The RM 17-01 has been around for a while in various forms, but it’s a watch based on an even earlier Richard Mille model, the RM 017. The RM 017 is a rectangular watch with an ultra-thin profile and a skeletonized, hand-wound tourbillon movement. It’s long been an outsider in the RM catalog, with its slim, geometric profile. The RM 17-01 takes that same movement and mounts it in a more familiar, thicker tonneau-shaped case. It’s the same technology, presented in a more recognizable Richard Mille package.
The RM 17-01 has been around for a while in various forms, but it’s a watch based on an even earlier Richard Mille model, the RM 017. The RM 017 is a rectangular watch with an ultra-thin profile and a skeletonized, hand-wound tourbillon movement. It’s long been an outsider in the RM catalog, with its slim, geometric profile. The RM 17-01 takes that same movement and mounts it in a more familiar, thicker tonneau-shaped case. It’s the same technology, presented in a more recognizable Richard Mille package.
