Richard Mille

AndrewD
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The Richard Mille RM35 …

… was a watch that caught my eye the moment it was shown in 2011. It carries many of the important RM design cues: a tonneau case in exotic materials – in this case titanium and a magnesium-aluminium alloy coated using an electro-plasma oxidation treatment; a skeletonised calibre with titanium bridges weighing only 4.3g and with a PVD treatment on the baseplate; dual barrels in series and a variable inertia balance and the watch also passes the stringent Chronifiable certification process.

But when you dissect the RM35 what you actually have is a simple 3-hand manual wind watch based on a Vaucher movement. However the sum of the parts certainly adds up to a classic Richard Mille timepiece that anyone can enjoy wearing. Some might view it as second best to the RM27 – it’s true there may not be a tourbillon inside (perhaps another signature movement complication from RM) but I don’t really miss it in this iteration. The watch is not too large, the curved solid caseback and the strap comfortably hug the wrist and the light weight means you can strap and forget. A fantastic RM from my perspective that I enjoyed trying on at a Boutique and still on my long short-list.

Andrew

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