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RICHARD MILLE RM 033 AUTOMATIC EXTRA FLAT

The RM 033 Automatic Extra Flat breaks all the rules normally associated with Richard Mille watches. Firstly, it features a 45.7mm round case, a departure from the brand’s signature tonneau- or barrel-shape. Secondly, at just 6.3mm thick it’s a wisp of a watch – in fact, the RM 033 is the thinnest timepiece ever made by Richard Mille. Despite its thinness, this watch still bears all the hallmarks of the avant-garde watch brand. From the sapphire-crystal case back to the skeletonised base plate and mono-bloc micro rotor, every functional element has a distinctive and ultra-modern industrial aesthetic. With a 42-hour power reserve, luminous hands and markers, and water resistance of 3 bar, this watch is built and designed for use, and its beauty, strength and lightness all signify an impressive feat of horological engineering. More importantly, it shows Richard Mille shattering the notion that complicated watches are necessarily heavy and bulky.