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This $1.73 Million Swiss Watch Is Now the World’s Thinnest at 1.80mm July 26, 2022 (0 comments)
Les Breuleux, Switzerland--Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille has launched the world's thinnest mechanical watch.
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A report states that the watch has a profile of 1.80mm, which is 0.05mm less than the previous record holder, Bulgari's Octo Finissimo Ultra — about the thickness of human hair.
The report adds that the Richard Mille RM UP-01 Ferrari Ultra-Thin results from 6,000 hours of R&D and laboratory testing and is a collaboration with watchmakers Audemars Piguet Le Locle and car makers Ferrari.
Richard Mille will present this watch as a limited edition. Only 150 watches are said to be produced, each carrying a price tag of $1.73 million.
"RM UP-01 Ferrari constitutes a triumph of technical prowess and exemplifies a new approach to watch mechanics in which technicity more than ever dictates aesthetics," the company said, as per the report.
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