Richard Mille’s name is today synonymous with avant-garde materials and cutting-edge movement construction forged on the back of high-performance models developed in partnership with a roster of elite athletes like Rafael Nadal, Felipe Massa, Pablo Mac Donough and Bubba Watson. However, every now and then the brand likes to shock its audience with a quirky little complication that’s unlike anything else out there.

The RM 69 is the brand’s take on the “Erotic Watches” genre that goes back centuries. Whilst the pocket watches and wristwatches of yore featured automaton figurines, Richard Mille’s reinterpretation is less graphic, more subtle. Central to this idea is the Oracle complication - a combination of three rollers in the top half of the open-worked dial that will display a random sequence of words that form a naughty titillating message every the pusher at 10 o’ clock is activated.

The only other distraction on the dial is a tourbillon at 6 o’ clock, which in any other wristwatch would have taken centre-stage. Launched in 2015, the watch was produced in an extremely limited run of 30 pieces and the list of celebrities spotted wearing this watch include Travis Scott and Drake. Whimsical, ingenious and extremely exclusive, the RM69 is a wristwatch like no other.