Richard Mille unveils Rafael Nadal watch for French Open
Every year, on the eve of the French Open, the Swiss watchmaker unveils a new high-performance watch to celebrate its long-standing partnership with Spanish player Rafael Nadal. This year welcomes a new watch called the “RM 35-02“, the first model in the Richard Mille collection to feature an automatic movement, dedicated to the Mallorcan personality.
Six years of collaboration have spawned many extraordinary pieces as part of the brand’s “Rafael Nadal” collection.
Over the years, tennis players and watchmakers have worked together to create innovative watches, especially in terms of lightweight design and shock resistance – two fundamental qualities of Rafael Nadal’s forehand shot.
Like its predecessor, the “RM 35-02” brings technical and aesthetic innovations, starting with the new RMAL1 movement, the self-winding skeleton movement with hours, minutes and seconds, as well as the Richard Mille watch’s First. “Rafael Nadal” series.
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The “RM 35-02” has baseplates and bridges made of wet sandblasted grade 5 titanium, with a black PVD finish to ensure rigidity and an impeccably smooth finish.
Another key feature was the introduction of a variable inertia balance wheel driven by a double barrel system. In addition to improving the performance of the watch, this also helps improve accuracy and reliability in the event of shock.
Richard Mille also brings variable geometry rotors to the “RM 35-02”. This brand-exclusive feature allows the automatic winding to be adjusted to suit the wearer’s activity level. Best fake watch
The “RM 35-02” case is water-resistant to 50 meters and is available in NTPT Carbon or bright red Quartz-TPT with white highlights. Its silicon layer is treated with a red resin specially created for Richard Mille.
Another first discovery from the Swiss watchmaker is that the sapphire crystal has an anti-reflective treatment on the front and on the exhibition caseback, so the movement can be admired from any angle.
Previous outstanding models in Richard Mille’s “Rafael Nadal” collection include the “RM 027” with a carbon nanotube case, the “RM 27-01” with a cable-suspended movement, and most recently the “RM 27-02” And its NTPT carbon fiber “one-piece” baseplate.
