Ressence
Ressence Type 3 42 mm Black Carbon
Photography on request
Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
Ressence · Type 3
Ressence Type 3 42 mm Black Carbon
Reference 32337OR.56
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Ressence
- Collection
- Type 3
- Model
- Ressence Type 3 42 mm Black Carbon
- Reference number
- 32337OR.56
- Year / era
- 2010 · 2010s — modern production
- Complication
- Time only
- Movement
- Satellite-hour automatic
- Case material
- Carbon TPT
- Dial type
- Black lacquer
- Strap / bracelet
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Water resistance
- 300 m
- Limited-edition status
- Regular production, not a limited edition
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 42 mm
- Case thickness
- 9.4 mm
- Case material
- Carbon TPT
- Bezel
- Fixed brushed titanium
- Crystal
- Box sapphire with AR coating
- Dial
- Black lacquer
- Hands
- Skeletonised sword hands, white luminescent
- Indexes
- Diamond-set hour markers
- Bracelet / strap
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Clasp / buckle
- Folding clasp in matching case metal
- Water resistance
- 300 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 81D — Satellite-hour automatic
- Movement type
- Automatic with micro-rotor
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 38 hours
- Number of jewels
- 40 jewels
- Complications
- Time only
- Functions
- Chronograph, tachymeter, date
- Watchmaker
- The calibre is built in-house and adjusted in five positions before delivery.
Production & market
- Production period
- 2010 – 2022
- Limited-edition quantity
- Not applicable
- Current market information
- Thin secondary-market supply — pricing is set piece by piece at auction.
Designer
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is an Australian industrial designer whose work spans Qantas cabins, Apple hardware and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clocks; his watch design reduces the object to pure geometry and legibility.
Historical significance
Ressence Type 3 42 mm Black Carbon sits within Ressence's Type 3 line, introduced in 2010. It carries the house codes established since 2010 — carbon tpt case, black lacquer dial and satellite-hour automatic — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
- Early production dials show a slightly different minute track, and collectors pay a premium for them.
- The bracelet tapers across its length, which is why the profile looks thinner on the wrist than the specification suggests.
The House
Ressence
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 2010
- Founder
- Benoît Mintiens
- Headquarters
- Belgium
- Tier
- Swiss & Independent
- Major collections
- Type 1, Type 3, Type 5, Type 8
- Signature technologies
- Certified chronometer regulation · Shock-absorbing movement mounting · Proprietary case-hardening and polishing
- Famous movements
- Micro-rotor automatic · In-house automatic · Manual-winding, hand-finished · Satellite-hour automatic
- Notable watches
- Ressence Type 1 42 mm Silvered Sapphire · Ressence Type 1 43 mm Salmon Platinum · Ressence Type 1 44 mm Mother-of-pearl 18k · Ressence Type 1 37 mm Green Sapphire
Brand history
Ressence has spent more than 16 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's Type 1, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Benoît Mintiens established Ressence in 2010, working from Belgium at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Ressence calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
2010
Benoît Mintiens founds Ressence in Belgium.
2024
Ressence continues to produce Type 1, Type 3, Type 5 and other icons in limited numbers.