With the introduction of the RM UP-01 Ferrari, Richard Mille claims the title of world?s thinnest watch. But there is more to the competition between Richard Mille, Piaget and Bvlgari than a desire to break records.
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In a year that saw the introduction of the thinnest-ever mechanical wristwatch in the Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Ultra, we now have a new king of thin chic: the Richard Mille RM UP-01 Ferrari. When you add the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept, you find yourself with a trio of watches that are bewildering. If you look at them all together in profile, you will (probably) find yourself scratching your head trying to figure out which one is the thinnest, while being amazed that these are all working watches; we have seen both the Piaget and Bvlgari examples up close and can confirm that they are quite real. Our turn will come with this RM UP-01 Ferrari too.
In all seriousness, you will need callipers or some other professional measurement tool to get the story on the differences in specifications between the RM UP-01 Ferrari, Bvlgari Ultra and Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept. One thing we can say for certain is that this fight is far from over, even though we called it for Bvlgari with the Ultra. So, how thin can you go with a mechanical watch" Let us go through the salient specifications for the RM UP-01 first. About that name, although the ...