The machining process unveils the multi-layered character of the watch, with random patterns coming to the surface.Īwesome! But a million bucks? Two million? “Ergonomic design, visual striking lines with exterior comfort make them expensive,” explains, highlighting the RM 56-02 Sapphire above. These billets (comprising 600 layers) are then machined into the iconic tonneau case shape. This high-tech sandwich is then heated to 120-degrees centigrade while being compressed to a pressure of six bars. With every layer, the orientation is changed by 45 degrees (increasing the strength of the finished product). Layers of Quartz TPT (no thicker than 45 microns) are interwoven with layers of Carbon TPT. A case made from Carbon TPT and Quartz TPT layers is typically trailblazing. Looks aside, this is exactly what we’ve come to expect from RM over the past few years. Here’s Fratello’s homage to the engineering behind the Richard Mille RM 61-01. Mille’s aesthetic, even though, admittedly, his watches are a technical tour-de-force. For these horophiles, a Richard Mille watch is the height of sophistication. People who only recognize Michelangelo as a Teenage Mutant Nija Turtle. People who wouldn’t know Bauhaus from an outhouse. I know: beauty is in the eye of the uneducated beholder. Mille’s high-priced horological hay making machine: the horse’s head watch and its mechanical stablemates are hideous. There’s another reason the sun will stop shining on Mr. Not to mention the arrival of cheap copies into the marketplace. And no less than 774 of the brand’s watches for sale on. It’s gonna happen, what with an entire awards shows worth of celebs all-Milled-out, looking for the Next Big Thing. (Patek Philippe “cranks out” around 50k timepieces per year, while Rolex manufactures a million.) Even so, how long before supply catches up with demand and the Richard Mille bubble bursts? Yeah, I said it. Current production levels hover under 5k pieces per year. Mille’s money making minions don’t build a lot of watches, period. Mind you, you’re not likely to see more than one example of RM’s timetelling tribute to The Godfather’s horse-head-in-the-bed scene down at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club. In a world of horological marvels slimmer than two stacked pennies, who in their right mind would wear a watch so clunky? So obvious? Guess how much they’d have to pay. Steven King paperbacks aren’t as thick as Richard Mille watches. I don’t eat deli sandwiches as thick as Richard Mille’s Horse Ceramic Tourbillon Qatari Exclusive watch.
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