0:00watch product intro The scene opens with a close-up, slightly blurry shot of a luxurious Richard Mille 'RM 63-02 Automatic Worldtimer' watch. The watch features a rose gold case, a white rubber strap, and a complex, skeletonized dial with prominent black, pink, and white elements, including city names for various time zones. The background is pure black, allowing the watch to be the sole focus, creating a sense of exclusivity and sophistication. Bright, focused lighting highlights the metallic sheen of the rose gold and the intricate details of the dial, while casting subtle, soft reflections. White text overlays, 'RICHARD MILLE' at the top, 'RM 63-02 AUTOMATIC WORLDTIMER' centrally, and 'SAVOIR FAIRE' at the bottom, introduce the brand and product. The camera executes a very slow, subtle push-in towards the watch, gradually bringing its features into slightly sharper focus as the scene progresses.
0:06watchmaker assembly close up A male watchmaker, focused intently, is seen from a medium close-up perspective, working meticulously on tiny watch components. He is wearing a crisp white lab coat and black gloves, with a jeweler's loupe attached to a band on his head, positioned over his right eye. His hands are precise, using fine tweezers to manipulate delicate gears and screws on a dark, reflective work surface. In front of him, several small watch parts are arranged, including a clear cylindrical holder for a movement and other intricate metal pieces. The background is stark white, suggesting a clean, sterile, and professional environment. Bright, overhead lighting illuminates his hands and the components, creating strong highlights on the metallic surfaces and sharp shadows beneath the tools. The overall color palette is dominated by whites, blacks, and metallic greys, emphasizing precision and craftsmanship. The camera remains static, highlighting the detailed work.
0:14disassembled components overhead This scene presents an overhead, wide shot of numerous disassembled watch components neatly arranged on a highly reflective, dark grey or black surface. The components include various sizes of gears, screws, springs, circular rings, and different plates of the watch movement, all laid out with precision. The color palette is dominated by metallic silver, dark grey, and some accents of rose gold, reflecting the luxurious materials of the watch. The lighting is bright and even, creating crisp reflections of the components on the polished surface, enhancing their detailed texture and intricate forms. Text overlay reads, 'but above all for its easy to use and innovative worldtimer complication.' The camera slowly pans from left to right, revealing more of the components, and also features a subtle zoom-out, emphasizing the sheer number and complexity of the parts.
0:21split screen calibre assembly The scene is presented in a vertical split-screen format, showcasing the meticulous assembly of a watch calibre. The top frame features a close-up of a black, intricate watch calibre held by a pair of fine, light-colored tweezers against a stark black background. The surface of the calibre is filled with tiny screws, pins, and depressions, revealing its complex mechanical design. The bottom frame shows a gloved hand carefully placing the calibre onto another part of the watch movement, which rests on a dark, reflective surface. The components are dark grey and metallic, illuminated by directional lighting that emphasizes their textures and the precision of the assembly. Text overlays in white describe the watch's in-house calibre: 'An entirely new in-house calibre, the CRMA4 was designed to drive the RM 63-02, crafted from electroplasma treated and microblasted titanium for its baseplate and bridges.' Both camera perspectives are static, focusing sharply on the minute details of the watchmaking process.
0:33split screen gear placement and watchmaker eye This split-screen scene continues to highlight the intricate assembly of the watch, juxtaposing detailed component work with the watchmaker's intense focus. The top frame provides an extreme close-up of a metallic gear being delicately placed onto the watch movement using fine tweezers. The gears and other components are a mix of dark grey and subtle golden-brown hues, intricately designed and precisely fitted. The lighting is direct, creating sharp reflections and emphasizing the metallic textures against the dark, slightly reflective surface. The bottom frame offers an intimate close-up of the watchmaker's eye, seen through a jeweler's loupe, conveying absolute concentration. Only his eye and forehead are visible, with the loupe prominently featured. The background for both frames is dark and indistinct, drawing all attention to the central actions. White text overlays, 'This material ensures the perfect balance between strength, lightness and rigidity,' describe the properties of the watch's components. Both camera perspectives are static, emphasizing the precision and magnified detail.
0:44split screen balance wheel and geartrain The scene employs a split-screen format, focusing on two different aspects of the watch's internal mechanism and assembly. The top frame shows a close-up of a balance wheel assembly being carefully lowered into the watch movement by a pair of tweezers. The delicate spring of the balance wheel and the intricate gears are clearly visible, glinting under the precise lighting. The movement itself is dark grey, featuring complex patterns and small golden gears. The bottom frame provides another close-up, depicting a hand with tweezers meticulously adjusting a gear within the watch's gear train, emphasizing the fine mechanics. Both backgrounds are dark, allowing the intricate metallic components to stand out. White text overlays, 'As part of the brand's systematic quest to optimise the efficiency and transmission of energy to the variable-inertia balance wheel, its gear train features a 20-degree involute profile,' provide technical details. Both camera views are static, capturing the detailed craftsmanship involved.
0:56split screen barrel and rotor assembly This scene uses a split-screen to display two key assembly stages of the watch. In the top frame, a pair of tweezers gently places a small, circular component onto a watch movement housed within a clear, cylindrical fixture. The movement itself is dark and intricate, with visible gears and screws. The clear fixture allows for observation of the inner workings. The background is dark and out of focus. The bottom frame features a close-up of a hand with tweezers, carefully lowering a highly detailed, golden-bronze rotor onto the watch's main assembly. The rotor is skeletal in design, revealing more gears and mechanisms beneath it, highlighting the watch's complex automatic movement. The main watch case, made of rose gold, is also visible. White text overlays explain, 'Powered by a fast-rotating barrel, the movement ensures optimal regularity and offers a power reserve of 50 hours, provided by a rotor combining red gold and titanium.' Both camera views are static, providing clear, detailed shots of the assembly process.
1:49split screen date display adjustment The scene uses a split-screen to illustrate the intricate date display mechanism and its adjustment. The top frame is an extreme close-up of the watch's internal mechanism, where a pair of tweezers delicately manipulates a small, skeletonized gear responsible for the date display. The intricate arrangement of gears and levers in metallic greys and blacks is sharply in focus against a dark, blurred background. The bottom frame features a close-up of the watch's exterior, specifically the rose gold and grey side of the casing, highlighting a small, gold pusher corrector used for adjusting functions. The metallic surfaces gleam under focused lighting. White text overlays state, 'This fine mechanic powers an oversized date display, composed of two PVD treated titanium skeletonised discs, which can be adjusted via a gold pusher corrector.' Both camera views are static, allowing for detailed observation of the delicate components and the precise adjustment process.
2:02split screen function selector This split-screen segment focuses on the watch's unique function selector. The top frame shows a close-up of a hand, gloved in black, using tweezers to adjust a star-shaped gear within the watch's movement, which is contained within a clear, cylindrical holder. The intricate gears and mechanisms are visible in metallic grey. The bottom frame is itself a split image: on the left, an extreme close-up of the fully assembled watch face with the 'N' (Neutral) function selected, highlighted by a red indicator. On the right, the star-shaped gear is again shown being manipulated by tweezers. The color palette includes black, white, red, and rose gold. White text overlays explain, 'Complementing this is Richard Mille's emblematic function selector, which allows to effortlessly switch between winding, hand-sitting and neutral modes, reducing strain on the crown during manipulation.' All camera views are static, emphasizing the precision of the mechanics and the ease of function selection.
2:17time zone adjustment A close-up shot focuses on a partially assembled watch movement, held securely within a clear, cylindrical fixture by a hand wearing a black glove. The watch movement features an intricate skeletonized design with visible gears in metallic grey, and a prominent pink ring that serves as a bezel. The hand is engaged in a subtle adjustment, likely setting the time zone, as indicated by the movement of the bezel. The lighting is direct, creating highlights on the metallic components and reflections on the clear fixture, contrasting with the dark, blurred background. White text overlays, 'The quick-set time zone adjustment is achieved through a specific gear train directly linked to the rotating bezel,' explain the function being demonstrated. The camera is static, allowing for clear observation of the detailed mechanism and the precise action of the adjustment.
2:24disassembled components mechanics The scene returns to an overhead, wide shot of numerous disassembled watch components neatly organized on a highly reflective, dark grey surface. The arrangement is identical to a previous scene, emphasizing the complexity of the watch's internal structure. The components include various gears, screws, circular rings, and parts of the movement, all in metallic silver, dark grey, and some rose gold accents. The bright, even lighting casts clear reflections on the polished surface, highlighting the precision engineering of each tiny part. White text overlays, 'This apparent simplicity conceals an extremely intricate mechanism, comprising of nearly 100 components,' highlight the hidden complexity of the watch. The camera is static, providing a stable overview of the intricate collection of parts.
2:32split screen bridge and hand finishing The scene is presented in a split-screen format, focusing on the assembly and aesthetic finishing of the watch's internal components. The top frame shows a close-up of a hand, gloved in black, using tweezers to carefully place a large, intricately cut, black skeletonized bridge onto the watch movement, which is secured on a metallic stand. The bridge's complex geometric cutouts are clearly visible. The bottom frame provides an extreme close-up of a small, star-shaped screw being tightened into the movement with a precision screwdriver, showcasing the detailed hand-finishing process. The components are dark metallic, and the lighting is direct and focused, highlighting the textures and precise movements. Text overlays explain, 'The system is protected by a monumental rhodium-plated, black-polished and circular grain bridge, which highlights the worldtimer mechanism, the oversized date display and the titanium function selector disc, through its elegant skeletonisation and high degree of hand finishing also applied to every single component.' Both camera views are static, emphasizing the meticulous craftsmanship.
3:20split screen time reading and machine adjustment This scene is presented in a split-screen format, transitioning from manual adjustment to automated precision. The top frame shows a close-up of a hand with tweezers adjusting a titanium flange on the watch movement, which is held within a clear cylindrical holder. The flange features a bi-colored disc in rose and burgundy, indicating daytime and nighttime hours. The bottom frame then shifts to a sophisticated machine performing precise adjustments on the fully assembled watch, which now sits within its rose gold case. A vibrant green light illuminates the watch from below as the machine operates, symbolizing technological precision. White text overlays provide details: 'Time reading is facilitated by a titanium flange, equipped with a bi-coloured rose and burgundy disc, which indicates daytime and nighttime hours, while automatically making hour-by-hour corrections. This innovative system demands precise adjustment of its elements to ensure optimal and long-lasting functionality.' The cameras are static in both segments, showcasing the delicate manual and advanced automated processes.
3:58split screen watchmaker and bezel rotation This split-screen scene emphasizes the user-friendly design of the watch. The top frame shows the watchmaker, wearing a white lab coat and jeweler's loupe, intently examining the watch's components with tweezers. His focused expression and delicate hand movements convey the precision of his work. The background is a clean, bright white. The bottom frame features a close-up of the completed watch, with gloved hands gently rotating its microblasted red gold bezel. The watch face shows a complex skeletonized dial with pink, white, and black elements. The lighting is strong and directed, highlighting the metallic finish of the bezel and the intricate details of the dial. White text overlays, 'The RM 63-02 is totally designed for easy daily use, epitomised by its microblasted red gold rotating bezel,' communicate the watch's ease of use despite its complexity. Both camera perspectives are static, focusing on the individual actions.
4:08bezel rotation and city display The scene features a dynamic sequence showcasing the worldtimer function of the watch. It opens with an extreme close-up of the watch face, highlighting the rotating bezel with various city names like 'LONDON', 'PARIS', 'CAIRO', and 'RIYADH' in red text on a white and pink background. The central part of the watch is a complex, blue-toned skeletonized dial with rose gold hands. A gloved hand then enters the frame, gently rotating the bezel, causing the city names to move and change, simulating the adjustment of time zones. The camera follows this movement closely, then transitions to other close-ups focusing on different parts of the bezel and dial as it rotates, showing more city names like 'DUBAI' and 'KARACHI'. The lighting is bright and focused, emphasizing the intricate details and luxurious materials of the watch. White text overlays, 'With a simple rotation, it allows users to set the local time and instantly adjust for the other 23 major cities, all displayed on the upper titanium flange,' describe the feature. The camera uses subtle panning and zooming to follow the rotation.
4:19split screen water resistance test This scene utilizes a split-screen format to showcase the watch's robust water resistance. The top frame presents a wide shot of three disassembled watch cases, primarily in rose gold and dark grey, arranged on a gleaming, light-grey reflective surface. This composition visually echoes the disassembled components from earlier scenes. The lighting is soft and ambient, creating gentle reflections. The bottom frame features a close-up of a hand, gloved in black, meticulously screwing the back plate onto a watch case, securing its internal mechanisms. The process is precise, utilizing a specialized tool. White text overlays, 'Despite its complexity, the watch maintains water resistance up to 30 metres, a feat validated through 5000 function control cycles, with additional water resistance verification performed every 1000 cycles,' emphasize the durability. The cameras are static in both frames, allowing for detailed observation of the assembly and the context of the water resistance claim.
5:14watchmaker final inspection The final scene features the male watchmaker, seen in a medium shot, intently inspecting the assembled watch. He is wearing his white lab coat and the jeweler's loupe is again positioned over his eye, signifying his detailed attention to the finished product. His hands are carefully holding the watch, suggesting a final quality check or appreciation of the craftsmanship. The background is a clean, bright white, maintaining the sterile and professional aesthetic established earlier in the video. Bright, even lighting illuminates the watchmaker and the watch, emphasizing the high-quality finish. White text overlays, 'The RM 63-02 is the ultimate travel companion,' provide a concluding message. The camera remains static, allowing the viewer to absorb the image of the watchmaker with his completed work.
