HAUTE BIJOUX
WARRIOR STANCE
aking almost four years to design, Richard Mille’s newest manual-wind RM 47 Tourbillon pays homage to Japanese culture by way of the samurai. A new compact calibre was designed to make way for the stylised samurai suit of armour—comprising 11 handcrafted components that required 16 hours of engraving and a further nine hours of painting—that takes pride of place on its front. Samurai aficionados will also recognise the reference made to the 18-century Asano clan, to
