Working on the Bluefin model opened up a whole range of tangential ideas. One of them concerned exploration and a reliable travel companion – lightweight and robust, yet elegant and refined. The result is the 37.11 Odyssey.
Diver's watch for travelers
The Odyssey shares the pressure-balanced case construction architecture of the award-winning 37.09 Bluefin. Now, however, with a GMT movement and in pure Grade 2 titanium, which can be paired with a matching bracelet or the revolutionary MING Polymesh, to become an ultra-light travel companion. The watch head weighs less than 42.5 grams.
Three time zones
The Odyssey tracks three time zones simultaneously. The central GMT hand is independently adjustable and indicates the second time zone. The inner bidirectional rotating sapphire dial with 24 clicks (one for each world time zone) tracks the third zone. Unlike the Bluefin and Uni, this dial is bidirectional. It is operated by the crown at 4 o'clock, which remains functional underwater. The crown at 2 o'clock is screw-down and is used for winding and setting the time; an orange ring visually signals whether the crown is unscrewed.
Smoked sapphire dial and gradient luminescence
The smoked sapphire dial hints at a view of the movement beneath. The 24-hour markers on the rotating dial are luminescent and color-coded: orange for night hours, blue for day. The hour indexes on the crystal are in MING's proprietary Polar White material. New to the Odyssey is a hand set with gradient luminescent treatment, a first in MING's history.
Grade 2 Titanium and 300m Water Resistance
The brushed Grade 2 titanium case measures 38mm in diameter, 12.6mm thick, and 44.5mm lug-to-lug. Domed sapphire crystals front and back with double-sided anti-reflective coating. The Odyssey is water-resistant to 300m – 300m less than the Bluefin and Uni, because MING retained the existing external case dimensions and had to make space for the slightly thicker GMT movement internally, by reducing the thickness of the crystal and case back.
Sellita for MING SW330.M2 movement
The Sellita for MING SW330.M2 movement features a skeletonized mainplate, bridges, and rotor in an anthracite finish. Automatic winding, stop-seconds, power reserve of approximately 50 hours. This is a so-called caller GMT: the GMT hand jumps in hourly increments when the crown at 4 o'clock is pulled out, while the minute hand remains stationary. The movement is approximately 0.5 mm thicker than the SW300 in the Bluefin and Uni models.
