Ressence Type 8 DE1 & DE2

Ressence is pleased to announce the launch of two limited-edition art watches — limited to 40 pieces — that elegantly fuse the brand’s design-forward ethos with German artist Daniel Engelberg’s geometric, colour-rich aesthetic.

The TYPE 8 DE1 features an eye-catching pink palette, while the DE2 offers a vivid turquoise scheme. In their lively colourways, the watches draw directly from Engelberg’s “Inside Out” art series, known for its concentric circles and illusion of depth.

"It’s a perfect example of two universes working together organically,” says Benoît Mintiens, Ressence’s founder and creative mind. This watch takes you into the colourful and optimistic world of Engelberg, which offers a precise blend of industrial rigour, sculptural clarity, and painterly imagination.

The result of the collaboration is art that one can wear on the wrist, cleverly drawing upon Ressence’s patented Orbital Convex System (ROCS) technology, which allows the dials, enhanced with Engelberg’s symmetrical designs, to orbit one another, creating artfully fluid displays of time.

This project is a true application of art to a watch,” says Mintiens. “It’s an almost literal integration of an artwork into a watch dial. Here, the dial and Daniel’s painting speak the exact same graphic language, an organic geometry that feels meant to be.”

Art watch series

Previous art watches include the TYPE 1 Squared White featuring Shantell Martin’s fluid line drawings and “Enjoy Life” mantra for TimeForArt 2024, Stefan Sagmeister’s TYPE 3X Look Up (2020) embedding his philosophy “Now is Better” into the dial, and Alain Silberstein’s TYPE 1 S REV Grail Watch (2022), a symbolic exploration of "Carpe Diem."

The brand’s “art in motion” philosophy underscores Ressence’s belief that a watch should engage the wearer on an emotional level, not just a technical one.

Ressence sees its Swiss-made watches as elegant canvases for both personal enjoyment and cutting-edge creativity. With the Engelberg collaboration, the watch becomes much more than a time-keeping tool: an artwork in constant motion, uniquely alive on the wrist.

For the first time, I have a work of art that is animated,” Engelberg notes. “Seeing my design in constant motion on a Ressence watch, drawing the eye into an illusionistic depth, is truly special. It’s as if the art comes alive every minute.”

Ressence TYPE 8

Built on the TYPE 8 design, the new models (TYPE 8 DE1 and DE2) exemplify Ressence’s 'Less is More' philosophy, focusing on simplicity in both design and functionality.

By eliminating superfluous details, the TYPE 8 distils watchmaking to its essence: offering a pure time-reading experience with hours and minutes displayed through the patented Ressence Orbital Convex System (ROCS).

The pair will debut with playful rubber straps matching their dial colours—pink for DE1 and turquoise for DE2; a second strap option in premium leather is provided for buyers to wear on more formal occasions.

About Daniel Engelberg

Daniel Engelberg is a Munich-based sculptor and painter known for seamlessly combining elements of both disciplines in his work. Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Munich, he creates with a rigorous formal language and meticulous attention to craft. Engelberg mills his pieces from wood, paints them in vibrant acrylics, and seals them under glossy epoxy resin – a process that yields geometric artworks of striking depth and precision. Early inspiration from architecture and construction instilled in him a love of clean lines and structural rhythm, a sensibility that continues to inform his art.

In his signature “Inside Out” series, concentric circular forms and gentle colour gradients emanate from a deep black core, creating an illusion of perspective that draws the eye inward. The result is an almost architectural sense of space on a flat plane – a marriage of minimal form with an emotional, optical punch. This distinctive mix of clarity and warmth in Engelberg’s art has caught the attention of collectors and design aficionados alike.

Exhibited across Europe, Engelberg’s work reflects his unique mix of geometric clarity and joyful colours. In 2025, he brought his visual language into the realm of high-end watchmaking through a collaboration with Belgian watchmaker Ressence. It’s a natural extension of his ethos: taking art beyond the gallery and into everyday life, where even a watch dial can become a canvas for optimism and wonder.

Discover more at danielengelberg.de

Technical specifications

Ressence Type 8 Daniel Engelberg

Reference: Type 8 DE1 - pink

Reference: Type 8 DE2 - turqouise

Limited edition of 40 pieces

Case

• Material: Polished Grade 5 titanium
• Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating inside
• Diameter: 42.90 mm
• Thickness: 11mm
• Manual winding over 12° and set-up via caseback
• Rotating two directions
• 1 ATM splash-resistance

Dial and hands

• Grade 5 titanium dial (75mm diameter) running on a jewel ball bearing with eccentric satellites rolling on jewel ball-bearings inclined at 9,75° (hours)
• 0.5mm laser-engraved minute and hour discs
• Engraved indications filled with blue Grade A Super-LumiNova®

Movement

• Patented ROCS 8 - Ressence Orbital Convex System - module driven by the minute axle of a customised automatic base calibre
• Self-winding movement
• Frequency: 28'800 vph
• Number of jewels: 31
• 20 gears
• 4 ball bearings
• Power reserve of 36 hours

Functions/Indications

• Hours and minutes

Strap and buckle

• Titanium ardillon buckle
• Soft pink rubber strap (20/20mm) for pink TYPE DE1
• Blue green rubber strap (20/20mm) for blue TYPE DE2
• Complementary blue leather strap (20/20mm)

MSRP: EUR 25'000 (incl. taxes)

For more information, please visit ressencewatches.com