Richard Mille RM 12-01 Tourbillon
CASE : bezel and caseback in Quartz TPT® or Carbon TPT®, caseband in Quartz TPT®, transparent sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 50m
SIZE : 39.3 x 48 x 13.8mm
MOVEMENT : mechanical manual-winding, skeletonized RM 12-01 caliber, 70-hour power reserve, tourbillon
FUNCTIONS : hours and minutes, small seconds on the tourbillon
DIAL : no dial, openworked hands
STRAP : canvas or urethane with titanium folding clasp
LIMITED SERIES OF 18 PER CASE COLOR
A matter of structure
In 2006 Richard Mille laid a watch innovation milestone with its RM 012. It remains to date one most daring and most difficult watches to produce ever made by a brand that has no shortage of others posing similar challenges. With its entirely tubular-structured movement reminiscent of a racing car chassis, Richard thereby drove the issue of rigidity and lightness to new levels, along with the automobile metaphor. Exclusively launched on the American market (which everyone is free to visit), the new RM 12-01 Tourbillon delivers its own take on this core topic for the brand, namely structural reinforcement. The reflection behind it along with the aesthetic are clearly strongly influenced by the quest for robustness and resistance to intense shocks. The RM 12-01 features a skeleton tourbillon movement attached to four extremely visible beams representing the core message for this model. They take the form of two titanium streamlined double pillars, arranged to form the letter X, and secured to the center of the caliber. Beneath it, the movement is held by an openworked baseplate in Carbon TPT®, placed on a caseback made from the same material as the case – meaning white/gray or red Quartz TPT®, Carbon TPT® alone, or the latter combined with gold-toned Quartz TPT®.
