It’s a complicated dance to set the dials to the correct time, involving turning the caseback one way or the other, setting the time to one position or another. Before we dive into the exciting dial, the caseback features a titanium section for service access, while the rest of the back acts as the crown. Two convex sapphire domes form the top and bottom of the case, with a polished grade 5 titanium case band. Once you moved past the round 44mm wide, 15mm high titanium case and the rather slim 22mm lugs, this watch is nothing like you’ve ever seen. After 10 years, the brand has expanded its collection: it backfilled with Types 1 and 2, both offered without oil-filled cases, and built off the Type 3 with the Type 5 diver. While this debut included the brand’s groundbreaking Ressence Orbital Convex System (ROCS) mechanism, it wasn’t until it’s second release-the Type 3-that the brand put itself on everyone’s radar by filling half the case with oil and removing the crown. Founded in Belgium and driven by a mission to present time in the purest and most legible way possible, the brand came onto the scene in 2011 with its 1003 model. Instead, it’s part of a new wave of brands like Urwerk and HYT, that eschew traditional approaches to almost every facet of watchmaking. Ressence is not an old totem of horology. As you’ll see, the Ressence Type 3B Black, is anything but conventional.
That’s what Ressence Watches has done since day one with its modern, simplified watches that thoroughly reconstruct the idea of what can be done in modern watchmaking. Every once in a while, though, a brand comes along and does something truly new. It’s largely true: there’s only so much you can do with a case and a dial, only so many ways to display the time or fasten a bracelet or a strap to a watch. The phrase “There’s nothing new under the sun,” is commonly heard when discussing watches at any price point.
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