Why fill a mechanical watch with oil? In this episode, we sit down with Ressence founder, Benoît Mintiens, to discuss why he ignores 200 years of watchmaking tradition to create the "impossible." We dive into the physics of the oil-filled Type 3, the new Type 7 GMT, and the brand's 15th-anniversary book, "Ahead of Time."
In this episode:
00:00 - The frustration with traditional watchmaking
02:45 - The Ressence Orbital Convex System (ROCS) explained
08:30 - How oil-filled watches work (The "Wat
