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Richard Mille company history timeline

2001

Horometrie SA was established in 2001, a joint venture owned by Richard Mille and his friend Dominque Guenat.

2002

Then, in 2002, Richard Mille presented the RM 002, a technological development on the first model and the first watch in the history of watchmaking to feature a titanium baseplate.

2005

In 2005, the watch brand launched the RM 007, the first ladies' watch in the Richard Mille collection.

2007

Following the sale of case supplier Donzé-Baume to Swiss luxury group Richemont in 2007, the Richard Mille company began to invest in machining its own cases and some of its watch components.

2013

In 2013, the Richard Mille Group opened a further production facility, ProArt SA, responsible for case production and various movement parts.

In 2013, the French luxury world group Kering, controlled by François-Henri Pinault, made a proposal to take over the watch company by acquiring 51% of the shares, but the proposal was rejected: Richard Mille remains independent.

2016

2016 marks the entrance of many new partners : Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ), Haas F1 and Mclaren F1 Teams, German dressage rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and WRC champion Sébastien Ogier.

2018

On 27 September 2018, Richard Mille announced it would be withdrawing from the Salon international de la haute horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva after the 2018 edition, like its shareholder Audemars Piguet, as the show no longer corresponded to the brand's distribution strategy.

In October 2018, Richard Mille opened its largest store in New York.

At the end of 2018, the brand presented Richard Mille's first creation entirely supervised by a woman, the RM 71-01 Automatic Tourbillon Talisman equipped with the new «CRMT1» automatic caliber house.

2019

The 2019 Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix was the perfect occasion for Richard Mille to present the RM 50-04 Tourbillon Split-Seconds Chronograph.

2020

For Roland Garros 2020, the Brand introduced its most shock resistant watch, the RM 27-04 Rafael Nadal The Talisman Collection welcomed a new colorful iteration inspired by Disco, the RM 71-02.

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2001
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Beverly Hills, CA
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