Richard Mille RM 38-02 Tourbillon Bubba Watson
Richard Mille and professional golfer Bubba Watson have been partners for over ten years collaborating at the development of several timepieces but the pink colour – somehow an obsession for Bubba – had not yet been featured in any of them. Pink is on his clubs, his golf balls, his signature driver, his clothing so he pushed the Swiss brand to create a pink model since the beginning of their partnership. They finally agreed and the result is the new Richard Mille RM 38-02 Tourbillon Bubba Watson.
Inspired by the audacity of the previous calibres signed Bubba Watson and by his favourite colour, the RM 38-02 is built around a baseplate in Carbon TPT, which comprises many layers of parallel carbon filaments. This material, omnipresent in the RM 38-02, is very demanding in terms of machining, both because of its hardness and because of the skeletonisation it is subjected to.
As for the entire watch, many extensive tests were carried out on the baseplate to ensure that its skeletonisation in no way affected its mechanical properties. And for sure, golf is an excellent testing ground for such a high-performance sport watch. On the wrist of a great hitter like Bubba Watson, this watch must be able to withstand the stresses of hard stops and drastic accelerations.
Considering that a golf ball today undergoes an acceleration of up to 50,000 g’s, it was critical to ensure that the RM 38-02 could withstand shocks of no less than...
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