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Ming Debuts 27.02 With New 'Gradient Guilloche' Sapphire Dial
A follow up to its thin 27.01 watch from earlier this year, Ming has just released a promisingly beautiful-looking follow-up in the aptly titled 27.02. Limited to 200 pieces, the 27.02 brings along the same case and movement of its predecessor while debuting a new "Gradient Guilloche"dial. The minds at Ming clearly have a keen understanding of when to innovate and when to refine. When the brand learned that some more ETA Peseux 7001 movements became available, they immediately scooped them up and took the opportunity to refine and reimagine the unique case of the 27.01.What Ming did here is replace the bronze dial with one made of sapphire, and added a blue Clous de Paris guilloche ring around the outer edge of the movement. I really can't wait to see this watch in the metal, as I have a feeling this second new step just needs to be seen to be appreciated. In addition to doing a gradient finish on the sapphire dial, the team at Ming also did laser etchings filled with white for the mar
Bremont Supermarine S501 Dive Watch
British watch brand Bremont, best known to the watch world for their aviation watches, has also produced dive watches since 2009. Starting with the Supermarine S500?¨C a 43mm, ceramic bezeled, crown-at-two-o'clock tool watch-Bremont have subsequently added to their diving range over the years, first with the larger 45mm S2000 in 2013 and more recently with the 40mm S300 collection last year. Now, Bremont have announced a redesign of the S500 range to include the new Bremont S500/BK and S500/BL. Here, we'll focus on the brand new Bremont Supermarine S501, a combination of styling cues from the vintage-inspired S301 range with the 43mm case size and 500m water resistance of the S500.Bremont's S300 and S301 collection differentiated itself from its larger siblings with a more vintage look in a smaller 40mm package which quickly became popular. The new S501 makes use of those same vintage styling cues with its metal dial featuring applied hour markers and hands similar in style to the S300.