Richard Mille

at the Geneva show. At the last minute, I could not make the trip (how sad is that?) and so Jerome kindly offered to meet with Richard Mille and see the collection and take pictures for us here. Please leave a special note of thanks for Jerome (he was cov...  

However, I feel that RM is toeing the line between what they should be, a high tech brand, and what I hoped they would not be, a high fashion brand. While the watch itself is pretty cool looking, I am losing respect for the brand. I hope they will alter c... 

steve please let me know what you see in this watch that makes you go from high tech to the term high fashion brand. do all of his watches have to have a tourbillon and cost $200,000?

the 5/10 isn't overly technically impressive to me in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I owned one and think it's a fairly cool watch, but there's nothing amazingly progressive about it. For the 11, they stuck a chrono module on it and did a great des... 

... on the one hand, I completely agree. RM should be about carbon fibre base plates, new case materials, exciting new designs, clever complications. Where's our 8-day Richard Mille, flyback rattrapante, double split? (All done before but I mean all in on... 

In all seriousness, I really do like the RM011 as a watch. In fact, I would love to have one and may end up buying one. I just do not particularly like the direction as a brand. Almost every brand for the last two years has focused on some sort of technic... 

steve thanks for your response where do you put the RM 12? also i must tell you that and sure you know that there are numerous brands that are tough on the secondary market .

did I miss something? Of course other brands are rough on the secondary market, but they are not billing themselves as the high technology, extremely exclusive brand that RM is. For what Richard Mille should be, the market should never be flooded with one... 

I had an RM002v2, an RM005FM and an RM004v2 on order. I have lots of experience with the watches and put my own hard dollars up in support of the brand. They make a FANTASTIC product. I just don't like the direction they've gone in.

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Give the guy a break! In just 6 years he has gone from developing one ground breaking watch: the RM001 to a well known brand in industrial style watches (and astronomical clocks). Along the way, he has re-defined what might be thought of as a luxury mater... 

That RM16 looks good on you! . Looking forward to your MJLC reports.