RIchard Mille becomes the official Timekeeper and Partner of the Manchester City Football Club

by amitdevhanda

It’s amazing to see particular partnerships between sports teams and watch companies in the last ten years.

So it’s very fitting that 2012 premier league champions Manchester City Football Club have partnered up with high end watch manufacture Richard Mille. This is a huge honor for both brands and it’s the first of it’s kind for the Manchester City F.C. RIchard Mille is no stranger to partnering up with the best. Their roster includes the likes of Rafael Nadal, Pablo Mac Donough, Bubba Watson, Felipe Massa, Jules Bianchi, Romain Dumas, Charles Leclerc, Adrien Tambay, Martin Brundle and his son Alex.

Not only will Richard Mille  become the official timing partner of The Manchester City F.C., but they have also offered  to donate a unique timepiece to auction on behalf of the club’s charitable association ‘City in the Community’. The money raised will go towards improving the lives of local children, helping them to achieve their goals and exceed their potential through sport and education.

According to Peter Harrison, CEO of Richard Mille Europe-Middle East-Africa said: “We are proud to announce our partnership with Manchester City whilst the Premier League Champions are celebrating such a significant moment in the history of the club. Manchester City’s commitment to excellence and innovation perfectly matches Richard Mille’s desire to create unique timepieces with a strong and inspiring identity. We look forward to long a successful partnership with Manchester City Football Club.”

As far as Manchester Footbal club is concerned, John Macbeath, Interim CEO of Manchester City, said: “We are extremely proud to form this relationship with Richard Mille, who shares our will to innovate and to push the boundaries in achieving our collective aims. This new partnership provides many exciting opportunities for collaboration through selected VIP events and a bespoke match-day box experience.”

IWC launches a limited editon Red Gold Portuguese Daragon Year

by amitdevhanda

To celebrate year of the Dragon 2012, IWC  has decided to launch a very cool, collectible and very handsome looking red gold 7 Day Portuguese Special Edition Dragon Year.

IWC did a great job executing this special edition with one of their true icons. The Dragon Year is quite distinctive from all their other 7 day Portuguese counterparts in that the dial is a slate grey while the subdials are black. The movement is exactly the same as all the others 7 day Portuguese watches, except that the winding rotor is decorated with a red gold Dragon Year emblem in red gold, while the rest of the rotor bears  the name Dragon Year and list the number of pieces out of 888, since this is a special edition watch limited to 888 pieces.  This watch will only be available at IWC boutiques worldwide.

Tho other details of the watcch include

 

• Mechanical movement
• Pellaton automatic winding
• 7-day power reserve when fully wound
• Power reserve display
• Date display
• Small hacking seconds at 9 o’clock
• Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment cam on balance arms
• Breguet spring
• Rotor with 18-carat gold medallion
• Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
• See-through sapphire-glass back
• Water-resistant 3 bar
• Case height 14 mm
• Diameter 42.3 mm
• Ref#500125
• Retail Price $25,900