Ressence

Most Ressence watches use a 20 mm lug width: 28 of the 41 Ressence references with a listed width in our database (68%).

Lug widths at Ressence

Ressence collections

The story · Since 2010

The Ressence story

2010 Founded in Antwerp, Belgium by Benoît Mintiens.
2010 Ressence showed three prototypes at Baselworld.
2011 The first production run, the ZeroSeries, comprised 50 watches.
2015 The Type 5, a 46 mm titanium diving watch, was revealed.
2018 The Type 2 was introduced as a concept with the eCrown system.
2020 The Type 2, shown as a concept in 2018, went into production in 2019 with first deliveries in 2020; its eCrown automatically resets the mechanical time and stores a second time zone, and Mintiens says Tony Fadell, ex-Apple and the father of the iPod, already a Ressence customer, helped him develop it.
2022 Launched in March 2022 as the brand's sixth watch family, the Type 8 became Ressence's new entry point: an hours-and-minutes watch in grade 5 titanium weighing 42 grams with its strap, priced at CHF 12,500.
2024 The all-black, oil-filled Type 3 BB2 received a Red Dot: Best of the Best in 2024, the jury praising a display readable from every angle.
2025 For its 15th anniversary in March 2025 Ressence launched the Type 7, its first watch with a GMT function and its first metal (titanium) bracelet, in a 41 mm oil-filled case; the XV Aquamarine version was limited to 80 pieces.
2025 Industrial designer Marc Newson reworked the Type 3 into the elliptical Type 3 MN, inspired by his early Ikepod watches and limited to 80 pieces; it won a Red Dot: Best of the Best in 2026.
2026 Sixteen years after its first watch, Ressence unveiled its first in-house designed movement, the Werk RW-01, in the Type 11 at Watches and Wonders 2026: built by Swiss developer Concepto, it integrates the ROCS display and gives 60 hours of reserve. Until then Ressence watches ran on adapted ETA movements, which the brand will keep using in other models.

Firsts and innovations

2013. The crownless Type 3 is described as the first oil-filled mechanical watch and won the Horological Revelation Prize at the GPHG.

More Ressence references, by line

Lines without a guide page yet: every reference we list for them, with its strap size.

TYPE 1 Squared

TYPE 1 Squared Night Blue T13P-NXX1-GNA20 mm
TYPE 1 Squared White T13P-WXX1-GCA20 mm

Type 10

Type 10 DN (Dark Knight) TYPE 10 DNIntegrated bracelet

Type 7

Type 7 XV XV AquamarineIntegrated bracelet
Type 7N Night BlueIntegrated bracelet

FAQ

What lug width do Ressence watches use?

20 mm is the most common (68% of Ressence references with a listed width), followed by 22 mm and 24 mm.

Do all Ressence watches take the same strap size?

No. Ressence uses 3 different lug widths across its collections, so check your exact model or reference.

When was Ressence founded?

Ressence was founded in 2010 in Antwerp, Belgium by Benoît Mintiens.

Help

What is lug width?

The gap between the two lugs that hold the strap, in millimetres. A new strap must match it exactly: 20 mm lugs take a 20 mm strap.

Measure it in 30 seconds

Take the strap off, or look at the back of it: many straps print their width.
Measure the inside gap between the lugs with a caliper or a millimetre ruler.
Round to the nearest whole millimetre. Most watches use 18, 20 or 22 mm.

Strap, quick release or system?

Most watches use spring bars, so any strap of the right width fits. Many smartwatches use their own band system instead, such as Apple Watch bands or Garmin QuickFit.