richard mille rm 056 sapphire

This fluently executed technical challenge is a crowning achievement of the sapphire family of timepieces within the high scaled variety of creativity to be found within the Richard Mille collection as an entity. Sapphire, created from subjecting aluminum oxide crystals (Al 2 O 3) to high pressure and temperature environments, is transparent due to the purity of its composition and has a hardness of 1800 Vickers (9 Mohs) making it virtually scratch resistant by materials other than diamond. The entire case - front bezel, caseband, back bezel - of the split seconds Competition Chronograph RM 056 Felipe Massa Sapphire are cut and milled from solid blocks of sapphire. The production of this sapphire structure took years of research and testing in order to ensure an adequate response to the demands of strength and comfort. Introduced in 2012 with a case manufactured from sapphire crystal, RM 056 represents a first in the world of watches. The case is made of sapphire crystal and consists of 3 separate parts. The material produced in synthetic sapphire crystal trees is ready for installation after days of cutting and finishing operations with extremely high cost. Hủy Hợp Đồng Vay Tiền Online. No doubt it is cool. It is also wildly expensive and a showpiece above all else. This new highly limited edition watch from Richard Mille is the RM 056 and comes in an all sapphire crystal case. It is very visually intriguing and costs a mere $1,650,000. Probably easier to laugh about the price rather than get upset. According to Richard Mille it requires over 1000 hours to produce the case of the watch. The case is identical to that of previous Richard Mille Felipe Massa pieces. The movement is also an updated evolution on that RM 008 caliber. Only the case is in sapphire crystal and the movement layout and architecture have changed a bit. 1000 hours is a long time. I would hate to ask how long it would take for a new case if you need it to be repaired. The full name of the watch is the RM 056 Felipe Massa Sapphire Tourbillon Split Seconds Competition Chronograph. Aside from a house in Bermuda, I am not sure what this watch is competing with. The concept is actually very impressive. Starting a few years ago I started to ask questions to industry people about the feasibility of making an all sapphire crystal case. They said it was possible but a pain in the ass. Basically cutting a flat and round piece of sapphire crystal is the most simple. Once you start to do curves and angles and larger complex pieces it gets complicated, time consuming, and frustrating. The frustration really has to do with the time involved and how brittle sapphire crystal is during the machining process. It breaks a lot – especially when screw holes are drilled in it. This would especially be an issue for the RM 056 given all the screws used to sandwich the case together. There are a ton of them and each of those holes needed to be drilled and will potentially crack the case. On the plus side I hear from industry people that once the sapphire parts are machined, they are pretty tough. So the machining process is risky, but after that the cases would be tough enough – just don’t slam it around or it will shatter. You can only do that with a G-Shock. Wearing this watch around won’t get you as many looks as something in gold or covered in diamonds. That is actually sad. Wearing a “glass house” watch might get attention from the right people – but they might as well assume it is polycarbonate or not give it much thought. Diamonds will get you a lot more notice and a fully diamond covered case will actually be MUCH cheaper than this watch. Ironic right? Still… at least you’ll know how complicated it is. The movement in the watch still impresses me with its looks and features. According to Richard Mille it has been overhauled with new pieces, a 20% lighter weight, and a slightly new layout on the dial. The manually wound movement has a tourbillon, 30 minute split second chronograph, a power reserve indicator, and a torque indicator. There is also a function indicator for the crown. Even with all that, and the skeletonization, the dial doesn’t look like a total mess. How many of these super sapphires will Richard Mille make? Just 5 pieces. Yup. 5000 hours of work or more into the highly limited edition RM 056. I wonder if Felipe Massa gets one of them? I know he wears a lot of RM watches on rotation. Again, price is $ million. Calibre RM056 Manual winding tourbillon movement with hours, minutes, seconds, split-seconds chronograph, 30-minute totaliser, power reserve, torque and function indicators. Limited edition of 5 pieces The highly skeletonised RM 056 movement reproduces all the characteristics of the RM 050 calibre, a manual winding tourbillon movement with hours, minutes, chronograph split seconds, power reserve, torque and function indicators. A unique evolution of this tourbillon split seconds Chrono Competition RM 056 Felipe Massa is that its entire case -front bezel, caseband and back bezel- is cut and milled from solid blocks of sapphire, a feat of engineering and a strong visual statement. The production of this sapphire structure took years of research and testing in order to ensure an adequate response to the demands of strength and comfort. Sapphire is known as a particularly scratch-resistant material and one of the hardest materials on Earth, with a Mohs rating of Made of aluminium oxide Al2O3 crystals, it is transparent thanks to its molecular composition. The machining of such components was the biggest challenge faced by Richard Mille, a challenge made all the more difficult as the sapphire machining process is exceptionally delicate. Although extremely tough, sapphire does not allow for even the slightest error during milling and cutting. Creating a case of this quality took over 1000 hours of machining, of which 430 hours were spent on pre-forming the case components and 350 hours on polishing the whole watch case. The cutting tools must be specially designed and tipped with diamond. For excellent optical properties, bezel case parts have been treated with an anti-glare coating. The tripartite case is water resistant to 50 metres, ensured by two Nitrile O-ring seals. The case is assembled with 20 Spline screws in grade 5 titanium and abrasion resistant washers in 316L stainless steel. Felipe Massa has now achieved 40 podiums in his career by finishing third at the Austrian GP this weekend. "It’s an incredible moment for me, but the whole team is feeling this too. The team has a great history and we continue to build on that. It’s a special day" said Felipe Massa. After 8 Grand Prix this year, Felipe is now sixth in the World Driver’s Championship with a total of 62 points. Brazilian Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa is the first sporting figure to have joined the Richard Mille family. A long-time test driver for Richard Mille watches, it was he who enabled the brand to initiate and accomplish astonishing feats in watchmaking development. Such triumphs included the manufacture of a carbon nanofiber baseplate, first tested with the RM 006 FM then used in a number of other models, as well as the processing of new materials such the Alusic cases on the RM 009 FM. This collaboration, which became a deep friendship, is now approaching its 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Richard Mille has dedicated a special collection of RM 056 and RM 011 timepieces to Felipe Massa, appropriately named 10th Anniversary’. Renowned by experts for its uncompromising technicality, at the very core of the RM056 tourbillon caliber is a synthesis of the brand’s most exciting innovations. Comprised of more than 500 individual components, the grade 5 titanium RMCC1 caliber plays host to one of horology’s most exquisite complications a split-seconds chronograph. This tourbillon movement also boasts indicators for the power reserve and torque, and a function selector. As meticulous in their craft as Felipe Massa in his own sphere, the engineers at Richard Mille have optimized the movement, fine tuning its time-keeping precision and improving the operation of its split-seconds by reducing friction, and ensuring the long-term reliability of the caliber. These mechanics are presented to perfection by their case, produced using sapphire cut from a single block, in a process that required several years of research and testing in order to meet the highest standards of comfort and resistance. Often imitated, but never equaled, this tour de force of style and engineering represented a considerable challenge machining sapphire is an exceedingly complex procedure, requiring no less than 1000 hours of work for each case, including 430 hours of filing and 350 hours of polishing for the bezel, case middle and case-back ensemble.

richard mille rm 056 sapphire