![]() ![]() Cue the watchmaker’s work with North Thin Ply Technology ( NTPT), a composite company based in Switzerland, for which Richard Mille has co-created different innovations. He was an early pioneer of carbon, a material that he continues to experiment with, namely for the watch case and parts. With a hint of rebellion at its core, Richard Mille has long used groundbreaking materials in his watches. But it isn’t all high octane sport (as the watches are indeed made to absorb the sudden movement of athletes) Chinese actor Jackie Chan and the brand have created at least three limited edition watches (with price tags a cool $500,000) Carbon king F1 is another loyal partner, with the likes of Brazilian racer Felipe Massa and Romain Grosjean both fans. For “luxury” his response was “ Richard Mille”). Mr Nadal in particular has been a big supporter on and off the court, with several watches to his name – one which has a price tag of $725,000 (to see just how supportive Mr Nadal is of the brand, watch a YouTube video, filmed in the Richard Mille Paris boutique, where Mr Nadal is asked to reply with the first thing that comes to mind when asked key words. Friends of Richard Mille include top athletes such as Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake, golfer Bubba Watson and tennis star Rafael Nadal (all for whom Richard Mille has made limited edition watches). Known for his daring, avant-garde watches, eponymous founder Richard Mille is credited with linking watchmaking to worlds beyond horology - a formula that’s worked wonders, if his enthusiastic sport ambassadors are any indication. ![]() Experimental research into innovative and sometimes revolutionary materials for specific technical applications in watchmaking has led to timepieces such as the RM 27-01 Rafael Nadal, the world's lightest tourbillon watch at 18.83g, the RM 27-03 Rafael Nadal tourbillon that can resist shocks up to 10,000g and the high-performance RM 031 - a mechanical watch whose going rate varies between just 0 and 20 seconds per month. High-tech materials such as grade 5 titanium, Carbon TPT®, Quartz TPT® and titanium carbide find widespread use in the brand's watches. Richard Mille timepieces are the visual embodiment of every detail and decision at every stage of its creation and production (even the screws used to fix the cases are the result of months of research and development work and investment, each requiring twenty different production steps). For Richard Mille, each screw, pinion, lever and spring must bear its responsibility for the required security and precision. Like with today's racing cars, function dictates form, without aesthetic artifice. The very origins of the brand are in Richard Mille's desire to use in the world of watchmaking materials and technologies from cutting-edge sectors like Formula 1 and aerospace, with the aim of producing an extreme watch without compromise or artifice. Every Richard Mille timepiece is based on three tenets: the best of technology and innovation, a strong artistic and architectural dimension in a very comfortable watch and the very best of high-end watchmaking with hand finishing. ![]()
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