Renowned since the brand’s launch for the sur- passing technicity of its watches, Richard Mille is also known for gracing the wrists of great sports champions — Felipe Massa in Formula 1, Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev in tennis, Bubba Watson in golf, Alexis Pinturault on the ski slopes.
As early as 2013, the brand seized an opportunity to work with Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake on a tourbillon watch made of a carbon-nanotube composite featuring revolutionary ergonomics in the form of an asymmetrical shape. One leitmotif of Richard Mille since the very beginning has been opening horology to active collaboration with partners at the pinnacle of their respective disciplines, and the brand excels at combining technique with sportiness.

Among the over 70 models in the RM collection to date, there can be found a watch designed for regattas, and others specially produced for rally driver Sébastien Loeb, for instance, or polo player Pablo Mac Donough.
The RM 67-02 Automatic Alexander Zverev is faithful to this philosophy. For his latest addition, Richard Mille wished to update the extra-flat RM 67-01 by adding a sporty quality to its rare elegance. The development engineers were given a single directive to comply with: to create a watch that would guarantee, under all circumstances, the genuine ‘symbiosis’ between the sportsman and his watch which the demands he is subjected to by his sport practice render absolutely crucial. The celebrated formula ‘Less is more,’ appropriated by Mies van der Rohe to describe his ardent Minimalism, applies with perfect accuracy to the RM 67-02: the essential edges out all superfluity.

Case in carbon TPT® and case-band in red quartz TPT®
Quartz TPT® is composed of over 600 layers of parallel filaments obtained from separating silica threads. These layers, no thicker than 45 microns, are saturated in a red resin then inserted between layers using an automatic positioning system that changes the orientation of the fibre between each layer by 45°.

Gear teeth profile
The entire going train of the CRMA7 calibre utilises a special profiling for the teeth of the wheels that produces a 20° pressure angle. This provides an excellent transmission of torque to the balance wheel, thus ensuring superlative chronometric performance.

Calibre CRMA7
The seventh in-house designed Richard Mille calibre is machined in grade 5 titanium. Every aspect of this mechanism was subjected to separate and extensive validation tests to ensure optimal strength.

Dynamic case
These crenetions are characteristic of Richard Mille sports pieces distinguishing them from the lifestyle models while strengthening their structure.

Comfort strap
The brand developed this new elastic strap, known as a ‘comfort’ band, especially for watches worn by the sportsman of the Richard Mille family. It offers an alternative to Velcro® for even more lightness. The reinforced elasticity of this entirely seamless and non-slip strap allows it to perfectly fit the contours of each wrist, adapting to individual morphology, improving comfort even further.

There are hours and there are minutes. Its innovations lie elsewhere, largely in its lightness and resistance, achieved thanks to the significant means deployed in its production. The calibre is protected by a case made of Carbon TPT® and red Quartz TPT® -composite materials exclusive to Richard Mille—which ensures exceptional resistance to shocks despite the slim profile of the crystal/caseband/caseback assembly, a mere 7.80 mm thick.

At the heart of this watch, ready for every possible contingency of high-level tennis practice, beats the brand’s seventh in-house calibre, the CRMA7, with its especially taut, finely honed lines. The filigree rotor, crafted of Carbon TPT® and white gold drives the grade 5 titanium movement. The baseplate and bridges crafted in this material are given a black and grey DLC coating. Following the several hundred hours required to program and calibrate the machines, a minimum of two hours of milling is required to create the extreme skeletonisation of a single baseplate.

The teeth of its gears employ a highly original involute profiling that guarantees optimal transmission of power from the barrel to the variable-inertia balance wheel for the entirety of its 50-hour running time. The lines of the movement are complemented by the dial, which is machined from a sheet of titanium just four tenths of a millimetre thick, then finished with a black DLC coating and painted by hand in colours representing the sportsman’s native country.

The quest for extreme wearer comfort in the RM 67-02 is the driving force behind a new comfort band. No timepiece deserves the name ‘sports watch’ if its strap doesn’t meet the same requirements as its case. Entirely seamless, the non-slip and hyper elastic qualities of the strap allow it to perfectly fit each wrist by adapting to individual morphology. This strap’s unprecedented lightness made it possible to bring the weight of the RM 67-02 down to 32 grams, making it the lightest automatic watch in the Richard Mille collection.


For Richard Mille, there is more to life than watches. There are also straps — as witness the latest of these, which completes the RM 67-02.

For over a decade, Richard Mille partners have amassed a stunning record of performances while wearing their watches, in no small part because these fit like a second skin. Also, the ergonomics and wearer comfort of watches remain a constant concern of the brand.

Since the brand first launched, sportsman have been at the heart of research and development efforts. The ergonomics of straps, how they are affixed to the case, and the materials used to > make them are all the subject of uncommon scrutiny, ensuring their ability to withstand the most punishing conditions. The first ever ‘bespoke’ watchband was designed for Felipe Massa, who wanted a rubber strap that would maximise air flow. The elegant design of this accessory—made of hypoallergenic material — presents wide louvers that echo and extend the lines of the case without jeopardising its 20-kilo mechanical resistance, and has proved a lasting success. A few years later, Rafa’s RM 027 was to receive a double-closure Velcro® strap. Flexible, comfortable and vibration resistant, its totally reliable closure enabled a customised fit. These qualities were to catch the attention of another Richard Mille partner, Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean, as freeing him up to wear his watch outside his overalls.

The new comfort strap is Richard Mille’s response to all the high-level sportsman out there who feel they have a right to expect maximum comfort during their exertions. To meet this challenge, the engineers studied one of their key accessories: shoes. Lightness, support and the transmission of sensation — the footwear studies yielded precious information processed by Richard Mille to provide the innovation of this seamless woven bracelet which requires no buckle for closure. A special weave guarantees high elasticity, accommodating a wide range of movements. It also offers optimal breathability, avoiding any risk of slippage on the part of the watch subjected to intense forces. Lastly, it would be hard for a band to be lighter than this buckle-free strap reinforced with titanium
inserts at its joint with the case.

Rubber, polyurethane, Velcro® and more... every material used at Richard Mille is exhaustively scrutinised for its flexibility and reactions to temperature variations. We owe it to each of the champions we work alongside that, regardless of their discipline, we can guarantee the flexibility, comfort and hypoallergenic qualities of their watchbands.