Richard Mille — watch collection

About Richard Mille’s watch collection

Richard Mille is the French entrepreneur and watchmaker who founded the eponymous luxury watch brand in 2001. Born in 1951 in Draguignan, France, Mille spent decades working in the watch industry before launching his own label, having previously held senior roles at Mauboussin and Finhor. His brand quickly earned a reputation for pushing the boundaries of materials science and mechanical engineering, producing watches with cases built from carbon composites, titanium, and ceramite — materials borrowed from Formula 1 and aerospace. Today, Richard Mille watches regularly sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the brand counts some of the world's top athletes and entertainers among its ambassadors.

When it comes to his own wrist, Richard Mille keeps things close to home — he wears his own brand's watches. The one confirmed sighting in our database shows him wearing the Richard Mille RM 60-01 Automatic Flyback Chronograph Regatta "Les Voiles de St. Barth" 2015 edition. This piece was produced as a limited run tied to the annual sailing regatta held in St. Barthélemy, an event Mille has long been associated with as a sponsor. The RM 60-01 features a flyback chronograph with a regatta countdown function, housed in a tonneau-shaped case, and was produced in very small numbers. It sits firmly in the upper tier of the Richard Mille watch collection in terms of both rarity and desirability.

That Mille wears one of his own most technically demanding and limited pieces rather than a more accessible model from the catalogue says something straightforward about his priorities: he builds watches he actually wants to wear. The St. Barth connection also reflects his long-standing involvement in sailing culture, which has influenced several chapters of the brand's product history.