Richard Mille

At SIHH 2016 next month, Richard Mille will launch a new watch styled after the brand’s original icon – the RM 010 – in a case that is only 7.75 mm thick. The RM 67-01 Automatic Extra Flat is sleeker and presumably more comfortable than the RM 010, without giving up the technical performance, robustness, or three-dimensional look that have become a signature of the brand. From Arabic numerals crafted of solid metal and mounted on two titanium rails, and attached directly to the movement – to the large, openwork winding barrel, rotor, going train and bridges – the designers have achieved the desired appearance of depth, all within a new movement measuring a mere 3.6 mm thick. Crafted from titanium, the tonneau-shaped case measures 38.7 mm x 47.52 mm x 7.75 mm and features brushed and satin finished surfaces.

Rafael Nadal’s Richard Mille RM 27-02, the very he is wearing this week at the US Open – which is similar to the RM 27-01 tourbillon watch he wore when he won the US Open in 2013 – will be auctioned off at Only Watch 2015 in November, for charity. The Rafael Nadal RM 27-02 tourbillon prototype features a “unibody” racecar-inspired case design that fuses the high-tech NTPT carbon skeletonized baseplate and case middle for increased shock-resistance. The rigidity is further enhanced by three-dimensional grade 5 titanium bridges. Ultimately, the tourbillon regulated timepiece can resist impacts of up to 5,000 G.

In 2012, Richard Mille launched the exuberant RM 56 Felipe Masse Tourbillon Sapphire, which at the time was the first watch to utilize a pure sapphire crystal case. That was followed by the RM 56-01, which went a step further with the addition of a sapphire crystal baseplate, bridges and third wheel.

After six years of development, Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille has unveiled “the first clock designed and made to the exacting standards and conventions of Haute Horlogerie.” To celebrate Quebec City’s 400th Anniversary, the clock is being donated as a gift from the Republic and Canton of Jura, Switzerland to people of Quebec City, Canada. It will be permanently displayed at the Jardins de l’Hôtel de Ville beginning May 3, 2014.

The Richard Mille RM 63-01 features a novel complication that is designed to suspend time, so to speak. The “Dizzy Hands” function, which Richard Mille refers to as a “horological art complication,” allows the wearer, at the press of a button on the crown, to cause the sapphire hour disc to begin a counterclockwise rotation – at the same time, the hour hand continues in a clockwise direction, but at a different speed. The result, is a temporary suspension of time — and a break from reality. Press the crown pusher again, and the sapphire hour ring and hand return to their normal position.

Richard Mille Rafael Nadal III This is the new Rafael Nadal watch which was introduced last week at SIHH. It is the third timepiece custom made for Nadal. Nadal, who is currently the #1 ranked tennis player in the world, will wear the this watch while competing against the world’s very best tennis players, just as he has with the first two Richard Mille Nadal watches.

Yohan Blake wore a prototype Richard Mille Tourbillon in his silver metal winning 100-meter dash at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. After the race, it was announced by the Olympic committee that Blake was not authorized to wear the watch during competition as Richard Mille was not an official Olympic sponsor. Regardless, Blake kept his metal, and tomorrow, at the Only Watch 2013 charity auction in Monaco, the actual watch he wore will be up for sale. The prototype never went into production but is similar to the one worn by PGA pro Bubba Watson.

Rafael Nadal, the #2 ranked tennis player in the world, beat #1 ranked rival Novak Djokovic in 4 sets during the finals of the US Open yesterday. As you likely already know if you read this site, Nadal is an ambassador for Richard Mille watches. And accordingly, he is seen wearing his ultra-light Richard Mille RM 27-1 Tourbillon (a new version of the RM 27) in the photo above. This high-tech watch is specially made so Nadal can wear it while he plays, in fact, he wears it during all his tennis matches. You too can wear one, although the availability is very limited — and the cost is over half a million dollars.

This is the newest version of the Richard Mille RM 011 Automatic Flyback Chronograph “Felipe Massa.” It is now available in an ultra-light carbon composite case. It is powered be a caliber RM 011-S skeletonized automatic movement with adjustable rotor geometry. The functions include hours, minutes seconds, flyback chronograph, 60-minute countdown timer and annual calendar with date and month. The case measures 50 mm x 40 mm x 16.5 mm.

This is the new Richard Mille Tourbillon G-Sensor RM 036 which will be presented at SIHH 2013. Presented inside a signature tonneau shaped case, the RM 036 is powered by a manually wound mechanical caliber that displays hours, minutes and seconds, as well as a brand new complication: a mechanical G-sensor. The movement features a tourbillon and is made entirely of grade-5 titanium and ARCAP, with a carbon-nanofiber baseplate.