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2018 Revolution Round-up: Richard Mille
Reviews
2018 Revolution Round-up: Richard Mille
But when he does put something out, you can bet that it’s going to impress. A good example would be well, pretty much every RM watch ever made. But regardless of whether you like the Richard Mille aesthetic or their marketing theatrics that draw loads of eyeballs, everyone agrees they create impactful watches.
RM 53-01 Pablo Mac Donough
Mille’s ideology of watchmaking is simple: people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on supercars, and if you’re buying a watch for the same price, it should be a superwatch. He explains it better, but this is essentially what you’re getting in a Richard Mille watch. And like any supercar maker, he keeps making his watches better, whether it’s a new gearing boost or material enhancement.
The RM 53 was first released by Mille in 2012, and it was built around the same purpose of being able to survive a few hardy knocks on the polo field. For those of you who think polo is a soft sport for the posh, here’s a shot of Mac Donough nearly getting trampled during a game. That should change your attitude towards the sport.
The timepiece is unusual in its movement design, with one baseplate that supports the gear train and tourbillon and a second outer baseplate for the suspension system, like an exoskeleton for the watch. The movement is designed around a protective system. Just like a supercar.
The RM 25-01 Tourbillon Adventure
Of course, there’s also the ultimate luxury watch/survival kit for the ultra-rich, the RM 25-01 that’s described by friend of brand Sylvester Stallone as the “ultimate explorer’s watch”. It features a tourbillon, chronograph, 24-hour time display, power-reserve indicator, mainspring torque indicator, winding-crown position indicator, interchangeable compass bezels, a compass spirit level and a hermetically sealed compartment for water purification tablets.
The CRMA7 movement does away with the date display and the Arabic numerals of the CRMA6. Editions are in red Quartz TPT (for tennis player Alexander Zverev); white Quartz TPT (for ski-racer Alexis Pinturault) and black Carbon TPT (for rally champion Sebastien Ogier).