Between 16 to 20 January 2017 in Geneva has an exhibition of
jewelry and watches. Within this private event was presented the lightest
mechanical watch in the world. The clock was created by a team of specialists
are present University of Manchester, Richard Mille Watches and McLaren Formula
1 team.
McLaren RM 50-3 revolutionary product name and has a housing
made of a composite material called TPT Graph based on Graphene. For those
unaware, graphene is a recently discovered material of two scientists working
at the University of Manchester. In 2004 the two were able exfoliation of
graphite in laboratory conditions. Graphene thus obtained had the thickness of
a carbon atom and is similar to a hexagonal network of carbon atoms.
Physico-chemical characteristics of this material are exceptional. Thus,
graphene has an electrical conductivity a million times higher than copper,
managing to carry this impressive amount of electrons away without too much
heat. It is also highly resistant is two hundred times stronger than steel and
six times lighter.
All this made clock may not weigh more than 40 grams, the
housing material being used titanium and carbon fiber. Even the strap is in
Graphene. There is much information about the precision with which measure the
passage of time clock.
To start the clock will be produced in a limited edition of
only 75 units will be sold exclusively through stores Richard Mille. The price
is not yet known but it is certain that with time buyers will receive a
miniature replica of the 2017 Honda race car McLaren.