The Ressence TYPE 9 Jules Wittock arrives in two 30-piece colorways retailing for 20,000 CHF (approximately $24,420 USD) on September 17. The piece translates Wittock's hand-drawn labyrinth technique into an orbiting Grade 5 titanium disc measuring 39 millimeters across.
Channels 0.2 millimeters wide sink into the dial base, inlaid by hand using chalk-white lacquer alongside Grade A Super-LumiNova. Two visual executions anchor the release: thirty examples finish the metal with an Atomic Layer Deposition emerald green surface that morphs toward violet under oblique daylight, flanked by thirty all-black iterations coated in dark Physical Vapor Deposition. Pure white pathways trace a single uninterrupted route from exterior edge to core.
Motion comes courtesy of the patented ROCS 9 module, driven off the minute axle of an automatic base caliber ticking at 28,800 vibrations per hour. The internal gear train integrates 31 jewels, 20 wheels, and four ball bearings to maintain a 36-hour reserve. Sub-dials and display discs travel continuously in orbital progression, scrambling the maze paths across the day. Alignment happens only twice per 24-hour cycle, at midday and midnight, when the shifting typography snaps into position to spell out a hidden word. Wittock rooted the timed reveal in his boyhood habit of wishing on clock symmetries like 11:11 and 22:22.
Polished titanium profiles measure 11 millimeters in thickness, keeping the total build to 42 grams alongside a matched calfskin strap. Setting the hands and tensioning the mainspring bypasses the standard winding crown entirely, handled through a bidirectional caseback that twists twelve degrees. Flip the chassis over to inspect the reverse side: Wittock etched a second labyrinth alongside his signature across the rear titanium plate. Green variants fasten to white calf leather, paired with black calf on the dark edition, both securing via titanium pin buckles.
