Diamond-set ceramic: An unexpected alliance — RICHARD MILLE

After developing gem-setting techniques for Carbon TPT®, Richard Mille engineers sought to extend this approach to new materials. Ceramic quickly emerged as a natural direction, as it had never been explored in this context before. This advancement allows diamonds to be integrated directly into the material without artifice, made possible by a mitraillage process executed through precise machining. Individually produced and meticulously polished to ensure a perfectly smooth feel, white gold prongs, each measuring just 0.25 millimetres in diameter, are embedded within the structure. They receive and secure the diamonds set by hand.