Richard Mille After a long and successful career in the watch industry, in 2001 Richard Mille presented his own line of watches and met immediate success with his very unconventional and radical hightech approach to fine watchmaking. His timepieces break new technical and esthetical ground ?taking inspiration from Formula One racecars, materials and production processes. They are developed in close cooperation with Audemars Piguet?s Renaud & Papi, one of the watch industry?s most innovative technical leaders. Using materials like ceramic, titanium or chronifer, an antimagnetic alloy, the Richard Mille watches feature a co-axial button in the crown to select neutral, winding or hand-setting positions, very much like selecting gears in a race car. A torque indicator displays the actual strength of the mainspring and a ceramic endstone on the balance reduces friction to a higher degree than a traditional cap jewel. The eyes and hands of experienced watchmakers bring Richard Mille?s progressive dreams to reality ? traditional techniques, materials and skills are still of equal importance in building these radically different watches.