Fast Company:
That seed of inspiration 10 years ago eventually spawned Ressence, a watch company that has accomplished the rare feat of earning adoration from design nerds and horology snobs alike despite being a start-up. But Ressence’s previous watches may only be a prelude to its newest, the Type 2, which manages to solve some core problems that have bedeviled wristwatches ever since they were invented. The creation of that timepiece was abetted by none other than Tony Fadell, the so-called godfather of the iPod.
Fadell’s involvement was catnip to tech blogs that rushed to publish news about the Type 2, which is slated to go into production sometime this year and is expected to cost around $40,000. They all missed how strange an object the Type 2 actually is. After all, what other watch has the same photocells that power orbital satellites and an origin story intertwined with Fadell’s own forgotten experiments in creating a pocketable MP3 player?
What a fascinating story about the technology behind a $40,000 butt ugly watch.
Agreed. That face might appeal to rabbit-hole-nerds, but it doesn’t look very readable to me.
Perhaps not the prettiest or readable, but the fluid filled face (so everything projects up to the surface of the fat crystal) and movement is the neat thing about them.
https://i.imgur.com/xwkCmio.gif
And having that bit being automated ups the neat factor quite a bit.
I don’t think I’d want a $40,000 watch but it sure would be nice to have enough money for it to be a decision I’d actually have to make.
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I don’t believe the Type 2 has the oil filled face. That’s the Type 3. I you visit their site and check out the type 3, you’ll see the difference. With the type 3, the numbers and dials appear to be actually on the glass itself, rather than recessed.
I don’t think this watch is “butt ugly”. It’s not exactly my taste, but it’s not exactly ugly either.