Richard Mille RM 61-01 Yohan Blake Ceramic Yellow — USD 230,000

It is a sad state of affairs in the world. And in this, I fully support Richard’s decision and hence what I am about to report. Richard took the decision last night (Sunday) that there would be no live photos and no photos on the stand this year. I am in complete agreement. In the last few months an

It was, for the most part, a quiet year for Richard Mille at the Salon de Haute Horologerie (SIHH). It was also a year for complicated ladies watches. For once, there were no new cutting edge materials on offer, no new sports ambassadors, or no new case designs. For the main watches on show, and for

[The man and his watch: Yohan Blake and the first production RM059 to be sold] Seemed appropriate: for a shop whose colour is green, the green watch that is the RM059 was sold to a Harrods client! The first one to be available and with a few minor and subtle changes over the prototype I had seen at

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Richard Mille (A. Hildreth & PuristSPro Team) La Bête et la Belle: the “Beast” takes on Richard with the RM059 It was a Yohan Blake / Jamaica themed booth at SIHH in 2013 Last Year's (2012) Star of the Show: TOURBILLON RM 056 SPLIT SECONDS COMPETITION CHRONOGRAPH FEL

[La Bête et la Belle: the “Beast” takes on Richard with the RM059] At this year’s SIHH Richard debuted the RM059 Yohan Blake. Much speculation preceded this year’s SIHH with what the new Yohan Blake watch would look like. Not the one that was worn at the Olympic Games in the summer (although I will

It often amazes me that as the goliaths of the industry tout that they have 2 or 3 new models and its taken years of research blah blah blah, that Richard manages every year to eclipse them all. I have to confess that I am somewhat jaundiced on the watch industry. A few stand out from the mire, but