Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The Ming 29.06 Peep Show and its Ever-Changing Face
An optical illusion on the wrist, where time literally controls what you see (or don't).
Since its debut, Horloger Ming, the brand led by Ming Thein, has built its collections on light, transparency, and layered dial constructions. From early minimalist pieces to more technical watches like the 29.01 Worldtimer, Ming has explored how a dial can interact with its environment. Recently, the brand went even more expressive, resulting in the 57.04 Iris and its colour-shifting multiphasic dial treatment. The new 29.06 Peep Show now offers something similar in its approach, but far more playful. And yes, the featured image includes three examples of the exact same watch… Just in different phases of their transformation.
This new 29.06 Peep Show model sits within the same 29-series family as the 29.01 Worldtimer but strips away the travel complication to highlight the new visual experience; the Peep Show (quite a bold choice for a name…) is about transformation. The watch is housed in the familiar 29-series case, measuring 40mm in diameter and 11.8mm thick. Crafted from grade 5 titanium, the construction is one of Ming’s signatures, featuring a bezel-less design in which the sapphire crystal forms a continuous surface across the front. The “flying blade” lugs are retained, interlocking with the caseback for a clean profile. Water-resistance is 50m.
The 29.06 Peep Show dial appears and disappears, depending on the position of the hands. The effect is achieved through polarisation, a technique more commonly found in photography. Instead of placing a filter over the dial, Ming integrates polarised elements directly into the display. The traditional hands are replaced by two discs made of linearly polarised sapphire. When these discs align, light passes through and reveals the dial beneath. When they are out of alignment, the dial darkens completely, turning almost black. As the hands move, the dial moves through the visible and invisible states.
Beneath this optical trick lies a traditional base, made from metal, deeply machined with a guilloché pattern and treated with the brand’s multiphasic coating, first introduced on the 57.04 Iris. When visible, it reflects a wide spectrum of colours depending on the light and angle.
The display caseback reveals the second-generation Schwarz-Etienne for Ming automatic calibre ASE 200.M1. Equipped with a tungsten micro-rotor, it offers approximately 86 hours of power reserve. The design is highly openworked, with skeletonised bridges, a visible barrel indicating remaining energy, and a distinctive rotor guard finished with diamond-cut anglage.
The 29.06 Peep Show is worn on a Perlon-textured calfskin strap by Jean Rousseau, closed with a titanium tuck buckle featuring micro-adjustment. Production is limited to 50 pieces, priced at CHF 22,000 (excluding taxes). For more, visit ming.watch.
