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I N N O V A T I O N S
CO-PLANAR DISCS TO INDICATE THE TIME
It was in 2010 on the ZERO SERIES
prototypes that we unveiled for the
first time the patented invention on
which rests our new expression of
Time: ROCS which stands for Ressence
Orbital Convex System. Fully designed
and developed in-house, this unique
horological
complication
module
is composed of co-planar discs and
rings of different sizes, curved to
match the bend of the glass that
covers them. Recto, the discs create a
flush dial. Verso, they serve as platina
and bridges to the module with a large
number of components - from 107
components for the TYPE 1 (ROCS 1)
up to 215 components for the TYPE
3 (ROCS 3) which drives a six-fold
display complication.
Each of the time indications of the
RESSENCE watches is generated
by the ROCS from a single piece of
information provided by the automatic
base movement: the minute.
With the ROCS, time-information is
displayed on a single surface, both
eyes see a same image (like words on a
sheet of paper), while on a traditional
watch, where the hands and dial are
superposed, the projected image is
different for each of the two eyes
because of its 3D nature. The choice
to focus on the minute disc is also
dictated by a concern for legibility.
In most cases, this is the information
you first look for when checking your
watch. Every minute that passes, you
observe a different dial.
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