Our first acquaintance with Ressence came in the early part of last decade, when the young upstart produced the now iconic Type 3. The Type 3, even in today’s age, still looks extremely modern and refreshing. Imagine how amazed we were when we first saw the timepiece a decade ago. That was also perhaps the [...]

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Last week, we experimented with ChatGPT by asking it to produce the perfect 6 watch collection. The results were mixed. By no means, the six watches selected by ChatGPT were great. However, readers thought that the result by ChatGPT was a little, for the lack of a better word, boring. One reader also suggested that [...]

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When one thinks of watches, the first image that comes to mind is probably a timepiece with three hands, as well as twelve indices in standard forms (either in arabic or roman numerals, or perhaps stick indices). The point is, there is a rather prescribed imagery of what a timepiece should be. However, does this [...]

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In recent times, we have seen quite a number of new watches that are produced in collaboration with another watch-related entity. These watches are typically very well-received, and some of the brands have even gone on and explored further on this new genre of watch collecting with interesting concepts that we have not seen before. [...]

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In a world where homogeneity rules, products that break the mold are definitely a welcoming addition. This is especially true in the watch industry. There is nothing wrong taking a conservative path, with tested and proven ideas that will keep both the top and bottom line happy – financially speaking. This is after all a [...]

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Ressence makes enormously creative watches with their revolutionary Ressence Orbital Convex System to display time and a special two layer approach of the display not driven directly by the movement, but via an liquid filled system with magnets. Their watches are traditionally not inexpensive, but in this latest release, they have brought their technology down [...]

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Ressence partners with Eugenio Amos, founder of Automobili Amos to create a new bezel design for their Type 5 which relates to the Lancia Delta Futurista.  Ressence Type 5X Short Pitch about the watch. Second 10th anniversary piece in the Ressence collection X. Limited to 40 pieces. Motoring focused creation related to the passage of [...]

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Ressence celebrates 10 years with a new collection within the Type 1 catalog – the Slim X. Press Release edited Ressence was born in 2010 with a clear purpose in mind: improving the function of the mechanical watch in the 21st century context. After refining legibility, daily wearability and overall intuitiveness, the innovative company’s next [...]

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For the second instalment of this series, we will be taking a look at some of our favourite (and lesser-known) watches from independent watchmakers. In the first instalment, we covered six watches that were priced below S$25,000. For today, we will take it up a level to S$60,000. Scroll down to take a look at [...]

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The Independent Watchmaker and Sotheby’s Auction House launches a competition to design a Ressence watch. The Winning Drawing will be turned into a Watch to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s this Summer. Proceeds will Benefit KU Leuven University’s Covid-19 Research Programme. Press Release with commentary Ready, Steady, Draw! Independent watchmaker Ressence and Sotheby’s Watch [...]

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Ressence released a new addition to their Type 1 collection during the Dubai Watch Week with the Type 1 DXB, featuring a dial in sand colour with Arabic inspired geometric patterns. We had the watch for the best part of the evening taken directly off the wrist of Benoît Mintiens when we met in Dubai. [...]

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Dubai Watch Week concluded last Sunday at the Dubai International Financial Centre. Throughout the week, many brands exhibited and presented novelties. Here are our top six picks. This Throwback Sunday is presented with a difference. Not all the six watches selected have been reviewed, as some will have full hands-on review forthcoming soon. But these [...]

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The Ressence Type 2 with e-Crown which we were so excited about in SIHH 2018 is now a commercial reality for 2019. Details here.

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The concept is revolutionary. Get rid of the crown’s function for time setting. How? We filmed this video showing the functions which we released last week. For today’s article, we go in-depth, and provide you with all the details, and our hands-0n opinion on the Ressence Type 2 e-Crown Concept. But we let the cat [...]

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Just before SIHH2018, we announced a new timepiece from Ressence, the Type2 e-Crown® Concept.  Coming from a brand based on horological innovation, the new timepiece proposes a revolution in evolution. The first self-setting mechanical watch, the Type2 e-Crown. Ressence Type2 e-Crown® Concept The Ressence Type2 e-Crown® Concept has the same signature style we have been [...]

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And it comes to the Chief to make his selection from the Geneva Watch Shows Top 5. This is a no holds barred selection, with no attention paid to political correctness, or the need to please any brands. But a truthful selection based on true feelings, and why. So here are the top 5 marques [...]

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Ressence is a synonym for horological innovation. For this year’s SIHH, the Belgian brand comes with another concept, worthy of the technological advance of our days. The brand combines a mechanical movement with an electromechanical module, producing the first self-setting mechanical watch – the Type2 e-Crown.     Type2 e-Crown® Concept Since the very beginning, the [...]

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A new year, a new start. Are you a model watch get-together attendee? If not, you might want to heed these words! A watch get-together – better known as a GTG – is unlike any other get-togethers. Because unlike other get-togethers, this one potentially has hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of people’s most prized [...]

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RESSENCE amazed us, at the beginning of the year, with a dress watch – TYPE 12 “Squared”. You can read about it in our Presse Release and in the Review. The Swiss-made independent watch brand teams up with the award-winning online destination for men’s style MR PORTER and launches two exclusive limited-edition timepieces named Ressence [...]

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Founded in 2010, Ressence is a brand which satiated an underserved segment. Taking a very mechanical, very analogue method of time keeping and displaying time in a thoroughly futuristic almost digital way. As a result, Ressence is to watchmaking what Pebble was to Silicon Valley, an innovative horological start-up with industrial “Apple-like” design philosophy and a clear [...]

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