RM 68-01 Tourbillon Cyril Kongo

The RM 68-01 springs from Richard Mille's idea to open fine watchmaking to contemporary art. The plate and bridges of the movement, as well as the flange, become an outlet for the creative work of street artist Cyril Kongo, forming a coherent whole. Kongo is originally a graffiti artist, and it took over a year to develop the equivalent of a micro spray can that was capable of spraying droplet by droplet with extreme precision. The real challenge, however, was to achieve a palette of unique, inalterable and bright colours that would perfectly adhere to the titanium components and therefore resist being dismantled and reassembled. The shape of the carbon case with black ceramic bezel and back plays on an asymmetrical design, varying in thickness between 9 and 3 o'clock, and in height between 12 and 6 o'clock.