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The $35,000 watch co-designed by one of the inventors of the iPod

CNN — There’s a common problem with mechanical watches: when the power winds down, they lose the time. Ressence, a young contender in the arena of Swiss watchmaking, has an answer to that problem: a new mechanical watch co-designed by one of the inventors of the original iPod, Tony Fadell. But they do like their watch being on time.” Only three Currently just a prototype, the Ressence Type 2 e-Crown Concept is the brainchild of Benoît Mintiens, who founded the company in 2010. Ressence The Type 2 is still a fully mechanical watch, but it includes an electronic element called “e-Crown” which is, in essence, a digital watch. “And the electronic elements are not interfering with the mechanical components of the watch at all, but are only used to set the time,” he said.

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