Richard Mille RM 008-V2 Tourbillon Split-Second Chronograph Ref. RM 008-V2

With functionality that is very close to that of the RM 004, the flagship RM 008 incorporates all the characteristics of the RM 004 split-seconds chronograph, to which a tourbillon carriage made up of 85 parts and weighing just a third of a gramme (0.34 g) was added. It was, in fact, the first new split-seconds chronograph designed in the 21st century, and for several years after its release in 2003, this watch remained the most complicated timepiece in the collection. It was so technically complicated that, when the brand first started out, there was only one watchmaker in Switzerland capable of flawlessly executing the extremely demanding finishing and assembly operations required.