Ming is a favorite of ours at Worn & Wound for their daring, contemporary designs and an extreme attention to the smallest of details. They?re back with their first new release of 2021, the 27.02, and in the broadest stroke it shares quite a bit with the 27.01, which was announced in May of last year and set a new course for Ming?s design language. The 27.02 is an iteration on the 27.01, with a whole bunch of small changes that add up to something quite different in presentation, but is still, of course, completely Ming in tone and execution. 

The 27.02 shares the same slender case profile and modest size as the 27.01, measuring 38mm in diameter and 6.9mm thick. This is a thin watch with dressy proportions, but Ming has made an effort to give the watch a significant wrist presence through the use of a monobloc stainless steel case and their trademark ?flying blade? lug design. The 27.02 also incorporates Ming?s ?0? marker at 12:00 and an overwhelming sense of symmetry, both qualities that are key to Ming?s design throughout their product line. So, we have the common platform squared away, let?s get to the updates and refinements. The key development here is the use of a sapphire dial and a guilloche ring placed around the outside of the movement. The dial has a gradient effect applied to its lower surface, which results in the guilloche ring?s depth and saturation appearing to fade from the chapter ring to the very outer perimeter of the dial where it finally...