- Size
- 44.50 × 49.94 × 16.10 mm
Overview
A pale blue case on a record that says Carbon TPT
The photograph shows an RM 65-01 with a pale blue bezel and caseback over a titanium caseband, orange and blue pusher caps and a black rubber strap. The card labels the material Blue Carbon TPT.
Carbon TPT® is made from divided carbon fibre and is black or grey; the coloured TPT composite in Richard Mille’s material set is Quartz TPT®, made by the same layering process from silica threads and produced in a range of colours. Dealer listings for an RM 65-01 in this colourway describe it as Pastel Blue Quartz TPT®. The material is left open rather than exchanged for a dealer’s word, as with the comparable substitutions recorded earlier in this catalogue.
Key details
Case as photographedPale blue composite with a titanium caseband
Case materialNot established
MovementCalibre RMAC4, automatic, 5 Hz
Design and engineering
- What is not establishedThe label reads Blue Carbon TPT and Carbon TPT® is not produced in blue. Quartz TPT® is the brand’s coloured composite and dealers call this colourway Pastel Blue Quartz TPT®, but that is a listing rather than a Richard Mille text. Nothing is entered for the material.
- 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.
- TPT® composite constructionFilaments are divided into layers — a maximum of 30 microns for carbon, no thicker than 45 for silica — saturated in resins developed for Richard Mille and stacked with the fibre orientation rotated between plies, then cured under heat and pressure and machined at the brand’s own facilities. Machining exposes the layer structure, so no two cases carry the same striation. Carbon TPT® uses carbon fibre; Quartz TPT® uses silica threads and can be produced in colour.
- 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.
Specifications
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 |
| Rapid winding | Pusher at 8 o’clock, 125 presses to a full charge |
| Case dimensions | 44.50 × 49.94 × 16.10 mm |
| Crystal | Sapphire, anti-glare both sides |
| Water resistance | 50 m |
| Caseband | Titanium |
| Strap | Black rubber |
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