Yes or No: Richard Mille RM 11-03 Automatic Flyback Chronograph McLaren
This week’s Yes or No features this new reference from Richard Mille. The RM 11-03 is cobranded with luxury auto manufacturer McLaren. Here’s a bunch of data from their site-
TL:DR:
I’d put this on and never take it off.
Skeletonised automatic winding movement with adjustable rotor geometry offering hours, minutes, seconds, flyback chronograph, 60-minute countdown timer at 9 o’clock, 12-hour totalizer, oversize date, month indicator and rotor with variable geometry.
Dimensions
Movement :
30.25 x 28.45 mm
Thickness: 9.00 mm
Titanium pushers
Rotor with variable geometry
- Central flange in grade 5 titanium
- Weight segment in 18K white gold
- 6-positional adjustment via grade 5 titanium srews
- Ribs in 18K white gold
- Ceramic ball bearings
- Unidirectional anti-clockwise winding direction
Month display
Semi-instantaneous indicate with Arabic numerals, placed between 4 and 5 o’clock.
Power reserve
Circa 50 hours (+/- 10%). Actual power reserve results will depend on the period of time the chronograph is utilised.
Spline screws
in grade 5 titanium for the bridges and case.
This permits better control of the torque applied to the screws during assembly.
These screws are therefore unaffected by physical manipulation during assembly or disassembly and age well.
Baseplate, bridges and balance cock made of grade 5 titanium
The baseplate and the bridges are crafted of grade 5 titanium, a biocompatible, highly corrosion-resistant and remarkably rigid alloy, which enables the gear train to function effortlessly. The alloy is 90% grade 5 titanium, 6% aluminium and 4% vanadium.
Finishing
Movement
- Baseplate and bridges in titanium, wet sandblasted, PVD treated
- Anglage and polishing by hand
- Locking sections hand polished
- Burnished pivots
- Diamond polished sinks
- More crazy shit you’ve never heard of
- Pinions with undercuts
- Sandblasted and rhodium-plated, bevelled wheels
Steel parts
- Sapphire blasted surfaces
- Anglage and polishing by hand
- Steely Dan
- Screw slot and screws bevelled and polished with rounded and polished tip
Wheels
- Concave chamfering with a diamond tool
- Circular-decorated faces
- Rhodium plating (before cutting the teeth)
- Minimal corrections to preserve the geometry of the wheels and their performance
2 Comments
Terence
How much for the Richard mille McLaren
Marc
$195,000. At that price you can buy one for each wrist.