The Richard Mille RM UP-01 Ferrari watch is a technical tour de force, with a slender case measuring in at an incedible 1.75mm. To put you in the right frame of mind while you stare goggle-eyed at this non-watch-like creation, a credit card has a thickness of 0,76mm or 0.03 inches. That’s thin, and it means that Richard Mille’s tour de force, the mic-dropping RM UP-01 Ferrari, will turn your perceptions of watchmaking on its head. And by doing so, it wins the Thin Trophy by a massive 0,05 millimeters.
At this level, the wrist-one-upmanship is in Mille’s favour, and the scales have been moved by a big margin (or should that be nano-thin?). The previous holder of the ultra-thin championship belt, the Bulgari Finissimo, had its movement integrated into the base of the watch. In contrast, the RM UP-01 is built like a traditional (well..) watch, having a separately assembled movement of just 1.18mm fitted into a titanium case.
