No Reserve
99≌
Ressence
Ref. TYPE 1.3
TYPE 1²v2 SHA
A unique titanium wristwatch with small seconds, orbiting hour, day of the week, sold to benefit Swiss Institute
- Estimate
- $20,000 - 40,000•
$38,100
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Ressence
- Year
- 2024
- Reference No
- TYPE 1.3
- Case No
- One of One
- Model Name
- TYPE 1²v2 SHA
- Material
- Micro-blasted grade 5 titanium
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. ROCS 1.3
- Bracelet/Strap
- Leather
- Clasp/Buckle
- Titanium Ressence pin buckle
- Dimensions
- 41mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, and buckle signed. Additionally signed by artist Shantell Martin.
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Ressence Warranty Card, Letter of Certificate signed by the Founder of Ressence, presentation box, and hand-drawn box sleeve, signed by the artist Shantell Martin.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
ENJOY LIFE – That’s the mantra artist Shantell Martin brings to the special edition Ressence TYPE 1², crafted for the TimeForArt 2024 auction. Martin is a British visual artist, philosopher, teacher, choreographer, songwriter, performer, and more, and is best known for her large-scale, black and white line drawings.
Such a collaboration creates a unique interaction between visual storytelling and mechanical ingenuity. Featuring a white dial and only black hands, carved into Ressence’s signature flush rotating discs, the watch serves as the perfect blank canvas for Martin’s celebrated black-on-white drawings.
With just two words – enjoy life – this piece invites the wearer to experience simplicity and spontaneity, echoing the free-flowing nature of Shantell’s line.
This line moves like time – continuous, alive, and always in motion. It serves as a reminder that both life and time are meant to be enjoyed, not controlled, and that the journey, not just the destination, is to be embraced.
Such a collaboration creates a unique interaction between visual storytelling and mechanical ingenuity. Featuring a white dial and only black hands, carved into Ressence’s signature flush rotating discs, the watch serves as the perfect blank canvas for Martin’s celebrated black-on-white drawings.
With just two words – enjoy life – this piece invites the wearer to experience simplicity and spontaneity, echoing the free-flowing nature of Shantell’s line.
This line moves like time – continuous, alive, and always in motion. It serves as a reminder that both life and time are meant to be enjoyed, not controlled, and that the journey, not just the destination, is to be embraced.