Ming’s 51.01 Halo Brings Crystallised Titanium to the Dress Watch

Ming’s latest release takes the dress watch somewhere less predictable than polished gold and silvered restraint.

The 51.01 Halo is compact, slim and deliberately formal, but its crystallised titanium case gives it a warmer, more textured personality than the category usually allows.

It also marks the start of a new Ming family, with the “51” designation identifying a fresh line and “01” denoting the first base model.

At a glance

• Ming has introduced the 51.01 Halo, the first model in a new contemporary dress-watch family.
• The watch pairs a 37mm crystallised grade 5 titanium case with a black lacquered dial and a manual-winding La Joux-Perret movement.
• Production is limited to 150 pieces, priced at CHF 10,900 excluding tax, with orders opening on 10 November 2026.

A compact case with a marbled titanium surface

The 51.01 Halo stays close to Ming’s established design language, but the proportions push it firmly into dress-watch territory.

The case measures 37mm across, 8mm thick and 43mm lug to lug, making it compact without leaning into vintage pastiche.

It isn’t the thinnest watch Ming has made, since the 27.01 and 27.02 references are noted at 6.9mm, but the Halo still presents as a notably slim watch.

The lugs appear more fluid than on some earlier Ming designs, while the bezel around the pronounced box-shaped sapphire crystal has been slimmed down.

The case’s defining feature is its mottled, almost mineral-like surface.

Although the tone could be mistaken for bronze or rose gold at a glance, Ming identifies the material as crystallised grade 5 titanium with a 5N rose gold-colour coating.

Ming says the texture is produced through a controlled chemical heat treatment that enlarges the titanium’s crystalline grains.

The process involves heating the titanium in a vacuum chamber at 1,200°C, cooling it, then acid-etching the surface to reveal the marbled effect.

A black dial that keeps the watch formal

The dial keeps the composition restrained, which helps prevent the case from overwhelming the watch.

It’s black lacquered, with a polished centre and circular-brushed periphery intended to create an opaline effect.

The hands are coated in a 5N rose gold tone to echo the case, with brushed, sandblasted and polished surfaces used across the handset.

As on other Ming watches, the indices are engraved on the underside of the sapphire crystal rather than applied to the dial itself.

Here, those engraved markers are filled with rose gold-coloured lacquer.

There’s no luminescence, a decision that reinforces the watch’s more formal character rather than chasing all-purpose utility.

The La Joux-Perret movement inside

The Halo is powered by the manual-winding La Joux-Perret calibre 7380.M1.

The movement is just 2.7mm thick and delivers a stated 90-hour power reserve, which is substantial for a slim manually wound dress watch.

The same base movement is used by Arnold & Son, La Joux-Perret’s sister company, but Ming’s version has been extensively customised.

Those changes include skeletonised anthracite-coated bridges, a matte black-coated mainplate and hand-finished anglage.

Ming’s spoke pattern also appears on the ratchet and barrel wheels, giving the movement a stronger visual connection to the brand’s wider design vocabulary.

Details & Specifications

Positioned for the modern dress-watch buyer

The 51.01 Halo lands at a moment when smaller, slimmer and more discreet watches are being reconsidered by collectors.

Ming’s approach is not to recreate a mid-century dress watch, but to translate the idea through the brand’s familiar graphic codes and material experimentation.

The result should appeal to buyers who want the scale and refinement of a dress watch, but not the visual predictability that often comes with the category.

With its limited production, distinctive titanium treatment and unusually long power reserve, the 51.01 Halo adds a sharp new entry to Ming’s catalogue without losing the restraint expected of a formal watch.