MING has never been shy about sharing a workbench. The Kuala Lumpur independent is a founding member of the Alternative Horological Alliance, and earlier this year it built the 37.06 Lightning with the American dial-maker J.N. Shapiro. Its latest partner comes from outside watchmaking entirely. The 37.06 Royal Selangor pairs MING with the pewter house it has grown up alongside, and the result is a dial made from a material almost nobody uses. Revolution introduced it at the end of July, with the watch reaching MING's website on 6 August 2026.
The dial is pewter, which is the whole point
Royal Selangor was founded in Kuala Lumpur in 1885, in a country rich in tin, and it is one of the largest pewter makers in the world. Pewter is a tin-based alloy, and Royal Selangor's cast pewter is close to 97 percent tin, strengthened with copper and antimony. The dial for the 37.06 is cast by hand and then hammered, a finish the foundry uses on its tankards and bowls, which gives the surface an irregular, faceted texture that catches light in small pools rather than a single sweep.
It is an unusual choice for a watch dial, and a practical one. Pewter does not tarnish or corrode, so it needs no protective coating, but it is soft and will take on a gentle patina over years of wear. MING has kept the rest of the dial quiet to let the material carry it, with recessed hour markers, a printed minute track and blued hands, and the MING signature at 6 o'clock.
A 37-series case, made close to home
The case is MING's familiar 37 series in grade-2 titanium, finished all over with a brushed surface. The numbers are the ones MING regulars will know: 38mm across, a touch over 11mm thick, 44.73mm lug to lug, and a head weight of just 35.9 grams. Water resistance is 100 metres, which is more than a dress watch needs and part of why the 37 series has always worked as an everyday piece. On the wrist the proportions read as compact rather than delicate.
The detail that matters more than the size is where it was built. The full production run is assembled in Kuala Lumpur, which MING says is the first time it has handled final assembly locally for a collaboration. For a brand that has always been Malaysian by identity and Swiss by supply chain, that is a small but real shift.
The movement and the packaging
Behind the sapphire caseback is the Sellita for MING SW300.M1, an automatic calibre measuring 25.6mm across and 3.6mm thick, with roughly 50 hours of reserve and MING's open-worked, rhodium-plated finishing. The caseback is engraved with both the MING and Royal Selangor marks. The watch ships on a blue-grey goat leather strap made by Jean Rousseau, on curved quick-release spring bars, with a flying-blade tuck buckle and micro-adjustment.
The collaboration extends to the box. Each watch comes in a hammered pewter canister designed by MING and made by Royal Selangor, finished in the same way as the dial, which is the sort of detail that reads as indulgent until you remember that making it is the whole reason the two companies met.
Price and availability
The 37.06 Royal Selangor is limited to 88 pieces at CHF 5,000 before taxes, with a two-year mechanical warranty. It went on sale through Royal Selangor boutiques on 30 July 2026, with the remaining stock opening on ming.watch on 6 August. Eighty-eight is a small run even by MING's standards, and a pewter dial is not a thing you can quickly make more of, so this is likely to be a one-time exercise rather than a new line.
