Richard Mille
Richard Mille RM 65-01 TI Automatic Winding Split Seconds Chronograph 45mm Men's Watch
Watch Specifications
- Brand
- Richard Mille
- Reference number
- RM 65-01 TI
- Case material
- Titanium
- Case diameter
- 45 mm
- Dial Color
- Skeleton
- Functions
- Chronograph, Date
- Bezel Color
- Silver
- Bracelet material
- Rubber
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Richard Mille
- Collection
- RM 65-01
- Model
- Richard Mille RM 65-01 TI Automatic Winding Split Seconds Chronograph 45mm Men's Watch
- Reference number
- RM 65-01 TI
- Year / era
- 2003 · 2000s — modern production
- Complication
- Chronograph
- Movement
- Manual-winding manufacture calibre
- Case material
- Titanium
- Dial type
- Skeleton
- Strap / bracelet
- Rubber
- Water resistance
- Water resistant to 100 m
- Limited-edition status
- Regular production, not a limited edition
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 45 mm
- Case thickness
- 9.4 mm
- Case material
- Titanium
- Bezel
- Silver
- Crystal
- Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
- Dial
- Skeleton
- Hands
- Faceted dauphine hands, polished by hand
- Indexes
- Printed minute track with applied batons
- Bracelet / strap
- Rubber
- Clasp / buckle
- Folding clasp in matching case metal
- Water resistance
- Water resistant to 100 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 59C — Manual-winding manufacture calibre
- Movement type
- Automatic, self-winding
- Frequency
- 21,600 vph (3 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 48 hours
- Number of jewels
- 27 jewels
- Complications
- Chronograph
- Functions
- Chronograph, Date
- Watchmaker
- Finishing, assembly and timing are carried out in the manufacture's own atelier.
Production & market
- Production period
- 2003 – 2010
- Limited-edition quantity
- Not applicable
- Current market information
- Consistently trades above retail; waiting lists at authorised dealers remain long.
Designer
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is an Australian industrial designer whose work spans Qantas cabins, Apple hardware and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clocks; his watch design reduces the object to pure geometry and legibility.
Historical significance
Richard Mille RM 65-01 TI Automatic Winding Split Seconds Chronograph 45mm Men's Watch sits within Richard Mille's RM 65-01 line, introduced in 2003. It carries the house codes established since 2001 — titanium case, skeleton dial and manual-winding manufacture calibre — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The movement's bridges are decorated even where they will never be seen once the watch is cased.
- The bracelet tapers across its length, which is why the profile looks thinner on the wrist than the specification suggests.
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
The House
Richard Mille
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 2001
- Founder
- Richard Mille & Dominique Guenat
- Headquarters
- Switzerland
- Major collections
- RM 011, RM 035, RM 055, RM 067, RM 072, RM 027
- Signature technologies
- In-house hairspring production; Hand-applied guilloché dials; Proprietary case-hardening and polishing
- Famous movements
- In-house automatic micro-rotor, In-house automatic with 22k gold rotor, In-house manual-winding, hand-finished, In-house tourbillon, manual-winding
- Notable watches
- Richard Mille RM 011 43 mm Skeletonised Carbon (2001), Richard Mille RM 011 42 mm Silvered 18k (2001), Richard Mille RM 011 38 mm Ice Carbon (2001), Richard Mille RM 011 42 mm Mother-of-pearl Stainless (2001)
Brand history
Richard Mille has spent more than 25 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's RM 011, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Richard Mille & Dominique Guenat established Richard Mille in 2001, working from Switzerland at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Richard Mille calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
2001
Richard Mille & Dominique Guenat founds Richard Mille in Switzerland.
2024
Richard Mille continues to produce RM 011, RM 035, RM 055 and other icons in limited numbers.
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