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Accompanied by Richard Mille Warranty dated 27 February 2002, instruction manual, technical specifications, original fitted leather-covered tonneau-shaped presentation box and outer packaging.
A veteran in the watch industry, Richard Mille began his career in 1974 as a commercial director for one of the world's largest watch companies where he remained for 20 years. In 2000 he started developing his own timepieces, inspired by the perfection found in the automobile and aviation industries. His line of watches includes a specially developed tourbillon escapement, the innovative technical choices applied to the design of this sophisticated watch required thousands of hours to develop. In August 2001 the first watch, the Tourbillon RM 001, such as the present watch, was launched followed by the Tourbillon RM 002 the same year, a further improvement of its predecessor featuring a titanium plate and function indicator. In 2002, Mille introduced the Tourbillon RM 003 with dual-time indicator.
Richard Mille timepieces offer a very different conceptual approach in the luxury watch field. His goal is to be to the watch industry what Ferrari and McLaren are to the automotive field: technologically advanced, innovative and performance oriented.
The materials used for Richard Mille watches are high-tech, including titanium, ceramic (for the cap jewels) and ARCAP (an alloy with superb mechanical properties of endurance and resistance to distortion). The cases are ergonomically curved and feature lateral ribs for extra strength.
The main feature of the present watch are the co-axial button in the crown to select neutral, winding or hand-setting positions, very much like changing gears in a race car. A torque indicator displays the actual strength of the mainspring and a ceramic endstone on the balance reduces friction to a higher degree than a traditional cap jewel.
A veteran in the watch industry, Richard Mille began his career in 1974 as a commercial director for one of the world's largest watch companies where he remained for 20 years. In 2000 he started developing his own timepieces, inspired by the perfection found in the automobile and aviation industries. His line of watches includes a specially developed tourbillon escapement, the innovative technical choices applied to the design of this sophisticated watch required thousands of hours to develop. In August 2001 the first watch, the Tourbillon RM 001, such as the present watch, was launched followed by the Tourbillon RM 002 the same year, a further improvement of its predecessor featuring a titanium plate and function indicator. In 2002, Mille introduced the Tourbillon RM 003 with dual-time indicator.
Richard Mille timepieces offer a very different conceptual approach in the luxury watch field. His goal is to be to the watch industry what Ferrari and McLaren are to the automotive field: technologically advanced, innovative and performance oriented.
The materials used for Richard Mille watches are high-tech, including titanium, ceramic (for the cap jewels) and ARCAP (an alloy with superb mechanical properties of endurance and resistance to distortion). The cases are ergonomically curved and feature lateral ribs for extra strength.
The main feature of the present watch are the co-axial button in the crown to select neutral, winding or hand-setting positions, very much like changing gears in a race car. A torque indicator displays the actual strength of the mainspring and a ceramic endstone on the balance reduces friction to a higher degree than a traditional cap jewel.