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Richard Mille
Ref. RM35-01 CA
Rafael Nadal
An innovative and ultra-lightweight Carbon TPT® semi-skeletonized tonneau-shaped wristwatch with center seconds, warranty, and presentation box
Full-Cataloguing
• Historic Richard Mille and Rafael Nadal collaboration model
• Made with ultra-lightweight Carbon TPT®
• Complete set
Richard Mille released his first model, the RM001 in 2001, and thus began an independent brand known for visionary and avant-garde designs. Since their beginning, Mille has pushed the limits of horology making some of the most technical watches of the 21st century. His cutting edge designs are immediately recognizable, and are sophisticated, practical, and comfortable on the wrist. In 2008, Richard Mille and tennis Grand Slam winner and Spanish tennis champion Rafael Nadal collaborated on the creative light-weight tourbillon wristwatch, RM027 released in 2010.
The Nadal collection expanded since then, with the first time-only RM35 crafted in alumagnesium released in 2011, followed by the upgraded Carbon TPT® RM35-01, like the present watch introduced in 2014. The model displays the innate strength and will of Rafael Nadal who as a champion doesn’t allow barriers to block his path to success. The automatic caliber RMUL3 with grade 5 titanium is highly impact resistant and tested under severe conditions. The case is made from Carbon TPT® (Thin Ply Technology), a high performance composite material made from stacked layers of carbon fiber no thicker than 30 microns each. A featherweight watch, it has been designed to withstand the shocks and G-forces generated by a professional tennis player and in particular, Nadal’s incredible force when hitting a tennis ball. In fact, the watch can withstand an astounding accelerative force of 5,000Gs.
A marvel of horological engineering, the present RM35-01 is offered in excellent condition and complete with its warranty dated January 2026 and presentation box. The Rafael Nadal RM35 is complex and highly innovative wristwatch that matches the precision of a professional tennis great.
Richard Mille
Swiss | 1999Established in 1999, Richard Mille's ultra-modern timepieces combine cutting-edge materials from high performance worlds such as Formula 1 racecars with high-end traditional watchmaking. The brand's revolutionary designs, technical breakthroughs and exceptional hand-finishing excite even the most discriminating collectors, and have positioned Richard Mille alongside the top makers of the modern luxury watch world.
Innovative watches, such as the RM 027 Tourbillon, which was the world’s lightest mechanical watch when introduced in 2011, have helped the brand invert the concept of the luxury watch. Key models include the RM 009 Tourbillon cased in Aluminum Silicon Carbide (AlSiC), the RM 027-02 Tourbillon made for tennis star Rafael Nadal with a case made from quartz and carbon fiber and the RM 008 split seconds chronograph.