{"product_id":"lartisan-x-minim-yang","title":"L'Artisan x MINIM Yang","description":"\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe L'Artisan x MINIM Yang 陽\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited to 40 pieces worldwide. Our first collaboration with another watch brand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSome watches are designed. This one was a conversation that lasted \u003cstrong\u003etwo years\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI met Chloe, the founder of MINIM, around two years ago. Two young founders, two young brands, the same stubborn idea that a small workshop can make something the big houses would never dare. We kept talking, kept comparing sketches, and at some point the question stopped being \"should we?\" and became \"why haven't we yet?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Yang is the answer. \u003cstrong\u003eNot a logo swap, not a colour variant.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two design languages, merged into one watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo Signatures, One Dial\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFrom MINIM comes everything that makes Chloe's watches instantly recognisable: her \u003cstrong\u003edial architecture with Chinese numerals\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003edistinctive hands\u003c\/strong\u003e found on her timepieces. From L'Artisan comes what we do best: \u003cstrong\u003ethe stone, the case and the movement\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNeither side gave way to the other. Her numerals frame my stone. My case carries her dial. East and West, London and Belgium, each half completing the other. That is where the name comes from. In Chinese philosophy, \u003cstrong\u003eYang 陽\u003c\/strong\u003e is the bright side: warmth, light, energy. It felt like the only honest name for a watch born from two young spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRhodonite: The Rose Stone\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe heart of the dial is \u003cstrong\u003egenuine rhodonite\u003c\/strong\u003e, a natural manganese silicate whose name comes from the Greek \u003cem\u003erhodon\u003c\/em\u003e, meaning rose. Its colour runs from soft pink to deep rose red, crossed by \u003cstrong\u003eblack veins of manganese oxide\u003c\/strong\u003e that formed as the stone aged in the earth. For centuries it was a stone of the Russian imperial court, carved for the tsars from deposits in the Ural Mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery slice is cut thin enough to sit under the hands of a watch, and \u003cstrong\u003eno two dials share the same veining\u003c\/strong\u003e. Some are calm and almost uniformly pink. Others are wild, with dark rivers running through them. The stone decides; we simply frame it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAround it sits a \u003cstrong\u003elight mother of pearl outer ring\u003c\/strong\u003e. Where the rhodonite is dense and saturated, the mother of pearl is soft and luminous, catching the light differently at every angle. Warm stone, glowing frame. Yang, in material form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhy Only Forty\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForty watches. Forty dials.\u003c\/strong\u003e Once they are spoken for, the Yang is closed. There will be no second batch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMovement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHZ5000A micro-rotor automatic movement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicro-rotor design for a slim and elegant profile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e28,800 bph (4 Hz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e42-hour power reserve\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStop-seconds (hacking) and hand-winding capability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCase\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e38 mm stainless steel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDomed sapphire crystal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSapphire exhibition caseback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDial\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenuine rhodonite centre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMother of pearl outer ring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMINIM dial design with Chinese numerals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMINIM signature hands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvery dial unique\u003c\/strong\u003e in colour and veining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrap\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrey Suede\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePink accents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited to 40 pieces worldwide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMore than a collaboration, the Yang is proof of what happens when two independents stop competing for attention and start building together. 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