====== Richard Mille ======
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**Richard Mille** is a [[French]] watch manufacturer, one of the few remaining [[independent brand]]s.

===== One of the leading avant-gardists =====
Anyone who wants to deal with trendy brands of today cannot ignore Richard Mille. His products are located in the upper price segment and offer excellence of [[Haute Horlogerie]] in contemporary design.

After a preparatory period of three years Richard Mille in [[2001]] presented his first luxury watch the [[Richard Mille RM 001]]. Since then the brand again and again caused a stir with their futuristic creations. Meanwhile, each new model is expected by the relevant experts in the world of watches with highest attention and examined intensively after appearance.

===== Company chronology, models and awards =====
Richard Mille is born on 13 February [[1951]] in Draguignan, France. He studies marketing in [[Besançon]] and resides in England for a year to learn the language.

In [[1974]] Richard Mille works for the watch factory Anguenot near [Besançon]], where he is responsible for the distribution of watches to Latin American. In [[1981]] the company is taken over by the aircraft and automobile manufacturers Matra. Mille becomes director of Matra's watch department.

In [[1992]] Richard Mille, together with the Parisian jeweler Alain Mauboussin, founds a watch company, which produces jewelery and sports watches with [[complication]]s. As a result a collaboration with the watch engineer [[Giulio Papi]] from [[Renault & Papi]] happens.

After leaving Mauboussin in [[1999]], he moves to the preparation of a watch production on the basis of completely own ideas. With support from Papi in [[2001]], he launchs the first wristwatch of his own the [[Richard Mille RM 001|RM 001]], a [[tourbillon]]. It is followed by the [[Richard Mille RM 002-V2|RM 002]] and in [[2002]] by the [[tourbillon]] model [[Richard Mille RM 003-V2|RM 003]], this time with [[dual time-zone]].

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In [[2003]] the [[double chronograph]] [[Richard Mille RM 004-V2|RM 004 Split Seconds]] is presented. In [[2004]] the [[automatic]] watch [[Richard Mille RM 005|RM 005]], the experimental [[tourbillon]] model [[Richard Mille RM 006|RM 006]] and the tourbillon-[[double chronograph]] [[Richard Mille RM 008-V2|RM 008]] are published. [[2005]] follows with the [[Richard Mille RM 007|RM 007]] the first ladies watch and then the experimental model [[Richard Mille RM 009|RM 009]], where the material ALUSIC (acronym for aluminum-silicon carbide) is used, which has been developed for space.

In [[2006]] in partnership with the yacht builder Perini Navi the [[Richard Mille RM 014 Perini Navi Cup|RM 014 Perini Navi Cup]] is launched. Also in [[2006]], the [[Richard Mille RM 012|RM 012]] is presented a spectacular [[tourbillon]] model in [[platinum]], which baffles with its transparent, tubular movement construction and its high watchmaking complexity. In [[2007]] this watch is awarded at the prestigious [[Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève]] with the main prize, the "L'aiguille d'Or" ("Golden Hand").

In [[2007]] Richard Mille joins the [[Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie]] (FHH). The elegant [[Richard Mille RM 016|RM 016]] with extra flat, rectangular case is presented, and also the [[Richard Mille RM 011 Felipe Massa Flyback Chronograph|RM 011 Felipe Massa Flyback Chronograph]] with [[annual calendar]] as well as the [[Richard Mille RM 015 Perini Navi Cup|RM 015 Perini Navi Cup]] with [[dual time zone]].

In [[2008]] Richard Mille presents the [[pocket watch]] [[Richard Mille RM 020|RM 020]] with [[tourbillon]]. With this model the new type of material [[nanofiber|nano carbon fiber]] comes to serial production, which had been successfully tested for the first time in the experimental model [[Richard Mille RM 006|RM 006]]. Furthermore, the [[Richard Mille RM 018 "Hommage à Boucheron"|RM 018 "Hommage à Boucheron"]] is launched, where numerous precious and semiprecious stones are incorporated into the [[gear train]] in a unique way.

In [[2017]], Richard Mille received the prestigious [[Prix Gaïa]] Esprit d'Entreprise award.

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===== In the style of uncompromising innovation =====
Main source of inspiration for Richard Mille is the technical world of car racing and Formula 1. The majority of the models provide [[tonneau]]-shaped cases with transparent backs, [[skeletonized]] dials and a total of futuristic and technological feel. In addition to extensive new [[complication]]s, unusual materials are used. The best and latest from the front line of watches development, so could be summarized the motto under which the watches are created here.

In the beginning the reaction to Richard Mille's watch style had sometimes been frowning and even rejection. But over the last few years it has evolved that his approach has been proactive and that the world of watches has been influenced by him more than most had expected. In the meantime, with manufacturers like [[MB&F]], [[Greubel Forsey]], [[DeWitt]], [[Hysek]], [[HD3 Complication]], [[Cvstos]], [[Urwerk]], [[Vianney Halter]], [[Hautlence]] and many others, a young, new generation of watch creators has evolved, which invents watches in the same fearless, uncompromising nature and that shatters all taboos of old traditional design.

===== Address =====
Richard Mille Europe, Middle East and Africa Ltd.\\ London, UK\\ Tel. +44 (0)20 8789 2389\\ Fax +44 (0)20 8789 2360\\ contact@richardmille.com

===== Weblinks =====
  * [[http://www.richardmille.com/|Richard Mille (official site)]]


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