Credits: Article and images by Barbara Palumbo @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/watches-and-wonders-day-4-from-entry-level-to-complicated-and-all-thats-in-between/
Ressence founder Benoît Mintiens is, by all accounts a mensch. You won’t find a more unassuming nor humble human out there doing the “good Lord’s (horological) work” while bringing such joy to the lives of watch journalists everywhere. I don’t think I personally know a watch writer in my universe who doesn’t swoon, coo, or get just a little giddy whenever Ressence releases a new novelty, and the reason for this is an easy one to explain: we know that whatever the latest creation is, it will be unlike anything else that exists. Mintiens and his team aren’t necessarily reinventing the wheel, but they’re making us question whether or not the wheel is the only way to get around. In other words, sure, while the wheel can be used in many different forms and while it is essential to most modes of transportation, aren’t there ways to travel from point A to point B quickly that could just be a lot more… fun?
The newest Ressence release is “entry level”. These are the words Mintiens used in an interview with Wei Koh to describe the brand’s Type 8C watch, which, while being released the third week of March, is currently the main novelty of the brand and which is being shown in le Carré des Horlogers. It displays no seconds hand. It doesn’t have a moon phase. It’s not a chronograph, nor a minute repeater, nor a GMT. It tells you the hour and the minutes of the day. That’s it. But man, does it do it in the coolest and sleekest way possible.
Credits: Article and images by Barbara Palumbo @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/watches-and-wonders-day-4-from-entry-level-to-complicated-and-all-thats-in-between/