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Richard Mille RM 27-01 Rafael Nadal, reference RM 27-01

Richard Mille

RM 27-01 Rafael Nadal

Ref. RM 27-01

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Case46 x 39.3mm carbon nanotube
DialSkeletonised
ComplicationTourbillon
MovementManual winding RM27-01
StrapRubber
Limited50 pieces
Year2013

The RM 27-01 is the watch that proved a tourbillon could survive professional sport. Rafael Nadal wore it through full matches while the movement hung inside the case on four braided steel cables, suspended rather than mounted.

This Richard Mille RM 27-01 wears a 46 x 39.3mm carbon nanotube case with a skeletonised face. Manual winding RM27-01 inside.

Fun fact: The complete watch weighs under 19 grams including the strap, which is roughly the weight of four sheets of paper, and it survived a 5,000 g shock test. Fifty were made, and Nadal won a Roland Garros title wearing one.

The collection

Automatic

The automatic side of Richard Mille, where the rotor is set to suit the wearer

Automatic Winding is the label Richard Mille puts on the models wound by a rotor rather than by hand, and it appears on tourbillon and non tourbillon references alike. Richard Mille and Dominique Guenat founded the house in 2001 and showed the hand wound RM 001 Tourbillon that year, with automatic calibres following. Most of these share a build: a barrel case held together by grade 5 titanium spline screws, a skeletonised grade 5 titanium baseplate, and a sapphire caseback over the movement. The rotor is where they separate, matched to how active the owner is, by weights that adjust the rotor geometry on some references and by a pusher on the case that switches the winding on others.

Sizes in the family

Barrel cases, roughly 31 to 45 mm wide and 45 to 50 mm long

Who it suits

Suits a buyer who wants the movement in view from both sides and a winding system that can be set for an active wearer.

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