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    Rafael Nadal’s new on-court timepiece? $690,000

    By Shane Bacon | Busted Racquet – Sat, Feb 16, 2013 12:11 PM EST

    Rafael Nadal — Getty ImagesRemember back in 2010 when Rafael Nadal started sporting a watch on court and everyone wondered what it was? And then we found out the Richard Mille watch was worth $525,000 and we all gulped about as loud as you can possibly gulp when hearing that a watch someone is wearing to play sports in is worth more than what a lot of people will make in their lifetime.

    Well, Nadal's wrist just got a little more expensive. Richard Mille came out with a new timepiece for the tennis player to sport on court, and it will ring in at a whopping $690,000. Seriously.

    The initial watch was model RM027, which weighed just 20 grams, but the new model has dropped a gram of fat and somehow that makes it $100,000 more expensive.

    This is from the Forbes report on the new watch ...

    "Part of the point of the Richard Mille Rafael Nadal watch is to prove that the piece can survive the torture. A new system in the 2013 watch makes it even less prone to damage. Richard Mille rates the watch to work in situations of up to 5000 Gs of force. A new system of suspension cables holds the watch in the case without being traditionally mounted with screws. This helps to further protect the delicate movement against shock and other tennis related trauma. This is probably the first watch of its kind to ever have such a mounting, and it is beautiful too. It goes without saying that the simple act of constructing this movement requires a great deal of finesse."

    This is a pretty crazy price tag for a watch, but Nadal isn't the only athlete to get the support of Richard Mille. Bubba Watson, the 2012 Masters champion, has been sporting a $525,000 watch by the same brand since 2011 on and off the golf course.

    Richard Mille plans to make just 50 of the new Nadal pieces and the number you see above is how much you'll have to pay to tell time like a Grand Slam champion.

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    1,688 comments

    • stvcmx
      stvcmx  •  1 day 3 hours ago
      Right now? Right this minute, Ready? Its 4:03 PM. Thats from my $18 Timex.

      But hey, this is the way rich people live. Cost just a little more to go first class.
    • swissgolfpro
      swissgolfpro  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      Bubba Watson (pro golfer) was given a $550,000 watch from the same watch designer for free about two years ago. I can't imagine paying that much even if you could afford to.
    • Yousef
      Yousef  •  10 hours ago
      no idiot can buy that watch. i believe, nadal wear that for promo only. if he bought it for 690k$,then something wrong in nadal's brain.
    • Texas.Rancher
      Texas.Rancher  •  23 hours ago
      This isnt really about the watch ... it is about an idiot who pays 690k for a watch that looks like the 8.85 special at walmart and in fact ... The walmart watch probably keep better time
    • A Yahoo! User  •  11 hours ago
      Just a show off. Who needs a watch that costs 700,000 bucks. Arrogant #$%$!!
    • Nativeam
      Nativeam  •  22 hours ago
      What's wrong with the clock on his cellphone?
    • Gordon
      Gordon  •  1 day 23 hours ago
      So did he buy it? Is he being paid to wear it? Any of these people ever hear of the law
      of diminishing returns?
    • MMA78
      MMA78  •  1 day 22 hours ago
      It's a crazy price tag for anyone in the middle class...It hard to Fathom spending that much on a watch..But it's a different mindset when you make millions. Nadal is worth around 50 million, this watch is 1.38% of his worth. it's like a guy worth 50 thousand buying something for 650 bucks....Not a big deal when you put it in perspective. And i like how everyone becomes a socialist when a rich persons buy's something expensive lol.."Should be giving that money to charity"....Lame
    • WS
      WS  •  1 day 4 hours ago
      I have a Casio for $27.95. I love this watch. It receives radio signals from the Atomic Clock in Colorado to set the time exactly. I never have to change the time. I am very very picky about my watches and this is the best watch that I have ever had. Casio makes dozens of models of these Atomic watches and a few other companies make them as well. I highly recommend an Atomic Watch.
    • Cool Oldurguy
      Cool Oldurguy  •  1 day 8 hours ago
      Every big-time tennis venue has a clock recording the length of the match and another one telling the time of day. There is no reason other than vanity to wear a watch in a stadium tennis match.
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