Telling time
Despite its novel, artistic appearance, the Type 8 is a simple two-hand watch with an automatic movement. The hour dial consists of two smaller circles, with the hand circle rotating within the hour track circle.
The minute hand is isolated on a crescent-shaped plate that rotates around the dial to register on a minute track etched into the outer rim. The entire dial is convex, so it functions like an inverted chapter ring.
Even though the movement is automatic, the Ressence ROCS 8 has a “kick start” function that works like a manual winding movement to get it started. As the etched warning insists, the time is set by slowly rotating the case back.
Each of Ressence’s curved, rotating dials is a beautiful work of horological art, but the Type 8 Daniel Engelberg is a mesmerizing sculpture brought to life by an ingenious clockwork.
It brings new meaning to the phrase “wearable art.”