The first chronograph Richard Mille made itself, and which RM 72-01 you mean.
Richard Mille introduced the RM 72-01 on 8 September 2020 with calibre CRMC1, its first flyback chronograph movement developed in-house. Earlier chronographs such as the RM 11 were built on supplied movements. The CRMC1 is automatic, 6.05 mm thick, with a platinum rotor on ceramic ball bearings, a free-sprung balance and about 50 hours of reserve, and its flyback works through patented oscillating pinions; Revolution described it as the first chronograph with two of them. Three chronograph counters are set asymmetrically around the skeletonised dial, with a date at seven o'clock.
The case is 38.40 × 47.34 mm and 11.68 mm thick, water-resistant to 30 m. At launch it was not a limited edition and came in four cases: grade 5 titanium, 5N red gold, and black TZP or white ATZ ceramic, each ceramic with a red gold caseband. Two limited editions followed in Quartz TPT, 150 pieces each: the green and white Le Mans Classic in 2023 and the white and red Charles Leclerc in May 2025, with a crown shaped like a tyre. Our photograph shows that last styling.
So "an RM 72-01" is half a brief. Tell us the case, or the edition, and whether unworn matters; availability and timing are confirmed for your request before you commit to anything, and the individual watch is itemised in writing before you decide.
- Calibre CRMC1, Richard Mille's first in-house flyback chronograph
- Patented oscillating pinions; platinum rotor on ceramic bearings
- 11.68 mm thick, about 50 hours of reserve, date at seven
- Sourced to your brief; availability confirmed for each request
