Richard Mille SIHH 2015 Collection Overview

219 · 2015-01-28T14:29:22Z

Explore Richard Mille's SIHH 2015 collection: RM019-02 Fleur, Bubba Watson RM038-01, Yohan Blake RM61-01, and new metal bracelets. Discover innovations and designs.

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In this 2015 SIHH report, author 219 (Andrew H) highlights Richard Mille's unexpected turn towards traditional complications and feminine designs, contrasting with the brand's usual focus on cutting-edge materials and sports ambassadors. He details several new releases, including the RM019-02 Fleur, new Bubba Watson and Yohan Blake editions, and the introduction of metal bracelets.

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It was, for the most part, a quiet year for Richard Mille at the Salon de Haute Horologerie (SIHH). It was also a year for complicated ladies watches. For once, there were no new cutting edge materials on offer, no new sports ambassadors, or no new case designs. For the main watches on show, and for the theme surrounding the booth, there was a floral and sensory motive. For a brand that is set definitely in the twenty first century, where the sense of the modern is foremost in the design and the execution, Richard (as is his tendency) was contrarian. He ran counter to the growing use (and proliferation even) of new materials, or materials from space, and produced watches in a very traditional mode. In a sense, Richard turned back the clock to somewhere around the eighteenth century to produce a watch that the likes of Breguet would have been proud. There was something very Marie Antoinette about both the floral theme for the booth (decoration and the model’s dresses) as well as the complication for the main watch on show. Even so, the goodies on offer were as innovative as ever and as with past SIHH with Richard, there was cake for all!

Cake for all came in the form of a new limited edition RM61-01 Yohan Blake, a new limited edition Bubba Watson RM038-01, and metal bracelets for men and women’s watches.

Andrew H This message has been edited by 219 on 2015-01-28 14:42:38 This message has been edited by 219 on 2015-02-12 02:19:18

About the Richard Mille Tourbillon Bubba Watson G-Sensor Ref. RM038

Richard Mille RM038 Tourbillon Bubba Watson G-Sensor

The RM038 represents Richard Mille's integration of tourbillon complications with G-sensor technology, positioned within the brand's technical sports watch category. This reference combines the visual drama of skeletonized dial architecture with mechanical complexity, distinguishing it from conventional tourbillon offerings through its sensor functionality.

The 40mm titanium case houses the manual-winding RM038 caliber, providing 70 hours of power reserve. Sapphire crystal protects the skeletonized dial, while the titanium construction ensures durability with 50-meter water resistance. The watch is completed with a rubber strap, emphasizing its technical sports orientation over dress watch applications.

Produced from 2013 to 2018, the RM038 appeals to collectors seeking contemporary mechanical complexity combined with modern materials technology. The five-year production window creates defined scarcity parameters, while the tourbillon and G-sensor combination targets enthusiasts of horological innovation. The skeletonized dial treatment provides visual access to the mechanical elements, satisfying collectors who prioritize movement visibility.

Specifications

Caliber: RM038

Case: Titanium

Diameter: 40 mm

Dial: Skeletonized

Water Resist.: 50m

Crystal: Sapphire

Key Points from the Discussion

The RM019-02 Fleur, while housed in a modern Richard Mille case, features a mechanism and complication representation that harks back to 18th-century natural philosophy, blurring the lines between science and horology.
Richard Mille's new metal bracelets, available for both men's and women's watches, have a long design pedigree, drawing inspiration from earlier collaborations like the Philippe Starck RM011, with improvements for comfort and wrist adaptability.
The new RM038-01 Bubba Watson watch incorporates a g-force meter, a practical addition for a professional golfer to monitor the forces exerted on the mechanism during his powerful swing.
The RM019-01, a complex women's watch, features a diamond-set lattice work dial and an onyx baseplate, demonstrating Richard Mille's expertise in working with challenging materials like onyx and carbon nanofibre.
The RM019-02 Fleur's innovative opening flower petals to reveal the tourbillon is a truly special and admired complication, even surprising a typically critical observer.
The RM061-01 Yohan Blake, with its black TZP ceramic bezel and asymmetric design, caters to the demand for black watches and is expected to be highly sought after, similar to previous limited editions.

The Discussion

219

Jan 28, 2015

RM019-02 Tourbillon Fleur

The RM019-02 Fleur was the main watch and complication offered by Richard Mille at SIHH2015. Without doubt, although the case design is definitively Richard Mille and belongs in the twenty-first century, the mechanism and the representation of the complication has more of a connection to the eighteenth century. At a time when the lines between natural sciences, or physics (from the Greek: physis or nature), and horology were blurred and labelled under the same heading as science. Science was see

AnthonyTsai

Jan 29, 2015

Wow cool video of the RM019-02 Tourbillon Fleur

Perhaps more automaton watches for RM in the future then? Cheers, Anthony

219

Jan 30, 2015

Not for now, but who knows! thanks. nt.

CaliforniaJed

Jan 29, 2015

The magnolia petals are mesmerizing! Thanks for the video.

And the colors of that dial are simply beautiful. What a delight. Thanks for the video. Best, CaliforniaJed

219

Jan 31, 2015

Pleasure on my part! And thanks! nt.

219

Jan 28, 2015

RM051-02 Tourbillon Diamond Twister

The second of the complex women’s watches offered this year was simply stunning! In line with some of the complicated women’s watches of the past from Richard: for example the RM019-01, this time, the lattice work dial is covered in a total of 270 diamonds. The movement can be seen through the lattice work if you peer close enough, and the hands to the see the time are just visible above it. The base plate as before is onyx. Onyx is not an easy material to cut a baseplate from. However, this is