Lando Norris just won his first F1 Championship in an appropriately lavish Richard Mille watch
Now that's a trophy watch
LANDO NORRIS has finally stuck the landing, with the British driver taking out the 2025 Formula One World Championship after a third-place finish at Abu Dhabi.
The podium placing was a strategic one, providing the 26-year-old with enough the points required to edge out Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the final standings and deliver McLaren its first drivers’ title since 2008 and the first Brit to win since Hamilton last took home the trophy in 2020.
Throughout the campaign, Norris has consistently achieved podium results with minimal errors and effective tyre management. He missed very few opportunities to maximise returns even when outright race victory remained out of reach. Over a dense 24-race schedule marked by fine margins, reliability and restraint kept him out of volatile scenarios that unsettled several rivals.
The championship carried additional weight as a milestone in his relationship with McLaren. For McLaren, the championship represented the tangible outcome of a long-term rebuild, with the team now paired to a driver capable of converting steady performance into championship results. For Norris, the title affirmed his emergence as one of the grid’s most complete operators, a driver equal parts speed, judgement and strategic patience.
To accept his flowers on the podium, Norris made sure to reference another important career relationship: the one has with Richard Mille.
On his wrist you can see the pristine white outline of a Richard Mille RM 72-01 Automatic Winding Lifestyle Flyback Chronograph, one of the brand’s most technically important modern releases. Introduced as Richard Mille’s first fully in-house automatic chronograph, the RM 72-01 is built around the calibre CRMC1, an integrated column-wheel movement that uses dual oscillating pinions instead of a traditional horizontal clutch to engage chronograph functions. This configuration reduces friction between components and supports long-term mechanical reliability under frequent use.
The tonneau-shaped case measures approximately 38.4 mm in width, 47.34 mm lug-to-lug and 11.68 mm thick. Norris’s watch appears to be one that comes in full grade 5 titanium. Ideal for the sport, really, due to its light weight, corrosion resistance and rigidity. It’s fitted to the brand’s titanium bracelet that enhances wearability as an everyday piece. Water resistance is rated to 30 metres, aligning with expectations for an openworked chronograph rather than a sports dive instrument.
Richard Mille RM 72-01 in white ceramic
The dial architecture remains fully skeletonised, placing mechanical visibility ahead of decorative finish. Chronograph counters display elapsed minutes and hours alongside a continuously running seconds register. A discrete date aperture is positioned between 7 and 8 o’clock. The chronograph’s flyback function allows instant reset and restart via a single pusher activation, enabling seamless successive timing cycles.
Completing the movement, the variable-geometry rotor offers adjustable winding efficiency to adapt power generation to different activity levels. The RM 72-01’s combination of mechanical innovation and practical wearability made it a natural accompaniment to one of the most measured championship victories of the modern Formula One era.
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