The brand famed its 10-year partnership while using athlete by launching a little edition.
For Rafael Wci??, "unstoppable" is the word in which best expresses Richard Cooper and his team spirit. Impossible to achieve. It turned out the brand's credo within the past decade when designing the unique bits worn by Spaniards about the tennis courts of the world. Their very own latest collaboration, the RM 27-04, is no exception.
Typically the RM 27-04 balances a light-weight design (weighing only 30th grams including the strap) using massive resistance. Its tourbillon movement suspended within the event resists accelerations of more than 16, 000 grams, a record by simply Richard Mille. The activity is entirely supported by some sort of micro-sandblasted mesh with a exterior of just 855mm², including a braided steel cable connection with a diameter of zero. 27mm, secured by a pair of PVD-treated 5N gold tensioners. This structure is unrivaled in the watchmaking world.
Encouraged by the same principles while tennis racket strings, the actual watchmaker fastened the wire to the tensioner at your five o'clock, then began to make the grid, tying every single main string before putting the cross strings. Braided above and below the principal string, the cable is usually threaded 38 times through the hollow bezel in quality 5 titanium and concluded in a tensioner at twelve o'clock. The movement lies diagonally and is attached to the particular grid by five level 5 polished titanium hook varieties that extend from the back side of the baseplate with a 5N gold PVD coating.
Nonetheless the singularity of the RM 27-04 doesn't stop at their grid. Sandblasted and slick, the case is also innovative within the use of the unique material TitaCarb®. This high-performance polyamide has become reinforced with a 38. five per cent carbon fiber content. This improvement of carbon gives TitaCarb® excellent tensile strength rapid 370 MPa (3, 600 kg/cm2) - making it just about the most corrosion resistant polymers on the globe.
This new model fits properly with the watch collection in the past created for the Spanish champ. It is unique in many ways, mainly because it also marks the 10th anniversary of the collaboration involving Rafael Nadal and Richard Miller. What started being a purely professional relationship amongst the 12-time French Open winner and the founder of the brand this bears his name evolved into a strong friendship. According to the Mallorcan, it was a "very special" relationship, a friendship which stemmed from their mutual have confidence in and admiration for their respected professions. The RM 27-04 is "Rafa"'s new best friend on the field, with an abridged version of his brand engraved on the case.