Richard Mille RM35-02 Rafael Nadal Automatic Winding
Developing the Nadal line is always an attractive prospect, because it involves ambitiously pursuing continued technical improvements while keeping the watch’s aesthetics current through the clever use of new materials – like the Carbon TPT® line – and new colours. Inspired by the RM 35-01, the RM 35-02 emerged in response to a request from many Richard Mille customers for a self-winding mechanism at the heart of a Nadal calibre.
From their very first meeting in 2008, Richard Mille and Rafael Nadal embarked on one of the most extraordinary shared adventures in contemporary fine watchmaking. As a result, the name ‘Nadal’ now graces a unique collection of Richard Mille watches that are synonymous with innovation, lightness and shock-resistance.
Each of the models they have designed together – from the first RM 027 with its carbon nanotube case in 2010 to the cable-suspended movement of the RM 27-01, or the RM 27-02 with its Carbon TPT® ‘unibody’ baseplate – has embodied a major leap forwards in terms of research and development, bearing witness to what could well be described as an entirely new, structural approach to watchmaking.