- Size
- 49.90 × 42.70 × 13.05 mm
Overview
A white RM 055 on a record that says Carbon TPT
The photograph on this record shows a white bezel, a white rubberised caseband and a white strap — the configuration of the standard RM 055 Bubba Watson in ATZ white ceramic, which is card 399.
The record is titled White Legend and its material line reads Carbon TPT®. The documented White Legend is a different watch: an 88-piece Americas edition with NTPT Carbon top and bottom bezels over a blasted titanium caseband, using white only for the inner bezel, the hands and the crown protector. That case reads black. A White Legend does not photograph white, so the title, the material line and the picture cannot all be right, and nothing beyond the movement and what the photograph shows has been entered.
Key details
Design and engineering
- What is not establishedThe title and the material line describe an 88-piece NTPT Carbon edition that reads black; the photograph shows a white watch. Whether this is the White Legend carrying the wrong picture, or a white ceramic RM 055 carrying the wrong title, the record cannot settle — and the photograph is close enough to card 399’s to raise the question of whether the two are one watch.
- Calibre RMUL2A manual winding skeletonised movement indicating hours, minutes and seconds. The baseplate and bridges are grade 5 titanium, PVD- and Titalyt®-treated, a combination Richard Mille specifies for rigidity and for the surface flatness the going train requires.
- Shock resistanceSpecified by Richard Mille at over 500 g.
- Free-sprung variable-inertia balanceThe regulator index is eliminated. Rate adjustment is made by four small weights mounted directly on the balance, which Richard Mille specifies for repeatability of setting and for reliability through shock, assembly and disassembly.
- Double-barrel systemStored energy is distributed across two winding barrels rather than one. This increases the number of barrel rotations and reduces pressure on teeth, bearings and pivots, and supports the circa 55-hour power reserve.
- Three-part tonneau caseThe three-part tonneau case is assembled with grade 5 titanium spline screws and abrasion-resistant 316L stainless steel washers, with sapphire crystals front and back.
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Reference | RM 055 |
|---|---|
| Calibre | RMUL2, manual winding, skeletonised |
| Functions | Hours, minutes, seconds |
| Power reserve | Circa 55 hours |
| Frequency | 28,800 vph (4 Hz) |
| Jewels | 24 |
| Baseplate and bridges | Grade 5 titanium, PVD and Titalyt® treated |
| Balance | Free-sprung, variable inertia, 4 adjustable weights |
| Barrel | Double barrel |
| Shock resistance | Over 500 g |
| Case dimensions | 49.90 × 42.70 × 13.05 mm |
| Case assembly | 20 grade 5 titanium spline screws, 316L washers |
| Crystal | Sapphire, anti-glare treated |
| Water resistance | 30 m |
| Strap | White rubber |
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