectly satisfying. It may seem strange, but it has a rich, rounded quality that, combined with the precision of its operation, makes you feel like you are interacting with a real high-precision movement. The only downside to the bezel is that it can be a bit difficult to turn without knurling with wet hands, although it is still possible. Another use of the bezel is that you can use it to set your watch by turning it so that the inverted triangle in the zero position is at the five-minute mark closest to the minute hand position. The ETA 2824 movement is five-position adjustable, but there are no minute markers on the dial, setting the watch to the exact minute may require some judgment, using the bezel as a visual reference helps determine the actual position of the minute hand.
One of the watch’s many charms is the visible indicator – what appears to be a bright red gasket fitted around the crown tube – which opens when the crown is unscrewed; diving with the crown unscrewed can cause the case to sink) and are also interesting to look at and reinforce the impression that the watch is ready for you to recklessly plunge into water to a depth of 3000 feet at any moment.
While you probably won’t spend much time learning it, the 18.01′s rear end features the same precision and meticulous build and design as the front end. There are six very deep keyholes on the case back which should give any watchmaker working on the watch a good grip and they are well articulated, but for a Ming watch they are also unsurprisingly well integrated into the design elements. That little crab, of course, belongs to aquatic animals, but from the outside it is also a bit of a Ming Dynasty joke about the shape of the watch case, and there is even a Ming Dynasty “crab” shape on the company’s website. .
Ming 18.01 H41 is a very interesting watch. There is a reason why diving watches are very similar to each other: the technical characteristics that make a diving watch both international diving watch standards and functionally simple and functional share a lot of necessary similarities. I think Ming managed to create a diving watch that meets all the requirements in terms of functionality. As is usually the case with Ming watches, the watch’s abstract nature is as pleasing as its practicality – a one-kilometer depth rating is an impressive number in itself, but do it with a watch that doesn’t and it doesn’t work. t The look of the tentacle, which seems to belong to a siren and not a human hand, is both unusual and interesting. If, like me, you have an unrequited love for anything that glows in the dark, then you’ll love 18.01 – I had a hard time seeing it in the dark with its creepy UFO-like silhouettes and glitter, didn’t it? I begin to hear in my head the theme of contacts of the third kind.
Ming 18.01 H41: Grade 5 titanium case, 40mm x 12.9mm, 46mm lug to lug. 3.5 mm thick double-AR sapphire crystal, unidirectional DLC, 60-dot stainless steel bezel filled with Super-LumiNova XI. Water resistant to 1km/1000m. The sturdy case is milled to hold the movement in place, eliminating the need for spacers. Screw-down crown, triple washer, red safety indicator. Two-piece HyCeram Super-LumiNova XI composite ceramic dial fused with sapphire, hands also filled with SNL XI. Head weight 65 grams. Five-link bracelet in Grade 5 titanium with quick-release curved spring bars, double folding clasp. Movement, ETA 2824-2, modified for Ming by Schwartz-Etienne, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 40 hour power reserve, tested for 250 hours and tuned to five positions. Price 3250 Swiss francs. Two year warranty, made in Switzerland. For more information, visit Ming-watch.com.
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Post time: Jan-07-2023