Richard Mille, RM 65-01, Automatic Winding Split-seconds Chronograph McLaren W1 is available from TA Jewelers.

Watch specifications

Reference: RM 65-01

Model: Automatic Winding Split-seconds Chronograph McLaren W1

Introduction FULL THROTTLE TO MECHANICAL EMOTION Our partnership with McLaren consistently strive to achieve the pinnacle of innovation and excellence in our respective fields, where relentless performance seamlessly merges with aesthetic beauty. The synergy between our two brands continues to push the boundaries of possibility while reinventing themselves. BESPOKE BODYWORK – A WATCH LIKE NO OTHER Inspired by McLaren’s most powerful, fastest and most radical road car to date, the RM 65-01 McLaren W1 echoes many of the car’s design principles as well as its remit to be truly usable in the real world.

As with its predecessors, the brief for the RM 65-01 McLaren required the watch to reflect both the character and the features of the car in terms of its shape, materials and functionality. Finishing Movement • Baseplate and bridges in titanium, wet sandblasted, PVD and electroplasma treated • Anglage and polishing by hand • Hand-polished locking sections • Burnished pivots • Diamond-polished sinks • Pinions with undercuts • Sandblasted and rhodium-plated, bevelled wheels Steel parts • Sapphire-blasted surfaces • Anglage and polishing by hand • Screw slot and screws bevelled and polished with rounded and polished tip Wheels • Concave chamfering with a diamond tool • Circular-decorated faces • Rhodium plating (before cutting the teeth) • Minimal corrections applied to the wheels in order to preserve geometry and performance Other features FAST-ROTATING BARREL (6 hours per revolution instead of 7. 5 hours) This type of barrel provides the following advantages: The phenomenon of periodic internal mainspring adhesion is significantly diminished, thereby increasing performance.

Provision of an excellent mainspring delta curve with an ideal power reserve/performance and regularity ratio. CRYSTAL Bezel side: In sapphire (1,800 Vickers) with anti-glare treatment (both sides). Thickness: 1.

50 mm Caseback: In sapphire with anti-glare treatment (both sides). Thickness: 1. 20 mm at the centre; outer edges 2.

04 mm SPLINE SCREWS IN GRADE 5 TITANIUM FOR THE BRIDGES AND CASE This permits better control of the torque applied to screws during assembly. These screws are unaffected by physical manipulation during assembly or disassembly and age well. .

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