Richard Mille’s timekeeping partnership with the Le Mans Classic, the world’s most famous racing event for historic cars, began with its inception in 2002. The biennial event, like so many others, has had its schedule disrupted by Covid-19 pandemic restrictions: last held in 2018, it was canceled in July 2020 and recently pushed again from July 2021 to the following year, 2022 (followed by another edition in 2023). Despite the absence of an actual race this year, Richard Mille once again celebrates its Le Mans collaboration with the release of a limited-edition timepiece ? the eighth in the series ? the RM 029 Automatic Le Mans Classic.

Richard Mille RM 029 Automatic Le Mans Classic

The distinctive, sporty, green-and-white color combination of the watch’s tonneau case is sure to catch the eye of Le Mans Classic fans. Measuring 40.1 mm by 48.15 mm in diameter and 13.1 mm thick, and mounted on a white, vented rubber strap, the case has a middle section milled from a single block of Quartz TPT, a high-tech material that Richard Mille added to its watchmaking repertoire several years ago. The front bezel is made from green Quartz TPT with characteristic double Le Mans stripes, made from separate pieces of white Quartz TPT, inlaid into it at 12 and 6 o’clock. This melding of two colors of Quartz TPT in a single bezel is a first for the brand. A Le Mans checkered flag emblem, in the signature colors, also appears on the sapphire dial between 6 and 7 ...