Richard Mille - RM 027 - Tourbillon Rafael NadalReference: RM 027 Model: Tourbillon Rafael Nadal The idea with the RM 027 was to bring a tourbillon into the arena that was capable of withstanding the shocks incurred for hours on end on clay courts, which can involve forces of several hundred gs, while remaining totally comfortable and lightweight : a real challenge for any tourbillon movement. Our existing designs in high performance mechanics had to be entirely rethought and retested. The kind of

Mission accomplished with the RM 59-01 Yohan Blake

Caliber R 27 PS QR LU

“wave” motif

The case of the RM 017 required 39 swaging operations including 16 striking

The resulting tripartite case makes zero concessions

and a guitar riff screeching in the background… RM 66 Manual Winding Flying Tourbillon CALIBRE RM66 Manual winding tourbillon movement with hours and minutes

highly corrosion-resistant and remarkably rigid alloy composed of 90% titanium

McLaren Applied Technologies and North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT®)

The orange to red and blue to black gradients were made by superimposing layers and increasing the number of firings at 850 °C

caseband and back bezel

pink gold applied hourmarkers and Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating

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