Ressence
Ressence Type 5 42 mm Silvered Quartz
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 5
Ressence Type 5 42 mm Silvered Quartz
Reference 85331OR.83
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Ressence
- Collection
- Type 5
- Model
- Ressence Type 5 42 mm Silvered Quartz
- Reference number
- 85331OR.83
- Year / era
- 2010 · 2010s — modern production
- Complication
- Time only
- Movement
- In-house automatic
- Case material
- Quartz TPT
- Dial type
- Silvered opaline
- Strap / bracelet
- NATO textile strap
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Limited-edition status
- Limited edition of 250 pieces
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 42 mm
- Case thickness
- 14.1 mm
- Case material
- Quartz TPT
- Bezel
- Smooth polished
- Crystal
- Box sapphire with AR coating
- Dial
- Silvered opaline
- Hands
- Blued steel Breguet-style hands
- Indexes
- Diamond-set hour markers
- Bracelet / strap
- NATO textile strap
- Clasp / buckle
- Titanium deployant clasp
- Water resistance
- 100 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 83A — In-house automatic
- Movement type
- Manual-winding
- Frequency
- 21,600 vph (3 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 70 hours
- Number of jewels
- 33 jewels
- Complications
- Time only
- Functions
- Perpetual calendar, leap year
- Watchmaker
- Assembled and regulated by a single watchmaker, who signs off the piece before casing.
Production & market
- Production period
- 2010 – 2015
- Limited-edition quantity
- 250 pieces
- Current market information
- Values have stabilised after the 2022 correction; condition and box-and-papers drive the premium.
Designer
Jörg Hysek
Jörg Hysek left Rolex and Seiko's European studios to build a design practice in Geneva, giving houses such as Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, Seiko and TAG Heuer their sculptural, architecture-led cases before founding his own brand, HD3.
Historical significance
Ressence Type 5 42 mm Silvered Quartz sits within Ressence's Type 5 line, introduced in 2010. It carries the house codes established since 2010 — quartz tpt case, silvered opaline dial and in-house automatic — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The case is finished by hand, alternating polished and satin-brushed surfaces in a single pass so the edges stay razor sharp.
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
- The movement's bridges are decorated even where they will never be seen once the watch is cased.
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.