Richard Mille, the luxury watch brand aimed at armed robbery inside Beverly Hills local Il Pastaio, is a favorite of celebrities such as tennis ace Rafael Nadal, the star of Brazilian football Neymar , the wonderful martial arts Jackie Chan and actress Natalie Portman.
Friends of the victim said model Mille kicked off Thursday’s robbery that shot a woman in the pink gold Flyback Chronograph RM 11-03, which cost $ 500,000, according to KNBC.
The watch features a “skeletal automatic winding movement with a variable geometry rotor,” according to the company’s website.
“Under the hood of the RM 11-03 beats a flyback chronograph ready to literally run on the track,” he says.
Range of features include a grade 5 titanium central flange, 18-karat white gold wings, ceramic ball bearings and a tripartite case sealed by two nitrile O-rings, which make it water resistant up to 160 feet.
Owning a Richard Mille is “the current equivalent of the multimillion-dollar Masonic confrontation,” the “significant final seal of extreme wealth,” journalist Declan Quinn wrote for Revolution Online, according to The Jewelry Editor.
When asked about the type of person wearing Richard Mille watches, Ariel Adams, founder of A Blog to Watch, said at the outset, “People who have something to prove and who have a youthful spirit.
“It’s the best watch I’ll probably ever have because I won’t be able to afford it,” he added.
Leon Adams, president of Cellini Jewelers in Manhattan, identified customers of the watches as “predominantly collectors familiar with the brand and some collectors of new ones who want something very different.”
Other celebrities wearing the brand include hip-hop artists Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, comedians Kevin Hart and Terry Crews, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who sparked allegations of corruption when he was seen. with a $ 500,000 model. The jewelry publisher reported.