- Year
- 2024
- Condition
- Excellent
- Set
- Box and papers
- Size
- 44.50 × 49.94 × 16.10 mm
Set and condition
Complete set
This RM 65-01 Dark-Yellow Quartz TPT® is accompanied by its original presentation box, warranty card and supporting documentation. The watch and included items are inspected by an expert watchmaker before sale. Additional photographs and video of this piece are available on request.
Original presentation box
Original presentation box and packaging.
Original papers
Warranty card and supporting documentation.
Inspected prior to sale
Reviewed for condition, completeness and functionality. Additional details and photographs are available on request.
Condition photography
Additional close-up images of specific areas are available before purchase.
Overview
Dark-yellow Quartz TPT® case
This execution of the RM 65-01 uses a dark-yellow Quartz TPT® case with a titanium caseband, blue and orange pusher caps and a black rubber strap, as the card’s material line states.
Quartz TPT® is produced from silica threads divided into layers no thicker than 45 microns, saturated in resins developed for Richard Mille, stacked with the fibre orientation rotated by 45° between plies, then cured at 120°C under 6 bar and machined at the brand’s own facilities. Silica takes colour in a way carbon does not, which is why the coloured TPT executions across the collection are Quartz rather than Carbon.
Key details
Design and engineering
- Calibre RMAC4Skeletonised automatic winding movement with hours, minutes, seconds at 6 o’clock, date, split-seconds chronograph with a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock and a 12-hour counter at 9 o’clock, function selector, rapid winding and variable-geometry rotor. It measures 31.78 × 29.98 mm by 8.69 mm thick, on 51 jewels at 36,000 vph (5 Hz), with around 60 hours (± 10%) of power reserve without the chronograph running.
- Quartz TPT® caseQuartz TPT® is produced from silica threads divided into layers no thicker than 45 microns, saturated in resins developed for Richard Mille, stacked with the fibre orientation rotated by 45° between plies, then cured at 120°C under 6 bar and machined at the brand’s own facilities. Machining exposes the layering as a striation unique to each case.
- Split-seconds architectureTwo six-column wheels with a vertical clutch. The 5 Hz frequency allows elapsed times to be read to a tenth of a second. Richard Mille records shock and drop simulations, accelerated ten-year ageing of the functions, water-resistance testing and magnetic field trials for the chronograph.
- Rapid windingThe pusher at 8 o’clock rearms the barrel directly, without the crown; 125 presses take it to a full charge. Richard Mille specifies it for restarting a watch that has stopped.
- Fast-rotating barrelOne revolution every six hours instead of the more common seven and a half, which maintains torque across the power reserve.
- Variable-geometry rotorThe oscillating weight segment can be reconfigured to change the rotor’s inertia, and so the winding yield, according to how active the wearer is.
- Colour codingThe dial is coded by function rather than decorated: yellow for the time, green for the date, orange for the chronograph displays, red for winding and blue for the split-seconds hand.
The reference
Technical specifications
| Reference | RM 65-01 |
|---|---|
| Calibre | RMAC4, skeletonised automatic winding |
| Functions | Hours, minutes, seconds at 6 o’clock, date, split-seconds chronograph with 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock and 12-hour counter at 9 o’clock, function selector, rapid winding, variable-geometry rotor |
| Power reserve | Around 60 hours (± 10%) without the chronograph running |
| Frequency | 36,000 vph (5 Hz) |
| Jewels | 51 |
| Movement dimensions | 31.78 × 29.98 mm |
| Movement thickness | 8.69 mm |
| Baseplate and bridges | Grade 5 titanium, wet sandblasted, PVD and electroplasma treated |
| Balance | Glucydur®, 4 arms, inertia 7.5 mg·cm², lift angle 53° |
| Chronograph | Two six-column wheels, vertical clutch |
| Barrel | Fast rotating, six hours per revolution |
| Case dimensions | 44.50 × 49.94 × 16.10 mm |
| Crystal | Sapphire, anti-glare both sides |
| Water resistance | 50 m |
| Rapid winding | Pusher at 8 o’clock, 125 presses to a full charge |
| Case material | Dark-yellow Quartz TPT® |
| Caseband | Titanium |
| Strap | Black rubber |
Buying with HYPA
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- Original warranty card included, dated 2024
- Free insured delivery within Australia and Hong Kong · elsewhere quoted
- Payment by bank transfer
- Registered Australian dealerHYPA International Pty Ltd · Registered Victorian second-hand dealer, Registration No. SHD-0018017.
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