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Forget About Money: This One’s for the Dreamers

They love watches and make no secret of it: get to know our horology enthusiasts Philippe and Alexander in conversation. Alexander: Today we are going to play the millionaire lottery. That means: we talk about our three favourites in each of the categories up to 20,000, up to 50,000, up to 100,000, up to 200,000,…

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Bucherer Masterworks: A New Retail Experience For Watch Enthusiasts

What is watch collecting really about? For me, it’s primarily about discovering the myriad of ways in which humanity measures time. Time is not a physical but rather an abstract sequence, that we can neither change nor reverse. The way in which timekeeping can be reinvented is infinite. Even today, dials, movements, and complications are…

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Ressence and Sotheby’s Competition: Winning Watch sold

Contemporary and independent watchmaker Ressence has sold its unique timepiece, created in collaboration with Sotheby's, of the #WatchesAgainstCovid19 competition. The winning watch, Raymond Ramsden's Type 1 Slim “Artyon & Finlay”, sold for 45,500 Swiss francs, and was purchased by an online bidder. The auction took place on 11 July, 2020, at Sotheby's Hong Kong ‘Important Watches’.…

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Ressence & Sotheby’s Competition Winner

Ressence and Sotheby's have announced the winner of their #WatchesAgainstCovid19 competition. Numerous watch enthusiasts designed their own creative interpretations of Ressence’s Type 1 Slim. The winning watch is a highly colourful piece and its designer is an English father-of-two, Yorkshireman Raymond Ramsden. Throughout the competition, the dial was designed by an array of competitors from around…

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Ressence Type 1 Slim X

Ressence was born in 2010 with the purpose in mind to improve the function of the mechanical watch in the 21st century context. Ressence wants us to make better use of our time by focusing on our relation to it. Marking the 10th anniversary of Ressence, the Belgian-Swiss brand introduces the limited Type 1 Slim…

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Finding the Ideal Watches to Take on an Antarctic Journey

How a Rolex, Zenith and Ressence proved to be the right watches for braving the eternal ice. Our author was faced with this question: Which timepieces to take to an Antarctic journey? ‘There is no law south of the 50th latitude – and there is no god south of the 60th latitude’, seafarers used to…

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How to Become a Watch Designer for the New Ressence Type 1 Slim

Independent watchmaker Ressence and Sotheby’s Watch Division are joining forces against coronavirus (Covid-19) and launch a competition to design a unique watch. Watch enthusiasts have the chance to create their own interpretation of one of Ressence’s latest models, the Type 1 Slim. A new face for the unique piece of Ressence's Type 1 Slim in…

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Ressence Type 2 e-Crown Concept – making mechanical timekeeping more accurate

In the past years we have noticed a growing impact of smartwatch technologies amongst the traditional mechanical watch brands. It actually all started with smart electronic technology from commercial brands, but with this trend the traditional brands have been under pressure to deliver new innovative systems paired with their traditional way of watchmaking. A small…

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