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Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake to compete in 100 meter Olympic Final, Blake to do so while wearing a Richard Mille tourbillon
Jamaican Olympic teammates and training partners, Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, will compete in the 100 meter dash Olympic final tonight, to see who is the best in the world. (They will also be competing against 6 others, but are considered the favorites). Needless to say, they are used to competing against each other. In…
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Richard Mille RM053 Pablo MacDonough, No Need To Reverse
Last year, Richard Mille signed renowned Argentinean polo player Pablo MacDonough who wears a customized Richard Mille timepiece while competing. When MacDonough was first signed as a Richard Mille ambassador in 2011, he wore an RM10 on the polo fields. By 2012, Richard Mille watchmakers had developed a polo specific timepiece for him. The RM053…
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The Watch Yohan Blake Wore In The Olympic 100-Meter Dash Will Be Auctioned For Charity Tomorrow In Monaco
Yohan Blake wore a prototype Richard Mille Tourbillon in his silver metal winning 100-meter dash at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. After the race, it was announced by the Olympic committee that Blake was not authorized to wear the watch during competition as Richard Mille was not an official Olympic sponsor. Regardless, Blake kept his…
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A Visit to the new Patek Philippe USA Headquarters
Last week, along with a dozen other journalists, we had a chance to visit the new New York headquarters of Patek Philippe. The purpose of our visit was to both see the new facilities and to take a watchmaking class from their master watchmaker. Located in the prestigious Rockefeller center in midtown Manhattan, the facility…
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Introducing The Richard Mille RM 63-01 “Dizzy Hands”
The Richard Mille RM 63-01 features a novel complication that is designed to suspend time, so to speak. The “Dizzy Hands” function, which Richard Mille refers to as a “horological art complication,” allows the wearer, at the press of a button on the crown, to cause the sapphire hour disc to begin a counterclockwise rotation…
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The Richard Mille Clock for Quebec City
After six years of development, Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille has unveiled “the first clock designed and made to the exacting standards and conventions of Haute Horlogerie.” To celebrate Quebec City’s 400th Anniversary, the clock is being donated as a gift from the Republic and Canton of Jura, Switzerland to people of Quebec City, Canada. It…
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Richard Mille RM 016
Richard Mille has announced two limited edition pieces of their thinnest timepiece, the RM 016. The titanium case measures only 8.25 mm thick, which makes this a great dress watch that can easily fit under a dress shirt or suit. The black DLC coated titanium case is 49.80 mm x 38 mm, which is the…
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SIHH 2011 Richard Mille RM 038 Tourbillon Bubba Watson
Just in time for SIHH 2011, Richard Mille signed a new ambassador to the brand. Starting in 2008, they signed Formula 1 race car driver Felipe Massa, then last year they signed pro tennis player Rafael Nadal, and now, they have signed pro golfer Bubba Watson. For Felipe Massa and Rafael Nadal, a special timepiece…
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Interview with Larry Pettinelli of Patek Philippe USA
I recently interviewed the President of Patek Philippe USA, Larry Pettinelli, who has been with Patek Philippe for 25 years, and was in finance prior to his career with Patek. He started as the West Coast Sales Representative, and later became Vice President, and eventually President. At a recent meeting with US watch trade editors…
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The Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime
Last week, during Patek Philippe’s 175th celebration in Geneva, the prestigious watchmaker launched 10 new references. The highlight was the Grandmaster Chime Ref. 5175. Watch the video to truly appreciate what went into this unprecedented, horological work of art. The Grandmaster Chime features rotating lugs to switch between the two dials and is presented in…
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Luminor 1950 Submersible Depth Gauge by OFFICINE PANERAI
Officine Panerai originally supplied the first divers’ watches and depth gauges to the Italian Navy back in the 1950’s. Now Panerai has created the Luminor 1950 Submersible Depth Gauge, which combines both measuring devices in one instrument. This divers’ watch has an automatic movement which is officially certified as a chronometer by the (C.O.S.C.). On…
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SIHH 2011: Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Bronzo
At SIHH 2011, Officine Panerai launched a new diver watch with an unconventional case material, bronze. Bronze is an alloy made of copper and tin, or copper and another metal. In this case, Panerai used an alloy of copper and pure tin (CuSn8) , which is very resistant to corrosion. The new Luminor Submersible 1950…