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PHARRELL WILLIAMS collaborates with Switzerland watchmaker RICHARD MILLE
After years of assisting the Richard Mille brand name, Pharrell Williams launches their own first collaboration with the Swiss watchmaker, the RM 52-05 Tourbillon watch, celebrating Pharrell’s love of space as well as fascination with the universe.
The RM 52-05 Tourbillon makes full utilization of three key characteristics from the Swiss watch brand: decoration, enamel and painting.
On the dial you can see the face of a helmeted cowboy looking through the space scenery. It's made of titanium and place with white diamonds, dark sapphires, gold and great feu enamel. It's a careful job, done by hand, and also the decoration of the space headgear alone required 15 hrs of work.
The base of the case showcases the grade 5 titanium foundation plate and bridges, made up of 90% titanium, 6% light weight aluminum and 4% vanadium. Exactly the same material is also used in the actual aerospace industry.
Further down, we can notice blue aventurine glass mounted with hexagonal copper deposits, showing bright stars within the night sky.
The watch is powered through the RM 52-05 movement along with fast-rotating barrel, 19 gems, tourbillon, 42-hour power reserve, coup frequency of 21, six hundred HPV, and is submersible in order to 50 meters underwater.
By displaying the particular hours and minutes, features of the watch is reduced, allowing people to appreciate the artwork on the dial.
The watchmaker launches their particular first collaborative model, typically the RM 52-05 Tourbillon, remembering Pharrell’s love of area and fascination with the world.
