According to Richard Mille, the RM 72-01 Chronographe Lifestyle In-House Chronograph is inspired by "the lofty intersection between music, dance and complicated watchmaking". A 100% #SoBARNES marvel.
Hats off. Richard Mille is certainly no stranger to feats of watchmaking prowess, but the RM 72-01 Lifestyle In-House Chronograph is in a class of its own. Like a waltz, it beats the time according to a three-beat rhythm highlighted by three numbers: three, eight and 11 o’clock. The hands move in rhythm within these three stylised chronograph counters (blue for seconds, orange for minutes, green for hours). The extremely precise mechanism, entirely designed and crafted in the brand's Swiss workshops, is visible through the signature Richard Mille openwork. A marvel available in four versions: red gold, titanium, white or black ceramic.
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This newcomer, of course, adopts the brand's aesthetic codes and is the first flyback chronograph developed in-house: the flyback makes it possible to reset the running chronograph hand without first having to stop the mechanism by pushing/releasing the reset pusher. In other words, a single push of the button stops the chronograph, resets it to zero and starts a new one. A performance that mobilised a team for 30 months at Richard Mille!
But how do you realise – technically and artistically – such an ambitious project? Richard Mille turned to choreographer Benjamin Millepied and composer Thomas Roussel. Two artists who draw on the traditions of their respective disciplines to deliver contemporary visions:
For this choral work, entitled Within; Benjamin Millepied stepped behind the camera for the occasion, and chose to shoot in the middle of the Joshua Tree desert, surrounded by the arid terrain of rocks and sand. In this setting of absolutes, the dancers perform a parallel and cyclical choreography that counts the seconds, intensely linking time and space.
Starting from a sample from the watch’s stopwatch function, Thomas Roussel has injected a tempo into it, a musical rhythm with raw and unbridled energy. He weaves a repetitive and mysterious primordial music around a tourbillon of vitality. A composition performed by the 50 musicians of the prestigious London Symphony Orchestra in the recording studio at St. Luke's Church in London.
We at #SoBARNES, were left speechless. And you?
Infos : Richardmille.com
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