- Movement
- Manual winding tourbillon, unibody baseplate, grade 5 titanium bridges
- Size
- 48.00 × 39.30 × 13.84 mm on documented executions
Overview
Blue case, manual winding tourbillon with unibody baseplate
The RM 12-01 revisits the movement architecture of the RM 012 in a manual winding tourbillon with a unibody baseplate, and was released in 2018 in four 18-piece limited editions for Richard Mille boutiques in the Americas: all Carbon TPT®; Carbon TPT® with red Quartz TPT®; Carbon TPT® with white Quartz TPT®; and Carbon TPT® with Carbon and Gold TPT®.
This example has a bright blue translucent case. Richard Mille does not publish an RM 12-01 in that material, so the case material and the edition are not stated here.
Key details
MovementCalibre RM12-01, manual winding tourbillon, 70 hours
Design and engineering
- Unibody baseplateThe caseband and baseplate are fused into a single piece, an arrangement drawn from racing-car chassis construction. It gives the movement rigidity sufficient to withstand accelerations of more than 5,000 g.
- Titanium bridgesGrade 5 titanium skeletonised bridges flank the great wheel at the top of the movement and the tourbillon at the bottom, supported by the baseplate.
- Relationship to the RM 012The architecture derives from the RM 012 of 2006, whose tubular Phynox structure replaced the conventional baseplate and which won the Aiguille d’Or at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.
- Power reserveA fixed barrel delivers consistent torque to the tourbillon; the movement runs for 70 hours.
- Case constructionTripartite case, 48.00 × 39.30 × 13.84 mm on documented executions, with sapphire crystals on both sides, DLC-treated grade 5 titanium screws and water resistance to 50 metres.
The reference
Technical specifications
| Reference | RM 12-01 |
|---|---|
| Calibre | RM12-01 |
| Movement | Manual winding tourbillon, unibody baseplate, grade 5 titanium bridges |
| Functions | Hours, minutes, tourbillon |
| Power reserve | 70 hours |
| Shock resistance | Over 5,000 g |
| Case dimensions | 48.00 × 39.30 × 13.84 mm on documented executions |
| Crystal | Sapphire, both sides |
| Water resistance | 50 m |
| Strap | Blue rubber |
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