In order to provide easy night-time viewing, a first for the brand in this category of replica watches, each numeral has been sculptured out of solid metal and filled with Luminova to increase the sensation of depth. The numerals in this new model have been created from solid metal and mounted on two linked and rigid titanium rails attached directly to the movement. The vertical date window is also enclosed in a window broadly outlined with Luminova, which now moved to the right side of the dial at 5 o’clock,.
The automatic movement CRMA6 created for the RM 67-01 is a new caliber of merely 3.6mm thickness, designed in house by replica Richard Mille engineers. A new approach to the dial construction carries the eyes from the edges of the bezel in three layers to the central area’s hour and minute hands.
A sense of depth with extensive skeletonization visible everywhere, created by the back of the movement, including the large open worked winding barrel, rotor, going train and automatic winding mechanism bridges. The base plate and bridges have been created from grade 5 titanium and finished with a combination of gray and black electro plasma treatment, with a winding rotor weight in platinum.
At the heart of the movement’s structural design is the use of involutes profiles for the entire going train, instead of the standard cyclonical shaped teeth as normally used in watch making. There is another characteristic of the movement, the 3 slotted screws on the dial side, and signal to the watchmaker that they turn in opposite directions to the standard direction and the extensive use of custom made torque screws seen throughout the movement ensure exact and codified application of their correct tensioning according to function and use.
In transmissions of cars, you may have chance to notice these profiles many highly efficient motors of all kinds; nevertheless, their use in the field of replica watches making is rare and exceptional. The teeth profiles allow for a more well-organized transfer of energy through the going train, thereby providing superior chronometric results.
For the first time the case of this new icon has been created in an extra flat form, making it the sleekest tonneau shaped Richard Mille replica timepieces. The indicator moves as the crown is pulled out, taking the guesswork out of choosing a function merely by touch or the number of ‘clicks’ as the wearer moves the crown in and out.
I count a minimum of 5-6 various kinds of finishing around the movement alone. Each and every surface around the movement is completed, from sunbursts around the gears to various stripes on all of the bridges, rotors and casing.
5 days for the case band and 5 days for the back bezel are required by machine tooling process for adjusting the case. Prior to this process, developing a methodology for carrying out this series of operations took 145 hours, the drawings for the tools 130 hours, and implementation 180 hours. Each case represents over 215 separate machining operations.
After completion of the machining phase, the replica watch case undergoes brushing and polishing, before being disassembled and undergoing a final quality control, all executed by hand, then assembly with sapphire glass and sealants for preliminary water resistance testing. Merely then will the movement be mounted within its subtle lines.
The refined dimensions require 6 hours of pure machining time, not counting weeks of preliminary preparation such as the 68 distinct stamping operations required for the bezel, case band and back bezel. Merely for making a case for the watch, it would take another 8 hours of work. Let along for the watch itself. Replica Richard Mille tonneau case can be counted as the most complicated case that created in Switzerland today.