Richard Mille - RM 07-01 in Gem-Set Black Ceramic

During its entire history, the Richard Mille brand demonstrated a rare capability to innovate by developing components made from high-tech materials.

The Swiss manufacturer continues to add to the exceptional variety of materials, gem settings and bracelets with an unprecedented combination of diamond and black ceramic in the new RM 07-01 for Ladies in Gem-Set Black Ceramic.

In addition to its exceptional hardness and scratch resistance, black TZP ceramic possesses an
extremely fine grain, ensuring a perfect finish with a matte effect. The latter is the outcome of a long
and delicate process of milling and micro-shot peening, whereas showcasing the complex shapes of
the bezel and case bottom requires the intervention of a finisher, who polishes each angle by hand.

Cécile Guenat, Technical Director for Jewellery-making at Richard Mille, explains: ‘After our work on setting gems in Carbon TPT (you can read about it here), we wanted to extend this innovative setting technique to new materials. We naturally gravitated to ceramic, because it had never been done before. There is now no subterfuge in the way diamonds are incorporated, thanks to way the mitraillage is performed by machining the material directly.’

Separately produced, and carefully polished to ensure a perfectly even feel, red gold prongs are
embedded in the many settings, each 0.25 millimetre in diameter, receiving and holding fast the
diamonds placed by the gem-setter. These are full-cut stones, selected for their exceptional clarity.

The case in gem-set black ceramic and red gold houses an in-house Calibre CRMA2, an automatic
movement assembled on a baseplate and bridges crafted in grade 5 titanium. Its variable-geometry
rotor in 18-carat 5N red gold makes it possible to adjust the automatic winding to the activity levels
of its wearer.

At the heart of this calibre, the dial in 5N red gold set with black onyx and diamonds echoes the technical feat displayed by the bezel.

The RM 07-01 Black Ceramic will be first showcased on occasion of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva (15-19 January 2018). richardmille.com