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[Trivia] Trivia about RICHARD MILLE products

We will explain some trivia about RICHARD MILLE products. We will explain the products in an easy-to-understand manner even for first-time users.

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TRIVIA

Richard Mille Facts

A shocking debut	Richard Mille was born in France in 1951. After serving as CEO of the Mauboussin Group, a long-established French brand, he launched his own brand with the idea of "surpassing all existing watches" and his main goal of creating a "new 21st century approach to watchmaking". He was not a watchmaker or designer himself, but rather a "conceptualist", and he quickly elevated the Richard Mille brand to a level with famous luxury watches.
RM 001	The first RM 001 Tourbillon was launched at Baselworld in 2001. It is said that Richard Mille himself slammed the watch on the ground to demonstrate its durability. Not only did it remain a pre-series for the RM 002 and RM 003, but the RM 001 has become an icon of the brand and has inspired many of the currently over 80 models. The tonneau-shaped case was used for about 10 years, from the RM001 to the RM017 in 2011, and this case has become widely recognized as an icon of Richard Mille.
Practical use of the tourbillon	The tourbillon is one of the three major complicated mechanisms, along with the perpetual calendar and minute repeater. The world's first tourbillon was invented by Breguet in 1801 to eliminate errors in watches. However, complicated mechanisms have characteristics such as being vulnerable to shocks, being easily affected by gravity, and having a thick case. As time passed, many brands began to promote tourbillons as a kind of status symbol for mechanical watches, rather than for the purpose of improving accuracy, and at the same time, practicality of complicated mechanisms became a requirement. In this environment, Richard Mille created a "tourbillon that will not break even if thrown" by specially processing carbon for watches, breathing fresh air into the watch industry.
Brand Policy	The concept is "F1 of wristwatches". This is because making an F1 car requires cutting-edge technology and huge funds, so the motto is also used in watchmaking to jump to the forefront and leave no one behind. Although stainless steel is often used in luxury watches these days, Richard Mille aims for its own unique line, and many of its watches are made from materials used in F1 cars and aircraft to reduce weight and strengthen them. Even a small screw on a part is shaped from a concept, with dozens of prototypes made over several months. It is also a policy to be a one-of-a-kind "extreme watch" that goes beyond conventional luxury watches.

　