RICHARD MILLE
If you want a new Richard Mille timepiece join the year-long queue – or buy pre-owned from Ninety.
Tom Mason
It’s a fact that a Richard Mille wristwatch has become a calling card of the rich person’s club: the ‘entry level’ model, the RM016 Extra Flat, will set you back around £50,000 while the recently launched RM UP-01 made in collaboration with Ferrari is closer to £1.5m.
When Mille (the man) set out to launch his eponymous brand back in 1999, he did so on a no-compromise basis in terms of technicality and materials – and since nothing would ever be made down to a price, the cost to the end consumer would be necessarily astronomical.