RESSENCE TYPE 3 User manual

Owner’s Manual
R E S S E N C E
T Y P E
v 3.3

Dear Owner,
I would like to thank for your support and your trust by becoming the owner
of a RESSENCE TYPE 3.
You are wearing a totally unconventional watch created from the mindset of
an industrial designer. The originality lies in the point of view. A RESSENCE
watch has its roots in your brain. The concept is based on a holistic approach
in which the user experience plays a central role.
This watch is truly different from any other watch. I would like to invite you
to read the owner’s manual for a good understanding of how to set, maintain
and service it. This watch is temperature sensitive.
Your feedback is extremely valuable. I therefore invite you to share your
individual experience by emailing to:
I hope that every time you wear your watch, you will enjoy a sensory blend of
pleasure and harmony.
Please handle your watch with the care it merits.
Again, thank you for your confidence.
Benoît Mintiens
[e-mail]

Functional Parameters
Please keep the ticket(s) at all times and send
them together with the watch for servicing.
The watch is monitored at 0h and after 24h of running in a fixed position. The watch
is placed in a robotised monitoring device that „listens“ to the watch pulsing in 6
different positions, namely dial up, dial down, crown up, crown down, dial front-
facing, dial back-facing. This process measures the amplitude of the movement in
degrees. The internal friction of the movement components varies according to
their orientation relative to the direction of gravity. The smaller and more
homogeneous the variation between the 6 positions, the more accurate the time
keeping.

Technical parameters
FUNCTIONS: OilTemperature,Date,Days,Hours,Minutes,Seconds ( 360'' )
ARCHITECTURE: Sandwich construction with titanium membrane between movement and fluid-
filled indication module.
SYSTEM: Information transmitted from movement to indications by micro-magnets .
MODULE: Patented system invented and developed by Ressence.
Independent convex dial (radius: 125mm) comprising 28 gears and 57 jewels.
Made in grade 5 Titanium integrating three eccentric biaxial satellites inclined at
3° and 4,75° with a date ring around the circumference.
Temperature gauge measuring the oil temperature inside the watch.
The module and indications are completely immersed in fluid.
Indications engraved and filled with Super-LumiNova, glowing in the dark.
DIMENSIONS: 44mm x 15mm.
CRYSTALS: Domed sapphire crystals top and bottom with anti-reflective coating.
MOVEMENT: Automatic winding movement,25 jewels.
Power reserve 36 hours,
Balance frequency 28.800A/h.
Visible winding rotor.
SETUP: Crownless setup system.
COMPONENTS: + 350 components.
WEIGHT: 75 grams.
This watch is water resistant but not waterproof

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The RESSENCE Dial
seconds
minutes
hours
date
oil temperature
week day
weekend day
The watch you now own has a unique time display mechanism. Unlike traditional
watches, the time representation is generated by a set of disks and rings. The so-called
time module (or module) is an independent mechanical unit that generates all the
functions independently completely immersed in oil. From the movement is taken the
the minutes information. All the functions including the orbiting movement of the
rings are generated by the module.
Dial
day

Operating Instructions
The TYPE 3 is an automatically winding watch. It will wind while you wear it and keep the
barrel armed. The watch has a power reserve of 36 hours what is plenty enough to be
taken off at night and put back on the next morning without the need to wind it manually.
Notice
In the situation the watch has stopped because it has not been wearn for a longer period,
you will need to reset the time. While setting the time in a clockwise direction ( looking at
the dial ) your action will also wind the watch. Setting the time five hour later
is enough to restart the watch. The barrel will wind completely by wearing the watch.
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Your watch is equipped with a thermal gauge measuring the oil temperature inside the
dial. The watch is equipped with 7 custom made micro-bellows that compensate for the
oil dilatation or contraction due to temperature changes. The bellow’s operational range is
limited to their deformation capacity. The temperature gauge is representing the range the
bellows can operate within. The oil is placed inside the watch at about 5°C.
Thermal Gauge

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Operating Instructions
Rotating back
attached to the
crystal back
Rotor
Fixed center
Direction to turn
the back for
setting the time Direction to turn
the back for winding
Direction to turn the
back to set the day
Direction to turn the
back to set the date
Date sets at 24h
The TYPE 3 has a unique set-up mechanism. Unlike traditional watches, TYPE 3 has no
crown for winding or setting the watch. Instead the back case takes over the crown
functions. The different actions normally carried out with a crown are replaced by turning
the back case of the watch.
Set-up RESSENCE TYPE 3

Operating Instructions
Setting a watch that is
Follow the steps in priority order:
1.
Set the correct weekday
and bring time to 00h30
2.
Set the correct date
3.
Set the correct time
4.
Manual winding if still needed.
completely out of time.

Follow instruction for Time Setting
The day indicator is directly connected to the minutes hand.
This means you will need to turn the minutes hand 24x to
add one day. Day can be set backward as well as forward.
opening between two lines represents 00h00
It is recommended to set the weekday in
counter clockwise direction.
Weekday Setting

Date Setting
1.
2.
Bring the time setting to 00h10 by turning the back case
clockwise seen from the back
( what is counter-clockwise on the dial ).
This position corresponds to the weekday indicator
indicating the open space between two lines.
Turn back the time and bring the watch at least to 20h30.
then -
1. 2.