Richard Mille RM 67-02 ‘Italy’ Carbon TPT (2024)

Description

The Richard Mille RM 67-02 ‘Italy’ Carbon TPT represents Richard Mille’s tribute to Italian athleticism and national pride developed in collaboration with Italian athletes sponsored by the manufacture, part of the broader RM 67-02 collection introduced as the brand’s ultra-flat automatic series weighing only 32 grams complete with strap making it one of the lightest automatic watches in existence. This reference features vibrant red, white, and green accents inspired by the Italian tricolor flag integrated throughout the skeletonized dial architecture, bezel components, and strap design, demonstrating Richard Mille’s commitment to creating athlete-specific timepieces combining patriotic symbolism with extreme performance characteristics including shock resistance capable of withstanding accelerations exceeding 5,000 g’s during competitive sports activities. The curved tonneau case construction follows body ergonomics for comfortable wear during athletic performance, appealing to collectors who value both cutting-edge materials technology and limited production commemorative editions celebrating national heritage combined with Richard Mille’s pioneering approach to ultra-lightweight watchmaking. The 38.7mm x 47.52mm tonneau-shaped case crafted in Carbon TPT and Quartz TPT features layered construction with carbon and quartz fibers arranged in sheets no thicker than 45 microns stacked with automatic positioning system changing fiber orientation by 45 degrees between each layer creating distinctive damascene striped pattern unique to each watch, bezel and caseback in Quartz TPT with caseband in Carbon TPT, all components heated to 120 degrees Celsius under 6 bars pressure then machined on CNC equipment at Richard Mille facility, curved case profile following wrist ergonomics, sapphire crystal, screw-down crown, transparent sapphire caseback revealing skeletonized movement architecture. The skeletonized dial reveals grade 5 titanium baseplate and bridges treated with black DLC coating and hand-painted accents in Italian flag colors of red, white, and green, applied luminous hour markers, luminous skeleton hands, all mechanical components visible through extensive skeletonization reducing weight while maintaining structural integrity. Inside beats the automatic Caliber CRMA7 featuring skeletonized construction in grade 5 titanium with black DLC treatment providing rigidity and precise surface flatness essential for gear train function, variable geometry rotor crafted in Carbon TPT and white gold with OneWay winding system and ceramic ball bearings enabling efficient automatic winding, 25 jewels, approximately 50 hours of power reserve, free-sprung balance, fast-rotating barrel, spline screws in grade 5 titanium, surfaces finished with hand-polished anglage, microblasted sections, satin finishing.