TYPE 9 IKEDA
Where past, present, and future blend
A PARADOX IN TIME
“Within a single watch, the past and future co-exist, almost creating a paradox.”
- Ikeda-san
Using Ressence’s most minimal design, the TYPE 9, as a canvas, Ikeda-san’s precise layering of lacquer and ultra-fine mother-of-pearl inlay creates a sci-fi-inspired composition. It is enlivened by Ressence’s rotating, convex dial.
PRECISE AND ATMOSPHERIC
An object that reads like a message, not a decoration.
“What was very difficult was attaching raden (mother-of-pearl) to a curved surface,” Ikeda-san explains of the process where ultra-thin shell pieces were cut and placed on the watch components with extreme precision. “Raden is basically flat, and it breaks easily, like eggshell. So we soaked it and bent it gradually on rubber sheets, little by little, so that it would follow the curvature.”
A DIAL IN MOTION
Limited to 8 pieces, the TYPE 9 IKE is not an artwork “applied” to a watch. It is a composition specifically crafted for Ressence’s moving dial.
SIGNATURE
Through the collaboration, Ikeda turned the mechanics of the brand’s patented ROCS display into a new artistic language through literal layering and lacquering, a painstakingly detailed process. Turning the watch over reveals Ikeda-san’s signature on the caseback.
