Richard Mille
Switzerland · Founded 2001
Founded in 2001 by French watch executive Richard Mille (b. 1951, Draguignan, France) together with Dominique Guenat, a fifth-generation Swiss watchmaker/case-maker. Headquartered and manufactured in Les Breuleux, Jura, Switzerland (Swiss Made); the Richard Mille Group comprises five linked entities: Horometrie SA (distribution), Guenat SA Montres Valgine (movement conception/assembly), ProArt (component manufacture), VMDH (case decoration), and Cercle d'Art (publishing). Best known for skeletonized, tonneau-shaped cases and pioneering use of exotic materials -- Carbon TPT, Graph TPT (graphene-enhanced carbon), Quartz TPT, TitaCarb, ceramics (TZP, Cermet), sapphire-crystal cases, and the proprietary LITAL titanium-lithium alloy -- much of it co-developed with composite specialist North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT). Watches are famously expensive, typically running from roughly six figures into the millions of dollars, and the brand is frequently cited among the world's most expensive watchmakers. High-profile ambassador partnerships have driven product design and marketing, including tennis player Rafael Nadal (since 2010, subjected to on-court stress testing), Formula 1 drivers including Felipe Massa, a 2016-2025 title partnership with the McLaren F1 team, a Scuderia Ferrari partnership from 2021, and golfer Bubba Watson. The company reported roughly 4,800 watches produced in 2018 against a cumulative total of about 32,000 sold between 2001 and 2017.
Models
- RM 001 Tourbillon 1 references
- RM 002 Tourbillon 1 references
- RM 005 Automatic 1 references
- RM 010 Automatic 1 references
- RM 011 Automatic Flyback Chronograph 3 references
- RM 025 Tourbillon Chronograph Diver's 2 references
- RM 027 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal 5 references
- RM 028 Automatic Diver's 1 references
- RM 030 Automatic 1 references
- RM 032 Automatic Chronograph Diver's Watch 1 references
- RM 035 Rafael Nadal Automatic 1 references
- RM 052 Tourbillon Skull 1 references
- RM 055 Bubba Watson 1 references
- RM 056 Tourbillon Sapphire 1 references
- RM 07-01 Automatic 1 references
- RM 11-05 Automatic Flyback Chronograph GMT 1 references
- RM 38-02 Tourbillon Bubba Watson 1 references
- RM 50-01 G-Sensor Tourbillon Chronograph Lotus F1 1 references
- RM 50-03 Tourbillon Split-Seconds Chronograph McLaren F1 1 references
- RM 61-01 Yohan Blake 1 references
- RM 65-01 Automatic Split-Seconds Chronograph 1 references