Flying high with Richard Mille

"Generally speaking, an effective alarm has to be audible from far away Ours was designed to function within a radius of just few millimetres." Has Richard Mille lost all sense of reality - both acoustical and horological? Not at all! From the booth of its partner, Airbus Corporate Jets, in Monaco this Wednesday, 25 September, Richard Mille unveiled a second creation to celebrate the partnership For the first time in mechanical watchmaking, the RM 62-01 "Tourbillon Vibrating Alarm", to give it its full name, has a silent alarm that operates by transmitting vibrations directly to the owner's wrist.

"We generally call upon all the engineering tricks at our disposal to protect our watches from shocks and vibrations, but here we're inviting them inside the movement itself!" notes Richard Mille with a smile The task of winding the movement has been allocated to two separate barrels: one for the time and the other dedicated to the alarm With this vibrating alarm, Richard Mille has scored a hole in one.

The idea is based on a movement designed several years ago by APR&P, which is a perfect match for this new partnership with ACJ All the Richard Mille DNA is present and correct: titanium and carbon TPT, the watchmaker's two signature materials; a highly complex movement designed to withstand extreme conditions; a strictly limited series of 30 units, available from January 2020 at a price you won't find advertised anywhere; an openworked dial-less construction that manages to remain legible despite the plethora of different levels, finishes and information; 816 movement components, a large date, two barrels, two power reserves, two time zones, seven hands, an AM/PM indicator and another indication connected to the five functions administered by the crown. . Source