Since its founding by Benoît Mintiens in 2010, Ressence has pursued one of the most distinctive approaches to displaying time in contemporary independent watchmaking. Rather than conventional hands mounted concentrically to a fixed dial, its watches use the Ressence Orbital Convex System, or ROCS, in which the indications themselves continually orbit across the surface of the watch. The result is immediately recognisable as Ressence, yet the Type 8 takes this concept in an unusually pure direction, reducing the display to nothing more than hours and minutes.

Introduced in 2022, the Type 8 is the most minimal expression of the Ressence concept. Its cobalt blue display uses a rotating hour satellite and minute indication driven by the ROCS 8 module, while winding and setting are performed through the case back, eliminating the need for a conventional crown. The 42.9mm case is fashioned from lightweight Grade 5 titanium and dispenses with traditional lugs, its broad circular form recalling the radical disco volante watches of the mid-20th century. At just 11mm thick and weighing remarkably little, the Type 8 turns what appears to be a substantial watch into something unexpectedly light and discreet on the wrist.