Introducing The Richard Mille 59-01 Tourbillon Yohan Blake: A $620,000 Asymetrical Tourbillon For A Left-Handed Sprinter

January 22, 2013

The Richard Mille RM 59-01 Tourbillon Yohan Blake Remember last year in London,when Jamaican sprinter, Yohan Blake, was spotted wearing a Richard Mille watchduring his silver medal-winning 100 meter race? Well, today we saw the RM59-01, Blakes new timepiece. Of course Richard Mille is known for itssport-specific watches but this one really takes that to an extreme. Its notonly designed for a sprinter but for a sprinter who wears his watch on hisright wrist.The RM 59-01 has an asymmetrical case (50mm x 43mm x 16mm),shaped to be aerodynamic for a sprinter like Blake, who favors hiswatch a droit. The case is, as you would expect, a lightweight composite and the handwound tourbillon movement is builtto take the enormous shocks and G-forces that result from being sliced throughthe air on the arm of an Olympic sprinter.Beyond the considerable technical prowess, the 59-01 hasstylistic cues that refer to the man they call The Beast. Aside from theJamaican yellow and green, the movement itself has so-called Beastbridges, which are splayed out to resemble a claw, a nod to Blakes trademarkrunning style, with his fingers ripping through the air. The RM 59-01 is limited to 50 pieces with a price of $620,000.And it still wont help you run faster.? Live pics will be coming soon.