"Engelberg's Inside Out works begin far from the watch bench. In his Munich studio, the artist mills each piece from a sheet of wood, then builds it up layer by layer with acrylic paint, forming concentric circles in gradient tones that radiate from a deep black core. Finally, he seals the entire sculpture under a glossy coat of epoxy resin."
"Translating Engelberg's meticulous, wood-and-resin creations to the confines of a 42.9 mm dial required Ressence to rethink scale without losing any of the depth or vibrancy that defines his work. Working from the Inside Out series, the Belgian watchmaker adapted each concentric form into laser-engraved discs of Grade 5 titanium, preserving the subtle gradients and crisp geometry while reducing them to fractions of a millimeter."
Munich-based painter and sculptor Daniel Engelberg’s Inside Out series uses concentric circles and subtle gradients to create an illusion of depth. Engelberg mills each piece from wood, layers acrylic paint to form concentric rings radiating from a black core, and seals the sculpture with epoxy resin. Belgian watchmaker Ressence adapted these works for the 42.9 mm TYPE 8 dial by laser-engraving concentric forms onto Grade 5 titanium discs, preserving gradients and geometry at micro scale. Crisp white markings improve contrast and legibility. The watch uses Ressence’s Orbital Convex System (ROCS) so the dials orbit, animating Engelberg’s canvases. The edition is limited to 40 pieces in two colorways, DE1 and DE2.
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