Richard Mille Launches Trio of Ultra-Exclusive RM 022 Tourbillon Timepieces

Richard Mille has released three new versions of its RM 022 Aerodyne Dual Time Zone timepiece ($528,000) in red, white, and blue that will be limited to just 10 pieces each and only be available in the Americas When the RM 022 was first released in 2010, it was a true feat of innovation The watch introduced radical new materials in watchmaking such as orthorhombic titanium aluminide alloy .

got that? It’s a material typically reserved for the aerospace industry and was developed by NASA to be used on the wings of supersonic aircraft.

Richard Mille incorporated the honeycomb-patterned material into its RM 022 to add strength and torsional resistance to the tourbillon The baseplate of the timepiece, shaped like an airplane’s aerodynamic V-shaped wing, also takes its cues from aviation. This time around, Richard Mille incorporated its TPT (Thin Ply Technology, a method for layering fibers) material into . Source