Richard Mille RM 53-01 Tourbillon Pablo Mac Donough

 

Richard Mille RM 53-01 Tourbillon Pablo Mac Donough

No watch at SIHH 2018 so far has had a stronger visceral response in me (and a few others on the aBlogtoWatch team) than the sexy and expensive new Richard Mille RM53-01 Tourbillon Pablo Mac Donough. Ironically, neither the close to million dollar price tag nor the extremely detailed and visible movement are responsible for the "watch lust" I'm experiencing. Nor was my focus on the RM53-01's friendly color combo or modern, masculine look. In fact, the RM53-01 is exactly the type of Richard Mille watch we were expecting at the show.

What's more interesting to me is that I have no particular familiarity or interest in the sport of polo - the Tourbillon Pablo Mac Donough is designed to survive. This is actually the second (and more interesting) polo watch that Richard Mille has produced in collaboration with the famous South American polo player. Richard Mille's Mac Donough's first watch was also designed to withstand the shocks often found in intense equestrian sports. The first watch was almost entirely covered in titanium, with only small windows for the time and a tourbillon. For the RM53-01, Richard himself specifically pointed out that the movement had to be very visible. So, how can people enjoy the fun of sports while preventing impact? Richard Mille attempts to answer this question effectively in two ways.replica watches online

The first way is to employ a version of their Sport Suspension Cable System. Introduced in the early Richard Mille watches designed for tennis player Rafael Nadal, the movement suspension system uses a series of two thin metal cables on 10 pulleys, supported by Four "hangers" are firmly fixed to suspend the hand-wound tourbillon movement mainly made of titanium. As a result, the cable can absorb a lot of the shock the watch might receive if it were hit. Instead of physically impacting the movement and potentially causing damage to it, the cable system absorbs a lot of dangerous vibrations. Seeing how cool these tiny cables are is another joy in itself.

Second, Richard Mille developed for the first time a watch with laminated sapphire crystal glass. The concept is similar to how automotive safety glass works. There are two sapphire crystals, laminated together with a clear adhesive film. You wouldn't know the difference just by looking at the crystal of the RM53-01 - however, it's probably one of the most durable and expensive watches out there.wholesale fashion watches

Wearing the RM53-01 on your wrist is a testament to how important weight (or lack thereof) is to today's luxury timepieces. Sure, the feel of a chunky gold watch is still very real, but when it comes to exotic sports watches, consumers want performance. In many cases, high-performance sports watches benefit from light weight. Not only are they hard to notice on the wrist, but for demanding athletes, removing all that extra weight can mean the difference between victory and defeat. Richard Mille isn't claiming that the RM53-01 set the record for lightness (they have other models), but I can tell you that despite its relatively large size, this watch is incredibly light to the touch and feels barely worn when worn on the wrist.

It's not hard to appreciate a watch on your wrist. Richard Mille has once again used TPT carbon as the case material, a layered carbon material that is durable and beautiful. The RM53-01 case is 44.5mm wide, 49.94mm high (lug to lug), and 16.15mm thick (water-resistant to 50m). The complex case design combined with an interesting strap system (and an effective but ironically non-luxury Velcro closure system) form a suitable framework to showcase a symmetrical and visually appealing in-house movement.

Powering the watch is a hand-wound tourbillon movement that tells the time accurately. It operates at 3Hz and has a power reserve of about two days. As I said above most of the movement bridges are titanium and the design of the movement is brilliant because Richard Mille took pains to make it symmetrical while also providing us wholesale replica watches lovers with a sense of fine detail fortress.

The selling point of the RM53-01 is its unwavering adherence to Richard Mille's core values that make modern luxury sports watches exciting and fresh. It's a really fun toy at a price that would make most of us feel like no matter how well we make it, only very rich boys can sit at Richard Mille's table and share his creations.

Richard Mille will undoubtedly introduce the technology and materials of the RM53-01 into future timepieces. This includes not only the newly upgraded cable suspension system, but of course the laminated, layered "safety" sapphire crystal glass, which is destined to be used in more occasions than polo games. Why play polo now? It’s a sport that wealthy patrons tend to play, and it’s the traditional way of assessing the sturdiness of a watch. Remember, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso was originally designed as a polo watch. While Richard Mille makes polo watches their own way (i.e. they must include a tourbillon), their efforts are easily distinguishable from other high-end sports replica watches for sale. What's more, the beauty of it is that, unlike previous Pablo Mac Donough watches, the RM53-01 is so versatile that you don't need to know the sport to fall in love with its attractive blue and shiny dark gray dial case as well as exquisite details and complex movements.