Posts filed under Richard Mille

News: Richard Mille Releases the RM 67-02 'Sprint' Wayde Van Niekerk and the RM 67-02 'High Jump' Mutaz Essa Barshim. The Lightest Automatic Watch by this Brand.

Just released yesterday July 20th, 2017, Richard Mille adds two new watches to their timepieces designed for track and field athletes. The new Richard Mille RM 67-02 Sprint and the RM 67-02 High Jump, will be adorning the wrists of Wayde van Niekerk and Mutaz Essa Barshim respectively, during the World Championships in Athletics at the Olympic stadium in London. These two new watches are the sports versions of the Richard Mille RM 67-01.

News: Richard Mille Unveils the RM 27-03 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal. A 50-Piece Limited Edition Withstanding Shocks of Up to 10,000 Gs.

This past Wednesday May 24th, 2017 in Paris and in the presence of brand partners Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev as well as VIP clients, Richard Mille unveiled the newest tourbillon in its line of timepieces created in partnership with Nadal. The new Richard Mille RM 27-03 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal is another record-breaker since its tourbillon movement can withstand shocks of up to 10,000 Gs, setting a complete new threshold in the watch industry.

SIHH 2017: New Richard Mille RM 50-03 Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph Ultralight McLaren F1. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.

Almost a year ago Richard Mille announced their long-term partnership with the McLaren-Honda Formula One team after dropping their partnership with Lotus. As part of this partnership Richard Mille and McLaren have worked together in finding the use of car racing avant-garde materials to be incorporated into Richard Mille timepieces. The first watch product of this partnership was just released yesterday at the SIHH 2017 in Geneva.

News: Richard Mille to Open Flagship Boutique in New York City During Fall 2017

Richard Mille will open its first boutique in New York City in the fall of 2017. The new boutique will be located at 46 East 57th Street, which is the retail side of the 432 Park Avenue building —currently the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere— next to Jacob & Co. and only a few steps away from the Phillips auction house.

Insider: Richard Mille RM 50-27-01 NTPT USA Limited Edition. Hands-on with the 19-gram Timepiece Priced at $800K USD.

Inspired by the $690,000 USD Richard Mille RM 27-01 Nadal we reviewed here, the Richard Mille RM 50-27-01 is an ultra exclusive USA limited edition truly designed after the legendary watch that Rafael Nadal made famous in a 5-piece limited edition. The RIchard Mille RM 50-27-01 NTPT USA Limited Edition is powered by a movement with a total weight of merely 3.8 grams and that is fully suspended and anchored to the NTPT case by shock absorbers and braided steel cables.

Insider: Presenting the New Richard Mille RM 11-02 Dual Time Zone Jet Black Limited Edition. Hands-on, Live Pictures and Pricing.

In an 88-piece limited edition, the new Richard Mille RM 11-02 Flyback Chronograph Dual Time Zone Jet Black Limited Edition was presented yesterday at the SIAR 2016 in Mexico City, from where we are currently reporting. These are the very first live pictures of the new Richard Mille Jet Black that we were able to capture yesterday as we went hands-on with the watch. Ultra light, dark and ready for flight.

Insider: Richard Mille Automatic RM 030 'Black Dash'. Hands-On Review with Live Pics and Pricing.

Unveiled at the SIAR 2015 in Mexico City, the new Richard Mille Automatic RM 030 Black Dash is simply perfect. The newest version of Richard Mille’s RM 030 Automatic with Declutchable Rotor, cloaked in black with scarlet red details, debuts as the dark and dramatic sibling to previous editions of the popular tonneau-shaped timepiece. Like a carbon negative to this year’s White Rush limited edition, the Black Dash incorporates boundary-pushing new materials and a hand-finished innovative movement to achieve a new level of style and performance in haute horlogerie. Black TZP sand-blasted ceramic forms the front and back bezels of the RM 030 Black Dash, while its caseband is comprised of incredibly strong and light black NTPT carbon.

Posted on September 16, 2016 and filed under Richard Mille.

News: Presenting the New Richard Mille RM 11-03 Automatic Flyback Chronograph. The Redesign of an Icon.

Restyling is a crucial element in the life cycle of any product. A watch has to possess vitality and be integrated within the natural stylistic development of a brand. A fixture of the Richard Mille collection since 2007, the RM 011 is taking its bows. Retiring at the height of its glory, it will make way for the new RM 11-03 Automatic Flyback Chronograph that was just unveiled yesterday September 4th, 2016 at the 3rd Edition of Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille. 

News: Presenting the new Richard Mille RM 11-02 Le Mans Classic 2016. A $180,000 USD 150-Piece Limited Edition.

As part of their involvement with the Le Mans Classic race since 2002, Richard Mille welcomed Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake and renowned musician Pharrell Williams to be part of the event. While Yohan Blake gave the start signal for the Little Big Mans race, Pharrell Williams waved the French flag at the gridline. The Little Big Mans race is a special race that takes place at the historic Bugatti Circiut and that allows young drivers between 6 and 10 years of age, to experience the circuit in decked out go karts.

Insider: Richard Mille RM052-01 Skull Tourbillon Pink Rubies, Black Sapphires and Diamonds. A Unique Piece Priced at Only $720K USD.

A while back, we brought you our hands-on review of the Richard Mille RM052-01 Skull Tourbillon here. Today, we bring you a special iteration of this amazing timepiece encrusted with pink rubies, black sapphires and diamonds. The Richard Mille RM052-01 Skull Tourbillon Rubies, Black Sapphires and Diamonds is a Unique Piece that takes its inspiration from the previous model presented in 2013 and from its predecessor the RM052 released in 2012.

News: Presenting the new Richard Mille RM 68-01 Kongo Tourbillon. A $685,000 USD Graffiti Inspired 30-Piece Limited Edition.

Today, Richard Mille unveiled the RM 68-01 Kongo Tourbillon, a collaboration with Cyril Kongo, the international street artist that transforms the tourbillon movement itself into an unprecedented work of art. The 30-piece limited edition will be available exclusively at Richard Mille boutiques worldwide, starting in July. A veritable ‘work of art for the wrist’, the new Richard Mille RM 68-01 Kongo Tourbillon watch will make horological history. For the first time ever, a street artist has transferred his universe of the tremendously large to the heart of a watch movement.

News: Presenting the new Richard Mille RM 35-02 Rafael Nadal Automatic. A Watch That Can Withstand Accelerations of Up to 5,000Gs.

As is now customary in the run-up to the Roland Garros French Tennis Open, Richard Mille and the Spanish tennis champion have joined forces once again, this year to present the Richard Mille RM 35-02, the first piece to feature an automatic calibre in the collection they have been developing together for the past six years. From their first meeting in 2008, Richard Mille and Rafael Nadal embarked on one of the most extraordinary shared adventures in contemporary fine watchmaking.

Insider: Richard Mille RM 011 Automatic Flyback Chronograph 'Midnight Fire'. Hands-on with the 88-Piece Limited Edition for the Americas.

The Richard Mille RM 011 Felipe Massa Flyback Chronograph 'Midnight Fire' is an emblematic model by Richard Mille, named for Felipe Massa from its very conception. This new watch is available in a 88-piece limited edition exclusively available throughout the Richard Mille boutiques and authorized dealers across the Americas. Fire glows brightest in the darkest of night. Richard Mille’s new limited edition version of the RM 011 Automatic Flyback Chronograph 'Midnight Fire' employs high-tech materials to capture the deepest black of the night’s darkest hour, and ignites it with fiery red details.

News: Richard Mille Announces Partnership with Aston Martin. A Long-Term Global Partnership and Racing Collaboration.

In another move highlighting the importance that racing and cars has for Richard Mille, the brand has announced a long-term partnership with the British luxury sports car brand Aston Martin. This will be a global partnership and a racing collaboration. The partnership will see Richard Mille and his skilled group of developers and watchmakers working directly with the design team at Aston Martin led by Marek Reichman, Chief Creative Officer, on an exciting new collection of exclusive Richard Mille watches featuring the iconic Aston Martin wings.

Posted on March 3, 2016 and filed under Richard Mille, News.

News: Richard Mille Announces New Partnership with McLaren-Honda Formula One Racing Team. No Longer Involved with Renault Sport F1 Team —Formerly Lotus F1 Team.

Richard Mille is delighted to announce a new long-term partnership with the McLaren-Honda Formula One team after dropping their partnership with Lotus. Richard Mille held a partnership with the Lotus F1 team for several years. This move from Richard Mille is either the result of Lotus changing its name to Renault Sport F1 earlier this year and deciding to partner with Bell & Ross, or perhaps just looking forward to become more involved with a stronger and more-likely-to-win team.

Posted on February 21, 2016 and filed under News, Richard Mille.

Experience: Richard Mille RM S05 Fountain Pen in NTPT Carbon. Hands-On Live Pictures of the $105,000 USD Mechanical Pen.

ust as if the other two novelties presented by Richard Mille at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève weren't impressive enough, the king of NTPT carbon timepieces unveiled a mechanically operated fountain pen out of this world. The new Richard Mille RM S05 Fountain Pen in NTPT Carbon, priced in excess of a $100K USD is one of those luxury objects that are beyond fascinating.

SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Richard Mille RM 011 Red TPT Quartz. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing of this 50-Piece Limited Edition.

While the new Richard Mille RM 011 Red TPT Quartz was officially released at the beginning of October of 2015, it wasn't until the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie last week, that the watch was available to the press and the rest of the world for hands-on review.  The new Richard Mille RM 011 Red TPT Quartz we finally saw at the SIHH 2016, is not a quartz watch —battery operated— as the name might suggest, but quartz as in one of the components used in its case material.

SIHH 2016: Presenting the New Richard Mille RM 50-02 ACJ Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph. Hands-on Live Pictures of the $1,050,000 30-piece Limited Edition Watch.

As you all know, when Richard Mille launches a new watch he goes above and beyond to make sure that the new watch overdelivers in terms of design, looks, quality and craftsmanship. As we've seen it during its short history, Richard Mille is a brand that doesn't require any marketing gimmicks or celebrity endorsements to sell its watches.

SIHH 2016: Presenting the New Richard Mille RM 67-01 Automatic Extra Flat. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.

Today, we bring you straight from Geneva at the SIHH 2016 our hands-on live pictures and all details on the just released Richard Mille RM 67-01 Automatic Extra Flat. Creating a thin automatic watch has its own set of particular difficulties, but one of the dual challenges is to combine this type of movement design with the creation of a sense of visual depth within the movement.

Insider: Richard Mille RM11 Felipe Massa '10th Anniversary'. Hands-on with a Stunning 100-Piece Limited Edition.

The Richard Mille RM011 Felipe Massa ‘10th Anniversary’ is an emblematic model by Richard Mille, named for Felipe Massa from its very conception. Felipe Massa has now achieved 40 podiums in his career and the first sporting figure to have joined the Richard Mille family.