Richard Mille - RM 07-01 Coloured Ceramics

Richard mille presented the RM 07-01 Coloured Ceramics collections, three new watches for Ladies: Pastel Blue, Pastel Pink and Pastel Lavender. Price

Eminently feminine, the RM 07-01 line by Richard Mille expands with the Coloured Ceramics collection, three new colourful models with cases in ceramic, multi-material guilloché dials and state-of-the-art mechanical movements.

Each of the three models - RM 07-01 Pastel Blue, RM 07-01 Pastel Pink and RM 07-01 Pastel Lavender - will be produced a limited edition of 50 pieces.

The segmented central dial plates are assembled from inserts of ceramic, geometrically patterned rubber and — a first for Richard Mille — hand-crafted guillochage, a traditional decoration technique consisting of engraving patterns on the dial plate using a hand-turned lathe machine.

As you would expect from a disruptive company as Richard Mille, the RM 07-01 Coloured Ceramic models have taken this centuries-old technique and applied it in a creative way. 

The rhodium-plated red-gold dial element at the center of each RM 07-01 is a segment of a larger pattern whose lines subtly align with the floating hour markers on the microblasted titanium flange. Surrounding the guilloché dial segment are geometrically shaped elements of ceramic and rubber, well complementing the ceramic case and bi-colour rubber straps.

Cécile Guenat, Director of Creation and Development at Richard Mille, explained that the the three colour variations - TZP pink ceramic with cerulean-lilac rubber strap, TZP lavender ceramic with coral-tangerine rubber strap, and TZP blue ceramic with olive-aqua rubber strap - were inspired by the Art Deco architecture that can be seen in Miami.

TZP ceramic is light, hypoallergenic, durable and virtually scratch-proof, thanks to its zirconium oxide composition and sintering manufacture process. 

The beating heart of the RM 07-01, the smallest timepiece of the Ladies' collection (45.66 mm x 31.40 mm x 11.85 mm), is the in-house CRMA2 calibre, a 4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour) skeletonised automatic movement offering a power reserve of 50 hours (± 10%) and equipped with a variable-geometry rotor in 18-carat 5N red gold that makes it possible to adjust the automatic winding to the activity levels of its wearer.

The use of the new coloured ceramic in the RM 07-01 line adds a playful and fashionable touch to these high-end watchmaking creations. richardmille.com

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