Jean Todt 50th Anniversary

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Jean Todt 50th Anniversary - Richard Mille
On the occasion of his friend Jean Todt’s 50-year career anniversary, Richard Mille unveils three new models bearing Jean Todt’s name and favorite colours.

During the Chantilly Art & Elegance 2016 edition, the brand celebrated alongside the man who wrote the greatest pages of motorsport history with an amazing Jubilee. Jean Todt and Richard Mille have forged a strong friendship based on their shared passions: watchmaking, extreme technicity and all things automotive. The two men agree to acknowledge one another equally obsessive, detail-oriented and demanding in their respective fields, as this special series demonstrates.

Presented last September, the RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph is definitely a sporty watch, inspired by automobiles and their history. Powered by a grade 5 Titanium automatic calibre, the RM 11-03 Jean Todt 50th Anniversary is protected by a white and blue Quartz TPT™ new case. This extremely light and resistant composite is obtained by stacking 600 layers of silica only 45 microns think, which are then impregnated with an exclusive Richard Mille blue resin. The whole is then heated to 120°C before being machined.

La RM 11-03 Chronographe Flyback de Richard Mille

Blue Quartz TPT™ is also used for the case of the RM 050 Jean Todt 50th Anniversary. This calibre houses a split-second chronograph regulated by a tourbillon. The extreme skeletonisation of the bridges and baseplate, combined with the use of titanium and carbon nanofibre made it possible to obtain a particularly light movement, weighing 9.5 grams only but offering startling performance.

La RM 050 Jean Todt 50th Anniversary de Richard Mille

This exceptional mechanism also animates the final piece of the Jean Todt collection: the RM 056, which is housed in a sapphire case. Its construction and curvature require both human ingenuity and very long machining times, essential to achieving this level of ergonomics and finish. It required no less than 1,000 hours of machining per case, including 430 hours devoted to grinding and 350 hours of polishing.

La RM 056 Jean Todt 50th Anniversary de Richard Mille

The RM 11-03, RM 050 and RM 056 Jean Todt 50th Anniversary are produced respectively in limited editions of 150, 5 and 3 pieces.

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