articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . may 2013 ressence type independent industry watchmaking genre private founded antwerp belgium 2010 2010 founder beno t mintiens headquarters antwerpen belgium and geneva switzerland area served worldwide products luxury watches website www.ressencewatches.com a zeroseries type1001 model ressence is a watch manufacturer founded in 2010 by beno t mintiens in antwerpen belgium . the brand name is a portmanteau of renaissance and essence . contents 1 concept 2 development 3 type 1 4 type 3 5 type 5 6 references concept edit a seriesone type1002 model . the particularity of ressence s patented time display system is that all graphical elements that form the dial lie in one co planar surface very close under the sapphire glass including the digits and the graphical hands . to indicate the time the mechanical display module is composed of discs and rings that orbit around each other . functions of the first and second lines are am pm hours minutes and seconds . although a number of people have commented that the watch is too difficult to read some watch reporters have compared the watch design to that of apple because of its combination of simplicity and functionality 1 2 3 4 5 because of the prominence of the minutes hand the watch is sometimes referred to as a regulator model . the co planar rotating discs and rings are engraved and filled up with super luminova although silver or titanium models with black versions of the material can not be read in the dark despite the special paint . the automatic module uses a modified mechanical automatic swiss made caliber from eta s.a. to power it . 6 7 8 9 10 the use of rotating discs is no novelty per se as in the 1970s various watches were introduced that used discs as opposed to hands to indicate time . although few of these were popular seiko s limited edition discus burger from its 2007 moving design series more or less a copy of the swa0017 model brought out by swatch in 1994 but with an extra seconds disc continues to be very popular with collectors . the discus burger which came out in black and white uses discs with digital type hour and minute markings that rotate on top of each other much like hands would . a small window at nine o clock in the otherwise plain unmarked dial shows the time . mintiens idea of having the entire dial rotate clock wise in which co planar sub dials with indexes orbit around a virtual axle was new . in 2010 harry winston introduced opus x based on a comparable animation but aesthetically and mechanically the concepts are different . one major difference lies in the fact that opus x uses hands of different sizes and shapes to indicate time . 11 12 development edit the ressence line was introduced at the baselworld watch fair in 2010 displaying 3 prototypes . during the spring of 2011 a first production of 50 watches the so called zeroseries was launched . in spring 2012 the seriesone was introduced . the latter series offered an upgrade to the zero series with the omission of screws to hold the back sapphire downturned lugs and a shock absorption system besides small changes to the time module . the zeroseries were assembled by vrj in waterloo belgium . 13 for the assembly of seriesone ressence started collaboration with montres ludovic ballouard in geneva switzerland . at the world exhibition in 2011 in geneva geneva time exhibition ressence watches were awarded a special mention from the jury . in 2012 it was also considered watch of the year for innovation by watchpro . 14 the third series type 3 was introduced at the 2013 edition of the baselworld watch fair in may 2013 . because it is one of the first watches to come without a crown cbs news s techcrunch reported on the new model as a possible future direction in watches . in november 2013 the ressence type 3 was voted 2013 men s watch of the year by the belgian newspaper le soir and awarded the horological revelation prize at the grand prix d horlogerie de gen ve . 15 16 17 in 2016 the fondation de la haute horlogerie has certified that ressence meets haute horlogerie standards of excellence the techniques of watchmaking in symbiosis with the applied arts . the fhh assigned this evaluation to its cultural council of 46 independent international experts who carried out their function with complete impartiality and on a pro bono basis . 1 2 type 1 edit at baselworld 2014 ressence revealed a new line up of type 1 watches that have no crown a slightly flatter case and inwards pointing lugs . the new lugs would fit smaller straps an aspect indicating an intention to expand into the asian market . another important new feature was the functionality of the small indicator disc which no longer indicates am pm but instead the day of the week . to wind the watch the bottom crystal must be rotated when the watch is placed upside down . 18 type 3 edit in 2013 ressence revealed the 44mm type 3 . it features two separate sealed chambers one filled with oil below the dial and the other containing the base caliber filled with air . an extra side ring is added to indicate the days of the month . the upper half which is filled with about 35 ml of oil allows the lume indicators below the crystal to seemingly float on top of the crystal . type 5 edit in december 2015 ressence revealed its type 5 model . this 46mm titanium watch is based on the partly oil filled module used in the type 3 but further developed as a diving watch that benefits from extreme visibility under water . the use of oil cancels out what is known as total internal reflection making the type 5 the only mechanical watch to be readable underwater regardless of the viewing angle . references edit anon . creazioni uniche revolution orologi et emozioni pp. 228 229 . fall 2011 no. 16 . chris vermuyten and wim van esbeek . de hervonden tijd audi magazine pp. 58 61 . january 2012 . turner eve . luxury watches and the rebirth of the essential the daily telegraph 5 october 2012 . retrieved on 5 january 2013 . de donder johan . de ipad van de horloges sabato weekend edition of newspaper de tijd pp. 24 25 . 7 may 2011 . anon . ressence vedomosti russian edition of financial times wall street journal p. 61 . march 2011 vol . 93 . livolsi megan . essence of ressence international watch pp. 41 42 . july 2012 . anon . the type 1004 dualtone the watch magazine p. 19 . december 2012 . anon . beno t mintiens kwintessens tijdschrift over design en mode p. 34 . fall 2012 . anon . belgi draaischijven knack no. 7 p. 68 . 19 may 2011 . anon . pensamiento lateral ressence platform el economista horloger special no. 34 pp. 29 29 . summer 2011 . geelen frank . weekly watch photo ressence monochrome 8 may 2012 . retrieved on 7 january 2013 . anon . harry winston orologi 2010 le collezioni no. 24 p. 52 . rome tourbillon srl 2011 . anon . made in belgium knack no. 6 p. 37 . 9 december 2010 . bishop kathryn . woty 2012 innovation ressence series one 1002 watchpro 8 august 2012 . retrieved on 4 january 2013 . the ressence type 3 is the liquid filled watch of the future cbs news 22 april 2013 . retrieved on 15 may 2013 . malaise catherine . beno t mintiens a tourne pour lui paris match p. 95 . 10 16 february 2011 . meehna . step on up to the ressence platform watch watchmatchmaker 25 february 2011 . retrieved on 4 january 2013 . ressence . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ressence & oldid 733750572 categories watch brandsluxury brandshidden categories orphaned articles from may 2013all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what 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