Ressence Type 8 “Wear the Future”
Modern, minimal, and sleek
Wear the Future
The Ressence Type 8 visually and functionally expresses a lean, young, and agile vision of 21st century fine watchmaking. The watch perfectly illustrates the brand’s confident and contemporary approach and is built on its fundamental principles of originality, accessibility and innovation.
The sixth distinct family of watches from Ressence, the Type 8 has been designed with the same functional relevance that defines all Ressence watches. Clarity, simplicity and ergonomics are at the core of its design. The watch is the latest expression of Ressence’s mission to modernise fine watchmaking.
Price-wise, the Type 8 forms a new entry level for the brand, thereby expanding its core collection to a wider audience.
The Future is clear
The Type 8 C is the simplest watch yet produced by Ressence in terms of timekeeping indications. Graphically simplified to the essence, the watch indicates only the hours and minutes, and with no text or numbers, the cobalt blue dial has been reduced to the viable minimum. Simple white baton markers present the time with total clarity, with the Ressence logo at 12 o’clock on the hours subdial the only additional detail. The hands and the hour and minute scales are picked out in blue SuperLuminova for perfect low-light legibility.
As with all Ressence watches, the dial of the Type 8 eschews traditional notions of centrally- mounted hands. Instead, the main dial, a domed piece of titanium, rotates to indicate the minutes. Set within it on the same plane, a smaller dial rotates to mark the hours. Thus the entire dial is ever- changing, but still presents an intuitive at-a-glance display, legible from any angle.
The Future is mechanical...
The rotating dial is the visible face of Ressence’s patented mechanical ingenuity: the ROCS (Ressence Orbital Convex System) which has been designed using a series of jewel ball bearings to ensure long-lasting, oil-free running. The ROCS module - which in the Type 8 C is designated ROCS- 8 - is just one of Ressence’s groundbreaking innovations that demonstrate the brand’s commitment to ushering in a new future for traditional mechanical watchmaking. The Type 8 C is powered by a traditional mechanical automatic movement, based on an ETA calibre 2892/2 with a 36-hour power reserve, that has been heavily customised and reinforced to suit Ressence’s needs.
The Future is now
The Ressence Type 8 C will be available worldwide from March 30th 2022 via Ressence’s official retailer network, and visible at Watches & Wonders in Geneva from March 30th to April 5th 2022.