The sequel arrives with a wink. MING and Massena LAB revisit their 2021 collaboration with the 57.09 Secret Honey, a limited run of 125 pieces priced at CHF 7,250. Orders opened on October 15, 2026, at 13:00 GMT. The honey is now hidden in motion, not printed on the dial.
The display stacks three rotating sapphire disks over a dark brown, lacquered and circular brushed base. The disks turn once every 24 hours, 12 hours, and 60 minutes. Openings and color create a shifting interference pattern that MING calls dynamic guilloche. Hours and minutes live on the 12 hour and 60 minute disks in honey tones that glow orange with Super LumiNova, while indices and logos are engraved in the box sapphire and filled with MING Polar White for a second luminous layer. It is time telling by choreography, not by billboard.
The case is grade 5 titanium in MING’s fifth generation design, 40 mm in diameter, 10.17 mm thick, 47.8 mm lug to lug, and 100 meters water resistant. The triple stepped lugs are the conversation piece. Natural titanium outside, TiN in the middle to nod at yellow gold, TiSiN inside to suggest rose gold. Nine components allow crisp brushed and polished transitions that standard monobloc cases seldom manage.
Inside is the Sellita for MING 330.M2, automatic, 4 Hz, about 50 hours of reserve. Bridges are skeletonized, brushed, and anthracite coated over a matching baseplate, visible through the rear box sapphire with double sided anti reflective coating, as on the front.
Two straps are supplied. A vachetta colored goat leather by Jean Rousseau Paris, and a black MING FKM rubber. Both use curved quick release bars and a stainless steel flying blade tuck buckle with micro adjustment. Practical, which counts when the dial is already doing the dancing.
Context matters. The original 17.09 Honey and 17.09 Black split the palette. Secret Honey blends both, then hides the sweetness until the disks align. It was presented publicly at WatchTime New York from 16 to 18 October 2026. On the wrist, it reads like a study in light control and case craft. Less beehive, more sleight of hand.
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