What We Know
It feels like Ming has another hit on its hands here. The new 57.05 “Comet” immediately looked like a cool watch before I even looked at the press release, but once you dig into the specifics, it’s pretty impressive, with all the usual Ming flair to boot. That means, yes, there’s a pretty cool dial (that has a touch of vintage inspiration). There’s an intensely stylized case. There’s lume used aplenty (and creatively), and yes, there’s innovation in a new patent-pending daylight saving time (DST) world time adjustment system.
Let’s start from the outside and work our way in. The 316L stainless steel case measures 40mm by 10.3mm with a 47.8mm lug-to-lug. This is a part of Ming’s 57 Series design language, so it’s got triple-stepped lugs (requiring nine individual components for the lug construction). The next step is the world time bezel. That’s where the magic really starts.
With a normal 24-hour world time display, you can get by just fine. Yes, not all DST adjustments happen at the same time (if they happen at all), but adjusting for any of them is a problem. Ming has arranged all cities with DST on the outer bezel; non-DST cities are on the inner bezel. You can rotate the outer bezel one click (15º) to move only the DST cities forward by one hour against the 24-hour scale. The bezel will stay fixed in either position, but if you’re trying to figure out whether or not DST is engaged or not, you can just look at the small aperture between eight and nine on the bezel that shows (both lumed and in red text) whether or not DST is in effect (at least, as far as the watch is concerned). There will still be a time that Switzerland and the United States, for example, aren’t synced, but it’s better than being out of sync entirely for a large portion of the year.
The rest of the function is powered by the Sellita for MING 330.M2, a highly aesthetically modified SW330 “caller” GMT movement. Instead of a GMT hand, it uses a GMT disc that’s divided into daytime and nighttime shades of blue, plus blue-emission (for night) and orange-emission (for day) Super-LumiNova X1 numerals, blue-emission hands, and a floating engraved 12-hour index ring in the sapphire crystal that is filled with Ming’s proprietary white-emission Polar White lume.
The dial itself is pretty crazy. It has a “Comet Tail” interference pattern—overlapping rasters of repeating openings that shift over the course of the day, changing the texture of the dial. Oh, but in all this I forgot to finish up giving the specs of the movement. It’s automatic, with about a 50-hour power reserve, and runs at 4Hz.
All of this results in a futuristic watch that would make its namesake (the de Havilland Comet) proud. The 57.05 “Comet” is limited to 200 pieces, with a retail price of CHF 6,950 on a Jean Rousseau leather strap or CHF 7,950 on a Ming Polymesh bracelet, and is available starting August 27, 2026, at 1:00 PM GMT.
What We Think
This is peak Ming in the best possible way. It would have been great to see this in titanium (though probably much more expensive because of the case construction), since I’m still hunting for the perfect watch as an excuse to buy a Ming Polymesh bracelet, and I don’t love mixing case and bracelet materials. Either way, the brushed surface makes the case look a bit more grey, which works well with the Polymesh. That’s all beside the point, though; the watch is wholly impressive on paper (and I’d assume in the metal). No, it doesn’t fix problems with half or quarter time zones (only far more expensive watches have tried), but its still a great watch and great innovation for the price.
Ming threw the kitchen sink at this watch, but did so in a way that should work for anyone who likes Ming’s watches. I’m not a huge fan of the stepped lugs, but they work better for me here than on the 57.04 “Phoenix.” Maybe it’s the Art Deco romance of the world time complication that makes it all come together. The dial itself reminds me a bit of the guilloché on some examples of the Patek 2523, and the slightly smaller dial maintains a similar time-to-worldtime ratio as that reference. The fact that the brand—which I’ve described as an R&D lab with watches as an excuse for innovation—has packed a number of previous features into this new watch makes it all the more enticing. It feels like the 57.05 “Comet” deserves a Hands-On in the coming weeks, so we’ll keep you posted when we get to see it.
The Basics
Brand: Ming
Model: 57.05 “Comet”
Diameter: 40mm
Thickness: 10.33mm
Lug-to-Lug: 47.8mm
Case Material: 316L Stainless Steel
Dial Color: Multilayered blue “Comet Tail” dial with overlapping raster structures creating a dynamic interference pattern
Indexes: Rotating 24-hour world time ring and top crystal engraved and filled with MING Polar White luminous material
Lume: Worldtime ring with Super-LumiNova X1, emitting blue for daytime hours and orange for nighttime hours; Hands with blue-emission Super-LumiNova X1; DST ON bezel aperture with red-emission Super-LumiNova X1
Water Resistance: 100m
Strap/Bracelet: Cobalt blue goat leather strap by Jean Rousseau Paris, with curved quick-release spring bars and flying-blade tuck buckle with micro-adjustment
The Movement
Caliber: Sellita for MING 330.M2
Functions: Hours, minutes, 24-hour disc for world time function
Diameter: 26.2mm
Thickness: 4.1mm
Power Reserve: 50 hours
Winding: Automatic
Frequency: 28,800 vph
Jewels: 25
Chronometer Certified: No
Additional Details: Skeletonized, brushed, anthracite-coated bridges over a matching anthracite-coated baseplate
Pricing & Availability
Price: CHF 6,950 on a leather strap, or CHF 7,950 on MING Polymesh
Availability: Orders will open through www.ming.watch and the brand’s international authorized retail network on 27 August 2026 at 1:00 PM GMT
Limited Edition: Yes, 200 pieces
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