I think it?s fair to say that Ressence has emerged as a favorite brand among the Worn & Wound editorial team over the last few years. While high end haute horlogerie is not exactly in our collective wheelhouse, there is something down to earth about Ressence that we all find appealing. Their novel system for telling time using a series of rotating discs is pure problem solving and ingenuity in action, and we love that, even if the watches sometimes stretch well into the dreaded five figure range. Seeing the watches in person and meeting with brand founder Benoît Mintiens at Watches & Wonders earlier this year really cemented Ressence in our minds as the type of contemporary, unstuffy, indie that we can get excited about. To that point, we?re happy to see the brand continue to offer interesting new interpretations on their already distinct design language, as we saw recently in their collaboration with Alain Silberstein, and once again about a week ago with this collaboration on a Type 5 with retailer Art in Time. 
The Art in Time is based in Monaco, and was conceived as more of a watch ?gallery? than a traditional retailer. The idea behind the project is to work with independent brands on limited edition watches that support specific charitable causes. For this Type 5, dubbed simply the Type 5 AIC, funds raised from the sale of the watch will benefit the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, which focuses on donating money it raises to environmental cau...