Fencing’s champion Miles Chamley-Watson joins the Richard Mille family.

On the occasion of their collaboration, Miles is wearing the RM 67-01 Automatic White Gold Diamond Set.

‘Time is it in my sport. You can train your whole life, but the merest millisecond means the difference between Gold and nothing. I train myself mentally in slow motion. I need to get in touch with my neural system, unblock my mind and establish a ’flow state’

This time mindset means Miles describes himself as ‘a massive watch person’. 5 years ago he wrote down his dream partners. Richard Mille was at the top. ‘We’re both unconventional. It’s a brand that’s all about taking risks. I have ‘Risk’ tattooed on my hand and I look at it for inspiration each time I compete.’ Miles aims above all to transform ‘stuffy’ fencing from niche to mainstream. He sees this as a way of helping children like himself, bullied or misunderstood at school. ‘I want to show kids what they can do. I’m even working on new outfits and a scoring system with flashing lights to get fencing on Prime Time TV!’