RESSENCE TYPE 1.3, User Manual

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It was in 2010 on the ZERO SERIES prototypes
that we unveiled for the first time the patented
invention on which rests our new expression of
Time: ROCS which stands for Ressence Orbital
Convex System. Fully designed and developed
in-house, this unique horological complication
module is composed of co-planar discs and
rings of different sizes, curved to match the
bend of the glass that covers them. Recto, the
discs create a flush dial. Verso, they serve as
platina and bridges to the module with a large
number of components - from 107 components
for the TYPE 1 (ROCS 1) up to 215 components
for the TYPE 3 (ROCS 3) which drives a six-
fold display complication. Each of the time
indications of the RESSENCE watches is generated by
the ROCS from a single piece of information
provided by the automatic base movement:
the minute.
With the ROCS, time-information is displayed
on a single surface, both eyes see a same
image (like words on a sheet of paper), while
on a traditional watch, where the hands and
dial are superposed, the projected image is
different for each of the two eyes because
of its 3D nature. The choice to focus on the
minute disc is also dictated by a concern for
legibility. In most cases, this is the information
you first look for when checking your watch.
Every minute that passes, you observe a
different dial.
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DISCS