Richard Mille Unleashes The Power Of Pastel With The New RM 07-01 Collection
With the RM 07-01, Richard Mille has a ladies’ watch in its collection that combines a timeless appeal with a high-tech nature. It is the perfect watch for modern, successful women, and not in the least because Mille continues to innovate with it. This legacy gets now another chapter with three new models that join the RM 07-01 collection. What sets them apart from their predecessors is their case, which is crafted from ceramic in pastel colors.
Getting these colors in ceramic is extremely challenging, as color pigments tend to burn up when exposed to the high temperatures needed to make the material. Mille not only overcame these difficulties but was also able to make the ceramic in three stunning pastel colors: blue, pink, and lavender. As they all have a matte finish, they give the watch a unique appeal, which is further accentuated by a very charismatic dial. Mille combined rubber, ceramic, and guilloche to created contrasting colors and textures. The result is not only refreshing but also highly artistic. In particular, the mixture of centuries-old crafts like guilloche with high-tech materials is what set these limited editions of the RM 07-01 apart.
The dashing colors continue in the crown, as well as with the strap, of which each side has a color of its own. It adds a fun aspect to the watch, that is otherwise a very serious piece of haute horlogerie. The RM 07-01 is powered by caliber CRMA2, made in-house by Mille. It comes with a stunning variable-geometry oscillating weight in red gold, which can be admired through the sapphire caseback. There, also the rest of the movement can be seen, with its skeletonized bridges and main plate. While Mille might be running one of the most progressive brands in the industry, he has a deep respect for the history of watchmaking, utilizing the same decorating techniques as those that have come before him, yet in a far more avant-garde way. These new RM 07-01’s are the perfect testimony of this, showing this philosophy inside and out.
