In celebration of Boucheron’s founding in 1858, the most daring jeweler of the Place Vendôme and Richard Mille have joined forces to create a unique timepiece, the RM 018 tourbillon wristwatch.
Richard Mille has a reputation of being a pioneer, having single-handedly reinvented watchmaking with the use of new materials and technologies for a new form of 21st century horology. This time, he was inspired by the 150th anniversary of Boucheron’s exceptional creativity.
The result: the RM 018 tourbillon wristwatch, an exceptional timepiece based on the search of ultimate perfection.
The RM 018 “Hommage à Boucheron” represents the extraordinary union between jewelry and watchmaking, combining the best of jewelry design with Richard Mille’s revolutionary know-how. This entire project was a new challenge for both. They did succeed and the result is a world premiere: a timepiece creation with the wheels of the movement made from semi-precious and precious stones. An astounding technological achievement that in reality simply exudes exquisite elegance and refinement to the eye of the beholder.
The production of this unique tourbillon wristwatch will be shared between both companies with the case and the movement by Richard Mille and the semi-precious and precious stones chosen by and embellished with Boucheron’s great expertise. Every watch will be unique, with different combinations of stones in each. Due to the time-consuming nature of the production, which requires much hand finishing and embellishment, the series will be limited to 30 pieces in 18ct white gold.
This Richard Mille tourbillon wristwatch was developed in conjunction with the artisans at Boucheron as a celebration of their 150th Anniversary and will be produced in a limited edition of 30 numbered watches in 18ct white gold.
Since their inception in 1858, the house of Boucheron has been creating masterpieces for exceptional clients of every caliber, and the past is dotted with masterpieces of historic jewelry from their workshops on 26, Place Vendôme, such as the legendary tiara for the wife of Tsar Nicholas II, and creations for the Shah of Iran and the Maharajah of Patiala. It was Richard Mille’s aim to create a wristwatch in homage to that history that would combine the exceptional talents of both companies; a literal synthesis of the jeweler’s tradition and 21st century horology. The result is a wristwatch unlike any other, the world premiere arrival of semi-precious and precious stones into the essence of watchmaking itself.
CALIBER RM 018: Manual winding tourbillon with power reserve, hours, minutes, seconds
Dimensions: Length 48 mm x 39.30 mm (widest point) x 13.84 mm (thickest area)
(Many of which are major technical innovations)
* Movement dimensions: 30.20 x 28.60 mm
* Thickness: 8.70 mm
* Diameter of the tourbillon cage: 10.90 mm
* Diameter of the balance wheel: 10 mm
* Number of jewels: 24
* Balance wheel: GLUCYDUR, 2 arms.
* Moment of inertia: 10 mg cm2, lever angle 53°
* Frequency: 21,600 vph (3 Hz)
* Power reserve: 48 hours
* Balance spring: ELINVAR by NIVAROX
* Shock protection: KIF ELASTOR KE 160 B28
* Stone settings in white gold
* Barrel shaft: in chronifer without nickel (DIN x 46 Cr 13 + S), which has the following characteristics: non-oxidizable – antimagnetic – hardened.
* Anglage and polishing by hand
* Locking sections hand polished
* Sapphire blasted milled sections
* Lapped and polished contact points
* Burnished pivots
* Sapphire blasted surfaces
* Satin-finished surfaces
* Anglage and polishing by hand
* Concave chamfering with a diamond tool
* Circular finished faces
* Gilding (before cutting the teeth)
* Minimum manual correction to the wheels undertaken in order to preserve geometry and performance
Thickness: 1.20 mm
Case back: In sapphire with anti-glare treatment (2 sides)
Thickness: at the center 1 mm and outer edges 1.73 mm
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