Ressence Type 2N ‘Night Blue’
Unveiled at Watches & Wonders 2021 event, the Type 2N ‘Night Blue’ is a latest addition to the Ressence Type 2 collection.
The Ressence Type 2N ‘Night Blue’ is the third watch in the Type 2 range, joining the existing ‘Grey’ and ‘Anthracite’ references. Cased in polished grade-five titanium, and with subtly updated colours for the dial typography to match the rich shade of blue, the Type 2N is the most refined and elegant iteration of the Type 2 design.
The Type 2 was first introduced in 2018 as a concept and entered full production the following year, when it made watchmaking history for its use of Ressence’s patented e-Crown functionality.
The success of the e-Crown relies on the harmonious integration of mechanical and electronic elements to ensure that at an instant’s touch, your watch will always be correctly set. The Type 2N combines the beauty and charm of traditional mechanical watchmaking with the reliability of modern technology, and provides a new vision for fine watchmaking in a digital age.
Like all Ressence watches, the Type 2N features a lever set into the caseback which is used to manually set the time. With the use of the e-Crown, which is controlled by tapping on the watch’s crystal, you can ‘store’ the time once set. From now on, no matter how long the watch is left without running, a double tap on the crystal will return it to the correct time.
The system is able to detect when the watch is no longer being worn, and will stop the movement before it exhausts its power reserve, ready to be re-started when you pick it up again. This means you should never need to wind or set the watch again.
The e-Crown also allows a second time zone to be stored, and is equipped with a Bluetooth module to allow control of the time via a smartphone app – particularly useful for frequent travellers. The watch remains entirely independent of the phone, however, and can function without engaging the e-Crown at all. Each of the four e-Crown modes are accessed via tapping the crystal and indicated by a coloured subdial (Time zone 1: green, time zone 2: yellow, Bluetooth app communication: blue and e-Crown off: white arrow).
The Type 2’s e-Crown system is powered by light, thanks to an array of photovoltaic cells concealed beneath the dial, ensuring that its smart functions are as self-sustaining and reliable as the automatic calibre at the heart of the watch.
The Type 2 followed in the footsteps of Ressence’s original design, the Type 1, which introduced the ROCS mechanism and revolutionised the display of information on a watch dial.
For the first time, the hours, minutes and seconds were presented in the same flat plane, making it easier and more intuitive to read the time. This was thanks to the ROCS (Ressence Orbital Convex System), an invention years in the making that allows each ‘hand’ to orbit each other in an ever-changing dial, while always maintaining the correct angle between hours and minutes.
Technical details
Model: Ressence Type 2N ‘Night Blue’
Functions
Hours, Minutes, Seconds
e-Crown® Functions
Second time zone
Mechanical power saver
Self-setting
Time monitoring
Movement
Patented ROCS 2 – Ressence Orbital Convex System – driven by the minute axle of a specially customised 2892/A caliber
Caseback winding and time setting via lever
Self-winding
36 hours power reserve
28,800 vibrations per hour
45 jewels
37 gears
e-Crown®
87 components
1,8 joules of energy per day
Four-layered 0,25mm thick flexible custom-built PCB
Dial
Convex grade 5 titanium dial (75mm diameter) with 3 eccentric biaxial satellites inclined at 9.75° (hours) and 17° (seconds and e-Crown selector) on jewel micro-ball bearings (gaps between discs are 35 microns)
Custom made photovoltaic cells under 10 micro-shutters
Engraved indications filled with grade A Superluminova
Case
Grade 5 Titanium
Double domed sapphire crystal with both sides anti-reflective coating
45 mm (diameter) x 12 mm (thickness)
1 ATM water-resistance
Buckle & Strap
Ardillon buckle
Strap (22/20mm)
Total Components
479
Weight
52 grams
Price
49’500 USD – 48’000 CHF – 46’500 EUR
