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Richard Mille: modern aesthetics and bold silhouettes

Symbol and icon of the Richard Mille universe, the women’s collection of RM 07-01 timepieces boasts two new models: the RM 07-01 Automatic Starry Night, with its extraordinary gem-set star motifs, and the RM 07-01 Automatic, with a sensuous and fascinating open-link bracelet arrayed in red gold and Carbon. The perfect mechanical synthesis between Haute Horlogerie elegance.
RM 07-01 Automatique Starry Night - © Richard Mille
RM 07-01 Automatique Starry Night - © Richard Mille

Starry Night in Diamonds

These two models feature Carbon TPT®, a high-performance material, at once light and strong, ensuring optimal protection of the movement and offering a striking appearance of damascene patterns and a moiré mat sheen. The bracelet—weighing just 29 grams— has been created exclusively for the women’s collection. The watch displays a prong setting on the bezel and dial in a nod to the heavenly bodies, that highlights a profile gracefully enhanced with diamonds. With the Starry Night setting, the brand demonstrates its technical craftsmanship. Unlike gold, which an artisan can shape with their own tools to make prongs for holding the gems, the hardness and resistance of carbon require specialist CNC machines equipped with diamond bits for the setting. Hand-polished prongs in 5N red gold are produced separately and then embedded in the many stone settings, destined to hold the piece’s 181 diamonds.

RM 07-01 Automatique - © Richard Mille
RM 07-01 Automatique - © Richard Mille

Carbon and Red Gold

Exalted by the combination of the two materials, the RM 07-01 Automatic offers an entirely new take on the open-link bracelet whose hand-finished links weave together Carbon TPT® and 5N red gold. It combines a bezel and case back in carbon with a case band in 5N red gold. In every aspect a voluptuous bracelet offering a play of matt and shining effects, and also, most surprisingly, both suppleness and extreme strength.

RM 07-01 Automatique Starry Night - © Richard Mille
RM 07-01 Automatique - © Richard Mille

Technical Craftsmanship

These two new interpretations possess every one of the technical characteristics that have forged the reputation of the RM 07-01. Both are driven by the in-house Calibre CRMA2, a skeletonised automatic movement with hours, minutes and a variable-geometry rotor. Mechanics and ergonomics once again exhibit superlative care, while the sensuous lines of the tonneau case, including the detailing on the tonneau-shaped clasp, reflect this defining architectural feature of Mille watches, even to the shapely crown in red gold. With their modern aesthetics and bold silhouettes, these exclusive timepieces make every hour count!
Février 2021
By Marjolaine LOVES