Ressence: The Story So Far
As Ressence launches two exclusive editions for Mr Porter, we take a look at the independent Belgian brand’s progress from outsider to respected innovator
By Chris Hall
It is beyond stating the obvious that the watch industry is not a modern one. Despite frequent and insistent claims of innovation from brands eager to justify the existence of new models, we are at heart connoisseurs of anachronism. That?s the way we like it, and it is the reason we are beset on all sides by mainstream brands with winsome recreations of watches from the 1960s and 1970s.
At the other end of the spectrum, there is of course an avant-garde. The emergence of brands such as MB&F and Urwerk in the last two decades has fuelled the rise of a new aesthetic and kept some of the establishment brands honest along the way. We have become used to their non-classical shapes and steampunk stylings. But all of the above come from the Swiss tradition; no matter how wild their designs or wacky their whirligigs, their creators were schooled in Swiss watchmaking colleges and apprenticed at the likes of Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet. For genuinely innovative thinking it takes an outsider.
Pictured here in the hands of @ressence_watches founder Benoit Mintiens, something that was officially announced this morning: exclusive Type 1 watches for @mrporterlive. It’s the dressiest Ressence yet – full story coming to SalonQP.com soon. #luxurywatch #watches #ressence #mrporter #type...
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