Richard Mille – the luxury watch brand aimed at an armed robbery on the outskirts of Il Pastaio in Beverly Hills – is a favorite of celebrities like tennis star Rafael Nadal, Brazilian soccer star Neymar, the wonder of martial arts Jackie Chan and actress Natalie Portman.
Friends of the victim said the Mille model stolen in Thursday’s robbery that left a woman shot was the 11-03 RM rose gold Flyback chronograph – which costs $ 500,000 to jaw-drop, according to KNBC.
The watch features a “self-winding skeletonized movement with a variable geometry rotor”, according to the company’s website.
“Under the hood of the RM 11-03 a flyback chronograph is ready to literally run on the track,” he says.
Among the range of features is a central flange in grade 5 titanium, 18 kt white gold wings, ceramic ball bearings and a tripartite box sealed by two nitrile rings, making it water resistant up to 160 feet.
Owning a Richard Mille is “the current equivalent of the billionaire’s Masonic handshake” – the “ultimate furtive signifier of extreme wealth,” wrote journalist Declan Quinn for Revolution Online, according to the jewelry editor.
When asked about the type of person who wears Richard Mille watches, Ariel Adams, founder of A Blog to Watch, told the channel: “People who have something to prove and who have a young spirit.
“It is the best watch I will probably never have because I will not be able to afford it,” he added.
Leon Adams, president of Cellini Jewelers in Manhattan, identified watch customers as “predominantly collectors familiar with the brand and some new collectors who want something very different.”
Other notables who use the brand include hip-hop artists Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, comedians Kevin Hart and Terry Crews and the official spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, who made accusations of corruption when he was spotted using a $ 500,000 model, The Jewelry Editor’s Report.