Mille's engine spec....

Being an ‘engine guy’ I can get pretty excited about a car or bike that may be circulating in the midfield simply because “it has the highest revving wire sprung engine” or whatever. So, for a brand so associated with high performance motorsport and ‘drawing’ upon it for inspiration, I find it odd that the ‘engine’ seems to have such a disappointing spec for a ‘technorak’ like myself.

If I draw an analogy with engines, we can assess them in very specific terms and I’ve always had a formula in the back of my mind when I look at a watch that says:

Chances of being impressed ~= (vph^2 X balance wheel inertia X power reserve)

If I apply this to RM, I come up short. Why is it that the RM range seems to mostly consist of an unremarkable 21600 frequency, with a modest 10 mgcm2 balance and average power reserve of 50-70 hours or so? In fact the balance power is 1/3 to a 1/4 of a Rolex 3135. That doesn’t sound very ‘F1’. Surely with these unique applied materials we should be looking at the highest combination of balance power and energy reserve?

Velociphile