Watches made specifically for Sportsmen: Richard Mille

A watch is a mechanical object that is capable of gaining or losing time depending on the conditions it is exposed to in daily life.   Activities such as going to work and relaxing around the house will generally not cause the watch to gain or lose much accuracy as there are minimal disturbances on a timepiece.

Playing sport, will in all likelihood cause the watch to gain or lose quite a bit of accuracy due to the forces applied to it. Watches have been have previously been designed to accompany an explorer on a trip but this was usually done with an existing model.

Richard Mille was the first watchmaker to design a watch with from the ground up, to withstand the extremes faced by a sportsperson.

Felipe Massa the former Ferrari now Williams F1 driver was the first sportsman that Richard Mille chose.    Usually an F1 driver only wears his watch after a race.  Mille designed and produced a wristwatch that could withstand the g-forces that the driver faced while racing.  He used materials that were found on the car its itself.  He used carbon fibre as a baseplate which had never been done before. 

Felipe Massa wearing his Richard Mille Chronograph while with Ferrari