WATCHMAKING MANIFESTO
Performance and style reign supreme in all the independent brand’s references. This upgrade flaunting an understated sporty yet ever-so timeless look illustrates this once again brilliantly.
After various limited editions, the RM 17-02 Tourbillon makes its mark in Richard Mille‘s collections with this iteration boasting the signature tonneau-shaped case now crafted in grade 5 titanium. The use of this material breathes more than just alternative esthetics into the piece. Like all the brand’s models, the watch, imagined as a whole right from the word ‘go’, offers outstanding performance and finishes. Inside deep-relief-styled openworked architecture, the blue PVD-treated and 5N gold bridges make the time data scenography dazzle. The hour and minute hands, topped with luminescent paint, hover over an hour chapter comprising solar-hued numerals. The function indicator (wind, time reset, neutral position) and the power reserve one complete this bona fide kinetic sculpture.
And, lest we forget, the manual-winding RM17-02 caliber hosts a tourbillon with variable inertia free-sprung balance wheel, and a fast-rotating barrel. This movement stands out through its energy transmission efficiency, its reliability and its shock resistance. These characteristics guarantee compromise-free performance and optimal energy regularity and distribution throughout the 70-hour power reserve duration. Its timekeeping is exemplary in all circumstances. Its dynamometric crown prevents damage to the winding stem and excessive pressure on the barrel spring. Meticulous attention is paid to every detail. The RM 17-02 Tourbillon Titanium establishes itself ever-so naturally as a paradigm of Richard Mille‘s spirit.
