The ongoing partnership between McLaren Automotive and Richard Mille has spawned a new timepiece called the RM 40-01 Automatic Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail. As the name suggests, the new limited edition watch is themed around the McLaren Speedtail supercar and is touted as the most ambitious creation to come from the collaboration between the two brands. Richard Mille pushed the limits of watchmaking to craft this new timepiece to match the Speedtail which is considered the most technologically advanced road car by McLaren to date.

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The case of the RM 40-01 Automatic Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail features a teardrop design which is said to be inspired by the aerodynamic shape of the supercar it is based on. According to the watchmaker, the case alone is made up of 69 individual components and took 18 months and five prototypes to perfect. The bezel and the caseback are made out of titanium, while the case band is made from Richard Mille?s Carbon TPT. You can also find the McLaren logo on the crown.

The movement powering the watch is even more extreme, which supposedly took over 8,600 hours to develop. The in-house CRMT4 movement reflects the details of the McLaren Speedtail. Grade 5 titanium has been used for key componen...