Richard Mille Rafael Nadal RM 035 Watch

Last week, he has defeated David Ferrer and became the first ever tennis player to win two separate tournaments 6 or more times. At only 24 years old, Rafael Nadal has already won nine Grand Slams, and during his latest match, he wore Richard Mille RM 027 Tourbillon on his wrist. The RM 027 Tourbillon is one of the world’s lightest mechanical tourbillon wristwatches, weighing just 20 grams. It is especially designed for Nadal to allow him total freedom of movement on the tennis court. A couple of months ago, the company presented their new model RM 035, also known as the Rafael Nadal Chronofiable watch. The watch is the first manual winding movement in the Richard Mille collection to have Chronofiable certification.



Chronofiable is an accelerated ageing test that stimulates normal wearing conditions with an intensity factor of about 8. This way, the reliability rate of a watch product is precisely evaluated and only the most resistant watches that survive various shocks, angular accelerations and thermal conditions, can get certification. Today the Chronofiable procedure is an essential step on the path to approval and qualification of the products of many manufacturers.

The RM 035 is made upon the same principles as RTM 027 Tourbillon. This is another super lightweight watch, with a movement weighing just 4,3 grams. The unusual and fully skeletonized core is treated with black PVD, relying on the caliber RMUL1, with 24 jewels and beating at 4Hz.

Designed for the champion, the extremely durable and accurate movement is fitted with a free sprung balance with variable inertia, to ensure better reliability even when the watch is subject to shocks, prolonged wear, or movement assembly and dis-assembly.

Nested in a light case crafted from magnesium-aluminum alloy, this sporty watch is water resistant to 50 meters, and protected by two Nitril O-ring seals.

The new RM 035 Rafael Nadal watch will retail for $85,000. This is less expensive than the RM 027 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal watch, which is priced around $525,000.