SHEER POWER
This new 500-piece limited edition offers unprecedented insight into the combined world of two brands driven by no-compromise high performance.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1st F1 World Championship win, McLaren unveiled its W1 boasting a V8 with 1,275hp. In addition to this supercar’s outstanding power, it reaches 200 km/h from standstill in just 5.8 seconds, its aerodynamics rub shoulders with the incredible thanks to an elaborate Active Long Tail rear wing which heightens the downforce at high speed. Its pumped-up, athletic style diffuses its specificities through the design of the RM 65-01 Automatic Winding Split-Seconds Chronograph McLaren W1, the 4th opus of Richard Mille‘s partnership with the British firm.
In a nutshell, the Carbon TPT® bezel is now set on a counterpart crafted in grade 5 titanium that’s just five tenths of a millimeter thick at its slimmest point. This structure emphasizes the watch’s depth and center stages the skeletonized titanium dial, which boasts a pattern inspired by the one used on the wheel rims of the vitamin-boosted racing car. Other graphical features from the wheels played a role in the look of the pushers. The revamped lines of the crown are borrowed from the shape of drive-shaft screws.
The time data scenography, along with the color codes related to each function of the original model, reign supreme in this layered architecture. The hour and minute hands, the split-second chronograph’s 1/10th of a second short-cycle time measurement, as well as the semi-instantaneous date display pursue their route, driven by the high-frequency (5 Hz) automatic RMAC4 caliber, nestling at the heart of the signature Carbon TPT®-profiled case. A special pusher invites the wearer to charge up the 60-hour power reserve by tapping on it 125 times. Innovation is forever the catalyst for performance and creativity that knows no limit.
