HIGH-LEVEL SPORT
A new engineering feat! The fourth opus of the collection explores state-of-the-art technical potentials with its groundbreaking caliber and its “on demand” variable geometry rotor.
Taking direct action on the architecture of an oscillating weight and controlling the winding of a movement based on your sports activity is the technical feat that Richard Mille has finalized following three years of development. Thanks to the RM 35-03 Automatic Rafael Nadal watch, complexity is now geared towards simplicity. A tap on the pusher set at 7 o’clock shifts the timepiece’s center of gravity. And, the result? The RMAL2 caliber rotor mutes from a traditional-looking rotor, aka semi-circle, to one that takes on a butterfly shape. This action interrupts the winding process and prevents the oscillating weight from rotating at incredible speed whenever intensive sport is in play. The sapphire-crystal caseback invites to delight in this instantaneous metamorphosis.
To optimize timepiece adjustment, a pusher at 2 o’clock completes the automatic movement control system. A single tap lets the wearer switch to W mode, wind, to N mode, neutral, and to H mode for setting the time.
This masterpiece of fine watchmaking enjoys design that’s on a par with performance. The case (43.15 x 49.95 mm) available in blue or white Quartz TPT®, featuring a caseband fashioned in the same material or in Carbon TPT®, protects a remarkable mechanical composition with great style. On the skeletonized dial, the openworked hour and minute hands hover over a colored, cross-shaped geometric scenescape. An on/off position indicator at 6 o’clock lets the wearer quickly know whether the rotor is enabled or not. The watch is ready and raring to accompany you in all your feats!
Price: CHF195,000 VAT-exclu. richardmille.com
By Dan Diaconu