Richard Mille is launching the new RM 71-02 Automatic Tourbillon Talisman collection whose protagonists are the prismatic colours of the precious stones enriching the timepieces.

Comprised of ten models, each presented in a limited edition of 7 pieces, the collection is somehow inspired by the club culture of the 1970s and the birth of electronic and disco music.

Diamonds, sapphires, rubies, tsavorites, peridots, lapis lazuli, chrysolemon, malachite, mother-of-pearl, turquoise, pink opal and jasper are just some of the colourful elements used by Cécile Guenat, Creative and Development Director at Richard Mille, for these exclusive creations.

She was inspired by the heightened expression of disco-era individualism, a hyper-realistic synthesis of light, sound and colour that defined slices of 1970s culture such as the throbbing beat of a hit single, the theatrical interiors of Studio 54, glittering lamé and sequin-strewn fashions.

The mechanism incorporates a new automatic tourbillon that is particularly slim, ultra-high performance and enhanced with sparkling diamonds, mother-of-pearl, onyx and black sapphires. The baseplate protecting the tourbillon’s rotation remains open to preserve transparency.