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Richard Mille

Founded2001OriginLes Breuleux, SwitzerlandCatalog refs3Families3

Brand history

Founded in 2001 by Richard Mille in partnership with Audemars Piguet and Renaud & Papi. The manufacture is in Les Breuleux, Jura canton. Richard Mille watches are worn by Rafael Nadal, Felipe Massa, and other athletes.

Founded 2001 by Richard Mille (b. 1951) and Dominique Guenat. Polarizing in the trade, extreme price points, aggressively modern case shapes, sports-and-celebrity-driven marketing. The watches are genuinely engineering achievements (skeletonized titanium movements, ultra-light cases) and the catalog is small enough that the brand has maintained scarcity-driven pricing power. Trade opinion on whether Richard Mille is "real haute horlogerie" remains divided.

Collections

RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph Annual Calendar · RM 11-03
top-luxurymodernRichard Mille Caliber RMAC3 (automatic, flyback chronograph, annual calendar, 55-hour power reserve)50mm2016–presenteditorial
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RM 055 Bubba Watson · RM 055
top-luxurymodernRichard Mille Caliber RMAS7 (manual-wind, skeletonized, 55-hour power reserve)49mm2011–presenteditorial
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RM 27-03 Rafael Nadal Tourbillon · RM 27-03
top-luxurymodernRichard Mille Caliber RM27-03 (manual-wind, tourbillon, shock-resistant to 10,000g)47mm2017–2018editorial
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