Richard Mille, a brand long associated with Formula One auto racing in both its design and use of materials, has signed a two-year deal with the Lotus F1 racing team, joining the team as Official Timing Partner.  As part of the partnership, Richard Mille branding will appear on the team’s 2013 Formula 1 challenger, the [...]

 

There is no shortage of celebrities, many of them celebrity athletes, who serve as “brand ambassadors” for watch brands, appearing in ads and attending events wearing their watches. However, a few of these big-name stars go the extra mile, giving input and often even becoming involved in the design process, for special watches to which [...]

 

Richard Mille once again sponsored the Voiles de Saint Barth, a week-long ocean racing event in the Caribbean, now in its fourth year. The event, which Richard Mille has partnered with since its inception, brought together 60 sailing vessels and 800 sailors from around the world. Facing a steady 20-knot breeze and regularly high seas, [...]

 

Many watch brands have a skeleton watch in their collection, but only a few have actually introduced timepieces with skulls on their dials. Here are four that we can’t get out of our heads: Romain Jerome’s skull watch was inspired by the work of artist John M. Armleder. Romain Jerome and Armleder collaborated to create [...]

 

We’ve all experienced sticker shock while perusing the world of fine timepieces… there are even a few brands in which five and six-figure prices are the norm. But some watches go beyond “pricey” and into the rarefied over-1-million category. Below, we’ve compiled a list of five seven-figure watches in which the only things grander than [...]