Richard Mille
RM 016 Automatic Extra Flat
RM016
Richard Mille's rare foray into ultra-thin dress watchmaking.
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Overview
The RM 016 Automatic Extra Flat represents a deliberate departure from Richard Mille's signature tonneau silhouette, adopting a rectangular case that places it firmly in the tradition of the dress watch. Measuring 49.8 × 38 mm in grade-5 titanium, it pairs an architecturally skeletonized dial with a date complication, balancing technical transparency with formal restraint. Calibre RMAS7 powers the piece, delivering automatic winding within a remarkably slim profile.
History
Introduced in 2007, the RM 016 occupied a distinct niche within the Richard Mille catalogue by addressing the dresswear context that the brand's more sculptural sport models could not easily fill. Its rectangular case geometry was unusual for a manufacture that had built its identity around the tonneau form, signalling an ambition to compete in the rarefied world of ultra-thin complications. The reference remained in production for roughly a decade, concluding around 2016, and is today regarded by collectors as one of the more understated and formally elegant expressions of the RM universe.
Notable points
- Rectangular 49.8 × 38 mm titanium case — a rare departure from Richard Mille's characteristic tonneau shape.
- Calibre RMAS7 provides automatic winding within an extra-flat architecture, a significant engineering challenge for the brand.
- Skeletonized dial with date complication offers the brand's hallmark mechanical transparency in a dress-watch context.
- Grade-5 titanium construction keeps weight minimal despite the larger case footprint.
- Produced from 2007 to approximately 2016, making it one of the longer-running references in the early RM catalogue.
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