The new Richard Mille RM 40-01 Automatic Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail was released yesterday and here’s the assembly process of its impressive calibre CRMT4. This movement is an automatic winding tourbillon movement with hours, minutes, variable-geometry rotor, oversize date, power reserve indicator, and function selector. The entirely new automatic movement architecture demanded a remarkable 8,600 hours of development, much of which went into finalizing the extreme level of detail.
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Richard Mille RM 40-01 Automatic Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail. A Totally New Case Shape Following the Car's Design.
For Richard Mille, the man, a future that involved the McLaren car brand was all but written in the stars. A lifelong automobile enthusiast, his passion dates back to 1966, when he was just 15 years old and his father took him to the Monaco Grand Prix, where he saw Bruce McLaren driving his M2B, the very first McLaren Formula 1 car. He recalls vividly the ‘absolutely terrifying’ sound of the Ford engine, which was really intended to power the McLaren Can-Am car in the Indianapolis 500.
