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Type 9 x Jules Wittock: Ressence’s New Art Watch Uses the ROCS Orbital Display
Ressence has unveiled the Type 9 x Jules Wittock art watch. The dial animation relies on the brand’s patented Ressence Orbital Convex System (ROCS), as Monochrome Watches first reported.
By HorologyTalk Editorial · · 3 min read
Originally reported by Monochrome Watches. This article is a curated summary of their original coverage.
Type 9 x Jules Wittock — the collaboration in one line
Ressence has released the Type 9 x Jules Wittock, an Art Watch that pairs the brand’s orbital display language with an external creative collaborator. The announcement confirms Ressence continues to treat its dials as canvases.
What the ROCS means here
Ressence’s patented Ressence Orbital Convex System (ROCS) remains the mechanical heart of the visual trick: time elements orbit the dial like planets rather than use conventional hands. The original copy framed it as planetary motion; operationally that means rotating discs and modules replacing standard hand rotations.
Who made it
Benoît Mintiens founded Ressence in 2010 and has used the orbital system as the brand’s defining display since. For this project the maison teamed with Jules Wittock to produce an Art Watch under the Type 9 name. As Monochrome Watches first reported, the collaboration leans on Ressence’s established dial architecture rather than a conventional, hand-driven layout.
Design and movement implications
The Type 9 continues Ressence’s approach of integrating a display module with the movement to animate rotating elements across a convex surface. That approach preserves readability while creating kinetic, non-traditional compositions on the dial—criteria that define Ressence releases.
Market angle and position
Ressence remains an independent design-led brand. This Art Watch follows the label’s pattern of limited creative projects that showcase the ROCS visually as much as mechanically. Collectors who follow display innovation will see this as a logical extension of the brand’s previous experiments.
What to watch for next
Expect announcements around availability and distribution to follow. If you track Ressence’s art collaborations, compare how this Type 9 interprets the orbital display against prior limited projects—that comparison will tell you whether this is stylistic variation or a new visual direction.
Originally reported by Monochrome Watches. This article is a curated summary of their original coverage.
Tags: Ressence, Orbital display, ROCS, collaboration