The first square Richard Mille watch I have seen. RM016 is made by U mi studio, which is a new name in this industry, but is actually operated by a factory that has been in this business for many years, it is ZF. ZF was a big famous watch maker before, more popular than APS factory, but now I even doubt that ZF does not exist after that raiding happened years ago. Why do I think so? Because ZF used to be more active, they usually published new watches in front of APS, but today, we seldom see new watches or improvements on existing models made by ZF, the situation is, a long time after APS released the new model, ZF finally promoted the same watch, this is strange. Or actually ZF is also operated by the same team APS? Anyone who wants to invest in developing new replica watches can use ZF name to sell them.
RM016 is a new model, no other factories make it, now only U mi has this watch, price is expensive. Some dealers said U mi is a high-end studio and makes the best Richard Mille replicas, this is not true, take this RM016 as an example, the replica is made with titanium, but genuine watch has a special processing on the titanium, so if you compare the case between the replica and genuine, you will see color difference. The thickness of the case is about 9.6mm, which is still a bit thicker than that of the genuine. Well, I am attracted by its square case, skeleton dial and the unique look of the auto rotor. However, do not buy this watch currently, there will be improvements made in future if this is really a popular RM watch.
What other Richard Mille watches does U mi have? Yes, they make some popular models like RM35-02, RM055 and RM67-02. The former two are also produced by APS, and APS is the first to offer the RM35-02 and RM055 with free-sprung balance movement, now ZF uses name U mi to sell these two Richard Mille watches, their intention is obvious, to pose as a high-end studio so that buyers think they are superior. Actually their quality is the same as that of APS.
