MING

Horologer MING is an independent watch brand which aims to revive a sense of excitement and discovery among watch enthusiasts. MING are dedicated to refined aesthetics paired with innovative materials, mechanics and engineering.

Led by Ming Thein, an established designer, photographer and business strategist, MING is renowned for exploiting the properties of light, form and colour. MING believe in a set of design principles to create pieces that are immediately recognisable and have longevity. Layering and interaction with light leads to visual balance and legibility; tactility and physical balance begets wearability. MING pieces dynamically reflect their environment, rewarding careful observation, and give collectors the pleasure of continually discovering a new side to their watches.  

MING 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 spawned 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.

This unique combination of aesthetics and mechanics in watchmaking has won MING many accolades, including the Horological Revelation Prize at the 2019 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève and the Sports Watch Prize at the 2024 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.