Richard Mille Tourbillon RM 021 “Aerodyne”

The Richard Mille Tourbillon RM 021 “Aerodyne”
Continuing the expansion and application of truly unique materials to watchmaking, the RM 021 is the
first watch created with a composite baseplate utilizing a titanium exterior framework in combination
with honeycombed orthorhombic titanium alumide and carbon nanofiber.

CALIBER RM 021: manual winding tourbillon movement with hours, minutes, power reserve, torque
indicator and function selector.
Dimensions : length 48 mm x 39.30 mm (widest point) x 13.84 mm (thickest area).

Tourbillon Richard Mille 021 specifications
- Movement dimensions: 30.20 x 28.60 mm
- Thickness: 6.35 mm
- Tourbillon diameter: 12.30 mm
- Balance wheel diameter: 10 mm
- Number of jewels: 23
- Balance: GLUCYDUR, 2 arms, 20 setting screws, inertia moment 10 mg/cm2, angle of lift 53º
- Frequency: 21,600 vph (3 Hz)
- Balance spring: ELINVAR by NIVAROX
- Torque indicator with reference measurement in dNmm
- Shock protection: KIF ELASTOR KE 160 B28
- Stone setting in white gold
- Barrel shaft in nickel-free chronifer (DIN x 46 Cr 13 + S) with the following characteristics:
stainless- antimagnetic- suitable for tempering
FINISHING
MOVEMENT
- Anglages polished by hand
- Locking sections hand polished
- Sapphire blasted milled sections
- Lapped and polished contact points
- Burnished pivots
STEEL PARTS
- Sapphire blasted surfaces
- Anglages polished by hand
GEAR WHEELS
- Concave chamfering with a diamond tool
- Circular finished faces
- Gilded (before cutting the teeth)
- Minimum correction applied to the wheels in order to preserve geometry and performance