Richard Mille

For 2007, Richard Mille has focused its attention on strength rather than weight. The RM012 tourbillon has been crafted in an aluminum, magnesium and silicon alloy characterized by supreme corrosion-resistance and great ability to absorb vibrations. read more

The Richard Mille RM009 watch has been created while using alusic that represents an aluminum-silicon carbide alloy. The innovative material is extremely light and hard-wearing. read more

To commemorate Boucheron's founding in 1858, the celebrated jeweller of the Place Vendome and Richard Mille have united their talents to create a one-of-a-kind timepiece.Richard Mille, famous for his pioneering spirit, has managed to reinvent watchmaking with the use of innovative materials and technologies to come up with 21st-century horology. read more

The Le Mans Classic, to be held on the 11, 12, 13 July 2008, will take place again on the historic track of the Le Mans 24 Hours, where some of the greatest drivers and cars have created motor racing history. This year, Richard Mille is acting again as the main sponsor and the official timekeeper of the event.

The company has created a special edition RM 011 Flyback Chronograph to pay tribute to the Le Mans Classic event. The watch features a green carbon fiber flange around the edge of the dial and the trademark white and green checkered Le Mans Classic logo at 12 o'clock.

The skeletonized RM 011 Le Mans Classic is equipped with an automatic movement with adjustable rotor geometry. The watch has a flyback chronograph in hours, minutes and seconds, 60-minute countdown timer, 12 hour totalizer, oversized date and month.

The RM 011 flyback chronograph Le Mans Classic is available in a limited edition of
150 pieces in titanium and 50 pieces in a combination of 18-K red gold and titanium.
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Richard Mille will act as the leading sponsor and official timekeeper of the Le Mans Classic, to take place on July 11-13, 2008. The fourth edition will become one of the key events for motor racing fans.

In 2002, Richard Mille also offered its support to the first edition of the Le Mans Classic, a retrospective of the legendary Le Mans 24 hour-race. The event enjoyed a remarkable success and is organized every two years.

This year Richard Mille will actively participate in a Lola T70, entered in group 6. Richard Mille will also enter a Matra 660/670, the winner of the Paris 1000 km in 1971, with Sir Jack Brabham at the wheel -his last race-, accompanied by Francois Severt.
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The Richard Mille RM 020 has become the first ever pocket watch that incorporated a non-metallic movement plate produced from carbon nanofiber, the material initially applied in U.S. Air force jets, and characterized by high mechanical, physical and chemical stability. It is ideal for providing the stability of the going train under different conditions and temperatures.

The tourbillon escapement is driven by a double winding barrel. Both barrels are directly engaged to supply about 10-day power reserve.

The RM 020 goes on a titanium watch chain fitted with a quick attach/release mechanism. With the additional desk stand, it is transformed into a pendulette de bureau.  read more

Despite looking very complex, the Richard Mille Planetarium-Tellurium is designed to be easy to understand and practical.
The planetarium-tellurium is wound with a lever system, and it has a power reserve of 15 days. read more

This Richard Mille tourbillon wristwatch has been created in a limited edition of 30 numbered examples in platinum.

With dramatic lines inspired by architecturally engineered structural forms,the tubular, angled configuration of the 012 offers optimal stiffness and torsial rigidity with exceptional resistance to thermal change and corrosive elements. read more

Watchmaker Philippe Starck has designed a new watch with Richard Mille for the "Only Watch" auction that is organized by Antiquorum. The Only Watch auction will be held on Thursday September 20, 2007 in Monaco. read more

Here is the Richard Mille RM007 Ladies’ watch in 18 carat white gold equipped with a mechanical automatic movement with 18 carat gold rotor. Set with baguette rubies and black and white diamonds, hours, minutes, seconds and date functions. As we mentioned earlier this month this is Richard Mille's first Ladies' watch.
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Why create your own tourbillon if the experts who have done it for years live just down the road in the valley below, only for the sake of a title ‘manufacture’? There is no manufacture in Switzerland that makes everything themselves, so I go for the best of the best, and oversee the design of specially developed movements for the Richard Mille lines. This way the essence of the watch remains in our control, regardless of who has worked on it with us. read more

Its new case shape, the first new form since Richard Mille Watches was first introduced, is defined by its simultaneously being the flattest watch of the collection. Like other Richard Mille watches, its case retains the subtle curves that fit the wrist comfortably, the typical titanium screws and special strap integration, whilst the proportions of the tonneau shape have been transformed. read more

The advertising is inseparable from the product Addressing himself primarily to men, Richard Mille gives us a close-up of a movement seen from the bottom. With scant ceremony, he lures us into the heart of his hardline concept. read more

This thought came to my mind when I saw the Richard Mille tourbillon RM 012. It catches the eye and sparks imagination by its unconventional design that clearly belongs to the realms of the 21 century. read more

Richard Mille's 21st century contribution to the development of the planetarium-tellurium The Richard Mille Planetarium is a rare and unique object of its kind, containing a vast number of extremely precise indications and astronomic representations within the limits of mechanical design.

It was developed to be effective and practical in daily use with the possibility of corrections for different time zones and ease of setting, all of which is executed with workmanship of an extraordinarily high level. read more

With this unique piece created for Only Watch 2007, Richard Mille and Philippe Starck have once again taken a step further in their collaboration with an extremely complicated watch, both in terms of design and production. An unexpected look, audacious on the one hand; state-of-the-art reliability and technology on the other and, above all, the feat of making this incredible prototype in titanium presented in the form of a bangle. read more

These were the words with which Francois-Paul Journe, holder of the Golden Hand 2006, the highest distinction of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve, introduced the winner of this seventh edition: Richard Mille, Golden Hand 2007 for his RM 012. A man who has pursued his dream to the end for having created his watches like masterpieces of automotive engineering, to quote Francois-Paul Journe. read more

For this reason more than 8 years have been necessary for the development of the Richard Mille Planetarium-Tellurium. Another unique aspect of the Richard Mille Planetarium-Tellurium is the addition of a perpetual calendar to the astronomic representations in combination with a detente chronometer escapement. read more

The 2007 Richard Mille collection has comprised timepieces with innovative design details and technical characteristics. The elegant RM016 is worth special attention as it sports the newly shaped case, the flattest in the collection. read more