Type 1 REV Grail Watch

Coming out of a collaboration between Ressence designer and founder Benoît Mintiens and watchmaker-architect Alain Silberstein, the Type 1 REV Grail Watch is a horological memento mori: a reminder that life is fleeting and therefore we should enjoy every passing moment, every small happiness, to the full. The 41.50-mm Ressence Type 1 Slim provided the creative starting-point. Unique in the watch world, its orbital display sees subdials for hours, minutes, seconds and days rotate in synch on a single plane, always remaining upright for easy read-off. The rotating minutes track represents passing time, while a wilting tulip points to the hours. A skull marks the seconds. A yellow triangle indicates days and references an hour glass, also a symbol of passing time.