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RM050-01 Romain Grosjean Lotus Chronograph

The pick of the new watches in my book. At SIHH 2014 only the rose gold version was available to see, touch, and feel. At the time I thought that the watch was too heavy; not sufficiently in the spirit of the other Richard Mille Formula 1 watches to qualify as something that I would be interested in. However, at the London showing of the new collection, the all NTPT carbon casing was on show. Now I get it! The watch clad in the all new NTPT carbon is a lightweight Formula 1 racing machine of the first order. Don’t be fooled by the gold elements of the movement: they are anodized alloys. But the look and feel of the watch is just perfect. Will write more on the watch later, but there is a depth to the movement and the watch that makes it one of the more exciting pieces Richard has developed in recent times. The integration of the g-force meter and the chronograph is new and unique. Unlike past Richard Mille watches, the RM050-1 for Grosjean and Lotus is a complex tourbillon, rather than a time-only tourbillon. It is a departure, but a great one at that.