Ressence
Ressence Type 8 40 mm Salmon 18k
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 8
Ressence Type 8 40 mm Salmon 18k
Reference 10849OR.18
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Ressence
- Collection
- Type 8
- Model
- Ressence Type 8 40 mm Salmon 18k
- Reference number
- 10849OR.18
- Year / era
- 2010 · 2010s — modern production
- Complication
- Tourbillon
- Movement
- Micro-rotor automatic
- Case material
- 18k rose gold
- Dial type
- Salmon
- Strap / bracelet
- Milanese mesh
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Limited-edition status
- Limited edition of 88 pieces
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 40 mm
- Case thickness
- 10.2 mm
- Case material
- 18k rose gold
- Bezel
- Fixed brushed titanium
- Crystal
- Sapphire with internal AR treatment
- Dial
- Salmon
- Hands
- Blued steel Breguet-style hands
- Indexes
- Diamond-set hour markers
- Bracelet / strap
- Milanese mesh
- Clasp / buckle
- Triple-folding clasp with safety catch
- Water resistance
- 100 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 34A — Micro-rotor automatic
- Movement type
- High-frequency automatic
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 38 hours
- Number of jewels
- 33 jewels
- Complications
- Tourbillon
- Functions
- Annual calendar, moon phase
- Watchmaker
- Finishing, assembly and timing are carried out in the manufacture's own atelier.
Production & market
- Production period
- 2010 – 2017
- Limited-edition quantity
- 88 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 8 40 mm Salmon 18k sits within Ressence's Type 8 line, introduced in 2010. It carries the house codes established since 2010 — 18k rose gold case, salmon dial and micro-rotor 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 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.