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Lot Essay
RESSENCE Founded in 2010 by Benoît Mintiens in Antwerp, Belgium. The brand name is taken from the words ‘Renaissance’ and ‘essence’.
The Ressence brand was launched at Baselworld in 2010, where 3 prototypes were displayed. In early 2011, the first series of 50 watches, christened "ZeroSeries" was launched. In spring 2012 the "SeriesOne" was introduced. This latter series was an upgrade to the zero series, this time without screws to hold the back sapphire, downturned lugs and a shock absorption system, small changes were also made to the time module. The ZeroSeries watches were assembled by VRJ in Waterloo, Belgium. For the assembly of SeriesOne, Ressence started working with Montres Ludovic Ballouard in Geneva. The third series, "Type 3", was introduced at Baselworld in 2013. Being one of the first watches to be made without a crown, CBS News's Techcrunch reported on the new model as a possible future direction in watches.
Awards
2011 - At the World Exhibition in Geneva (Geneva Time Exhibition) Ressence watches were awarded a “special mention” from the jury.
2012 - considered Watch of the Year for innovation by WatchPro.
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 Genève.
2016 - The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie certified that Ressence meets the Haute Horlogerie standards of excellence, the techniques of watchmaking in symbiosis with the applied arts.
The Ressence brand was launched at Baselworld in 2010, where 3 prototypes were displayed. In early 2011, the first series of 50 watches, christened "ZeroSeries" was launched. In spring 2012 the "SeriesOne" was introduced. This latter series was an upgrade to the zero series, this time without screws to hold the back sapphire, downturned lugs and a shock absorption system, small changes were also made to the time module. The ZeroSeries watches were assembled by VRJ in Waterloo, Belgium. For the assembly of SeriesOne, Ressence started working with Montres Ludovic Ballouard in Geneva. The third series, "Type 3", was introduced at Baselworld in 2013. Being one of the first watches to be made without a crown, CBS News's Techcrunch reported on the new model as a possible future direction in watches.
Awards
2011 - At the World Exhibition in Geneva (Geneva Time Exhibition) Ressence watches were awarded a “special mention” from the jury.
2012 - considered Watch of the Year for innovation by WatchPro.
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 Genève.
2016 - The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie certified that Ressence meets the Haute Horlogerie standards of excellence, the techniques of watchmaking in symbiosis with the applied arts.