The TYPE 1° Rose Gold represents Ressence’s first venture into rose-gold territory, introduced at Dubai Watch Week in November 2025. Limited to seventy pieces, this watch combines Benoît Mintiens’ purist design philosophy with the chromatic warmth that rose-gold plating introduces to the brand’s established visual language. The watch maintains the crownless architecture and patented ROCS 1.3 display system whilst extending emotional invitation through material refinement rather than conceptual revolution.
Warmth and Contrast
The convex dial features 4N rose-gold plating applied to a German silver base with a 125-millimetre radius, creating a warm luminescence that develops character through interaction with light. The three eccentric biaxial satellites, inclined at three degrees for the hours and four-point-seven-five degrees for seconds and day-of-the-week, rotate across this convex surface. Engraved indications filled with Grade A Super-LumiNova ensure legibility whilst maintaining compositional restraint.
The sunray finishing applied to the rose-gold dial introduces subtle directional light play that shifts with wrist movement. Cool silver subdial surrounds provide visual clarity and prevent the rose gold from overwhelming the design. The combination acknowledges that chromatic warmth requires structural opposition to function effectively. A light grey suede strap complements this approach, allowing the dial’s warmth to command attention without distraction.
Mechanical Integration
The ROCS 1.3 module integrates a customised Sellita 2892 automatic calibre operating at 28,800 vibrations per hour with a thirty-six hour power reserve. The movement contains forty jewels distributed across twenty-seven gears, reflecting functional jewelling standards rather than decorative excess. The satellite discs drive through eccentric cam mechanisms, creating the inclined bi-dimensional rotation essential to the system’s legibility advantage.
Caseback winding via a twelve-degree lever eliminates the traditional crown entirely, contributing to the watch’s sealed case integrity whilst permitting manual movement engagement. Movement decoration follows Ressence’s functional philosophy: brushed and polished finishes on load-bearing components, perlage graining on the plates, and a mirror-polished rotor visible through the exhibition caseback. Each treatment serves visual clarity rather than ornamental purpose.
Titanium, Round
Grade 5 titanium construction yields a 42.7-millimetre diameter watch weighing only sixty-four grams inclusive of strap. This specific gravity advantage transforms the wearing experience, the watch becomes present without burden. The double-domed sapphire crystal employs anti-reflective coating on its interior surface exclusively, reducing glare whilst avoiding the blue tint associated with heavily coated crystals.
Water resistance is specified at one atmosphere, honest acknowledgement of the design’s priorities: splash protection rather than submersion capability. The absence of a crown seal and the emphasis on case proportions reflect pragmatic acceptance of these trade-offs. The titanium’s natural silver-grey tonality provides chromatic counterbalance to the rose-gold dial, intensifying the visual separation between case and timekeeping ecosystem.
Contemporary Elegance
The TYPE 1° Rose Gold confirms Ressence’s understanding that contemporary elegance resides in calibrated material choices rather than conceptual novelty. The rose-gold plating introduces warmth that invites contemporary collectors into the brand’s universe whilst maintaining the intellectual clarity that established patrons value. At CHF 18,150 excluding taxes, the watch occupies a considered position within independent watchmaking, neither entry-level nor rarefied, but an evolved expression of a design philosophy refined across fifteen years of consistent development.
