Designed especially for Nadal by high-end Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille, the Tourbillon Watch RM 027 sports the lofty price tag mentioned above, as well as a number of other one-of-a-kind features:
RM 027 is said to be the lightest mechanical watch to be ever made. Its movement base plate is made from Titanium and Lital alloy, a high lithium content alloy containing aluminium, copper, magnesium and zirconium with a density of 2.55. The alloy mixture also includes Lithium which is considered as one of the lightest elements is expected to provide strength without added weight. The watch is considered one of the world’s lightest mechanical tourbillon wristwatches with a movement weight of just a mere 3.83 grams. - Pinoytutorial
Nato
Monday, June 7, 2010 at 10:37 AMExcessive much. $525,000 for a watch?
This makes me think of that fake email about how America designed a pen that could write underwater, upside down, etc. etc. and then the Russians used a pencil.
You can buy the lightest mechanical watch ever made for $525,000 or alternatively an even lighter cheap dodgy digital watch for $2.
In the wake of the GFC this is ridiculous.
End of rant.
At first I thought Nadal was holding hands with the watch maker guy.
plenty more where that came from
Monday, June 7, 2010 at 5:03 PM$525,000 x 50 created
Allow 100% margin for the company
Only $13M to create the series. A bargain.
Give one away to Rafi – and a couple each for the big boss and to suck up to the local royalty – so perhaps 40 for ‘sale’.
That still means there are >40 seriously distucbed people out there that need to open their eyes and see the world is in deep sheet.
Respect is earned – not bought!
michael gilboy
Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 11:14 AMim to old to take up tennis now —-shame