Quick specs Richard Mille RM 65-01 Automatic Split-Seconds Chronograph McLaren W1
Price: approx. $ 350,000 | approx. € 340.000 | approx. £ 290,000 | CHF 320’000 (all excluding taxes)
Size: 44 x 49.9 mm
Reference: RM 65-01 W1 – limited to 500 pieces
A new McLaren supercar means a new watch dedicated to that car, this is the Richard Mille RM 65-01 Automatic Split-Seconds Chronograph McLaren W1. It is more or less the same watch as the Richard Mille RM 65-01 Automatic Winding Split-seconds Chronograph in blue and yellow. But now adjusted to the McLaren brand. Which means lots of “papaya” orange, combined with blue and yellow to enhance the readability of the timepiece.
The 44 x 49.9-millimeter tripartite case is from carbon TPT, an extra strong variant of carbon while keeping the lightweight properties of the material. The dial is skeletonized with skeletonized steel-ish hour and minute hands with a yellow luminescent tip. The small seconds on a sub dial at the 6 o’clock position are also executed in yellow.
Double chronograph function
The date is displayed in a vertical aperture at the 11 o’clock position, but the main attraction is the split-seconds chronograph. Also known as a rattrapante chronograph. The two hands in grey, one with blue tip and one with orange tip, can time multiple events simultaneously. And up to 1/10th of a second. Most ideal when those events start at the same time but do not finish together.
There is an orange-white sub dial with 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, and an orange-white 12-hour counter at 9 o’clock. Furthermore, a function selector for Winding, Date and Hand Setting functions. And a blue tachymeter scale at the flange of the dial.
The Richard Mille RM 65-01 Automatic Split-Seconds Chronograph McLaren W1 has a power reserve of 60 hours
The movement of the Richard Mille RM 65-01 Automatic Split-Seconds Chronograph McLaren W1 is the Richard Mille caliber RMAC4. It has a rapid winding system to recharged the power reserve of 60 hours in a few pushes. With the push piece at 8 o’clock, from orange Quartz TPT.
The baseplate and the bridges of this automatic movement are from grade 5 titanium, with sand-blasted and rhodium-plated beveled wheels. Among a long list of finish techniques that can justify the price level of around plus 300,000 excluding taxes a bit. The watch comes on a rubber papaya orange strap or a black rubber strap, and it is limited to 500 pieces.
| Technical data and specifications of the Richard Mille RM 65-01 Automatic Split-Seconds Chronograph McLaren W1 |
| Reference number: RM 65-01 W1 – limited to 500 pieces |
| Movement: Richard Mille caliber RMAC4 | Automatic | Diameter: 31.78 x 29.98 mm | Thickness: 8.69 mm | Frequency: 36,000 vph (5 Hz) | Parts: +600 | Jewels: 51 | Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, rattrapante 1/10th of a second chronograph | Power reserve: 60 hours |
| Case and dial: 44 x 49.9 mm | Carbon TPT | Thickness: 16.1 mm | Sapphire with anti-reflective treatment on both sides | Satin-finished and polished grade 5 titanium bezel topped with second bezel in Carbon TPT | Skeletonized dial with tachymeter scale | PVD titanium date wheel | Skeleton hour and minute hands with luminescent tip | Central chronograph hands with luminescent tips | Open-worked chronograph sub dials with wheel design | Grade 5 titanium crown with McLaren logo and papaya orange rubber grip coating | Sapphire case back with anti-reflective treatment on both sides | Water resistance: 5 ATM / 5 bar / 50 meters / 165 feet |
| Strap: Papaya orange or black rubber strap |
| Price Richard Mille RM 65-01 Automatic Split-Seconds Chronograph McLaren W1: approx. $ 350,000 | approx. € 340.000 | approx. £ 290,000 | CHF 320’000 (all excluding taxes) |
| Website: www.richardmille.com |