Tadej Pogačar most often races in the Richard Mille RM 67-02 Automatic Extra Flat, a complete watch that Richard Mille says weighs 32 grams. In June 2026, Richard Mille and Colnago added the RM 64-01 Tourbillon Colnago, a separate 50-piece collaboration associated with Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates-XRG.
The two watches should not be collapsed into one answer. The RM 67-02 is the established lightweight race watch. The RM 64-01 is the new limited tourbillon, introduced just before Pogačar won his record-equalling fifth Tour de France in July 2026. Richard Mille does not publish a price for either model on its product pages, so the familiar $350,000 and $1 million figures are media estimates rather than official list prices.
Source note: Roadman reviewed this page on 27 August 2026 against current Richard Mille and Colnago records. Specifications come from the manufacturers. Prices and race-day sightings are attributed to the publications that reported them.
Pogačar watch: the quick answer
| Question | Verified answer |
|---|---|
| What watch does Pogačar usually race in? | Richard Mille RM 67-02 Automatic Extra Flat |
| How much does it weigh? | 32 grams for the complete watch, according to Richard Mille |
| What is it made from? | TPT composite materials, grade 5 titanium and an elastic strap |
| What new watch appeared in 2026? | RM 64-01 Tourbillon Colnago |
| Is the RM 64-01 a normal production model? | No. Richard Mille and Colnago say it is limited to 50 pieces |
| What do the watches cost? | No official price is shown; media reported about £260,000/US$353,000 for the RM 67-02 in 2025 and estimated the RM 64-01 near US$1 million in 2026 |
| When did the brand relationship begin? | Richard Mille's UAE Team Emirates partnership began in 2021; the brand now also lists Pogačar personally among its partners |
What is the Richard Mille RM 67-02?
The RM 67-02 is an automatic-winding sports watch built around lightness and close wrist fit. Richard Mille's official specification gives a complete weight of 32 grams, including its elastic strap.
The brand attributes that figure to:
- TPT composite case materials;
- a grade 5 titanium movement baseplate and bridges; and
- a seamless elastic strap designed to sit tightly during sport.
Richard Mille's Pogačar profile explicitly identifies the RM 67-02 as his watch. The important distinction is between model and colourway: photographs can show different straps or team-specific colours without proving that Pogačar has changed to a different watch reference.
What is the RM 64-01 Tourbillon Colnago?
Richard Mille and Colnago announced the RM 64-01 Tourbillon Colnago on 29 June 2026. The collaboration translates Colnago's frame shapes, blue-and-white colours and ace-of-clubs emblem into a manual-winding tourbillon.
The official product record lists:
- a production run of 50 pieces;
- 274 components in the movement;
- a power reserve of about 65 hours;
- grade 5 titanium movement architecture;
- White and Azure Blue Quartz TPT case material; and
- 50-metre water resistance.
Colnago's launch announcement connects the project to Pogačar, UAE Team Emirates-XRG and the Colnago bikes he races. Pogačar modelled the watch, and Cyclingnews later included it among the watches seen around the 2026 Tour. Neither manufacturer's launch copy says that the RM 64-01 permanently replaced the RM 67-02 for normal race use.
That makes the careful answer: RM 67-02 for the established race watch; RM 64-01 for the 2026 Colnago limited edition.
How much does Pogačar's Richard Mille cost?
There is no manufacturer-published number to quote as a fixed retail price. Richard Mille's current product pages show specifications but not prices.
Cyclingnews reported the RM 67-02 at about £260,000, or roughly US$353,000, during the 2025 Tour. When the RM 64-01 arrived in 2026, the same publication described it as likely to be near or above US$1 million, while noting that the price was not publicly listed.
Those figures answer the scale of the question, but they are not interchangeable:
- they refer to different watch references;
- availability and specific editions affect market value;
- currencies move; and
- an editorial estimate is not an official list price.
For that reason, this page dates and attributes the numbers instead of claiming that every Pogačar watch “costs $350,000.”
Does Pogačar actually wear the watch while racing?
Yes. Race photography and cycling coverage repeatedly show Pogačar wearing the RM 67-02 during competition. Richard Mille also describes his achievements as being realised with the RM 67-02 on his wrist.
That does not mean he wears one watch on every stage or in every condition. A photograph proves the watch was present in that moment; it does not prove an unbroken three-week wearing schedule. Colourway identification can also be uncertain from a long-lens race image.
The same evidence boundary applies to the RM 64-01. It appeared with Pogačar around the 2026 Tour launch, but the lighter RM 67-02 remains the manufacturer's identified Pogačar sports watch.
What happened to Pogačar's wrist at Paris–Roubaix?
During the 2025 Paris–Roubaix, broadcasts showed blood around Pogačar's left wrist and glove while he was wearing an RM 67-02. Eurosport, road.cc and later Cyclingnews coverage associated the wound with watch contact over the cobbles.
The visible fact is the blood and the watch. The precise mechanism was not established by a published medical or manufacturer report, so Roadman does not present the episode as a controlled durability test or a formally diagnosed product defect.
The earlier version of this article put the central Roubaix story on Mathieu van der Poel. That was the wrong rider for the wrist-injury incident: Pogačar was the rider shown bleeding in 2025; Van der Poel won the race.
When did Richard Mille partner with Pogačar?
Richard Mille says its connection with Pogačar began in 2021, when it became an official partner of UAE Team Emirates. The team page says riders were given the opportunity to wear the RM 67-02 and describes the complete 32-gram specification.
By 2026, Pogačar also had a dedicated profile in Richard Mille's personal partner directory. Public sources do not disclose every commercial term, so it is safer to state the documented relationship than to invent a retainer, contract value or separately dated personal deal.
The sporting context is current: the official Tour de France record confirms that Pogačar won his fifth Tour in July 2026, joining Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain on five victories.
What about Mathieu van der Poel and other Richard Mille cyclists?
Richard Mille's cycling presence is broader than Pogačar. Its current Mathieu van der Poel profile dates his relationship with the brand to 2025, while the RM 64-01 product page also names Mark Cavendish and UAE Team Emirates among the brand's cycling connections.
That background explains why the RM 67-02 appears across different riders and colourways. It does not change this page's search job: Pogačar's watch, specifications, 2026 update and price evidence. For the wider relationship between watches, timing and professional cycling, continue to Against the Clock. For the alternative team-ownership approach, see Tudor Pro Cycling.
Why a 32-gram mechanical watch fits cycling sponsorship
Cycling makes the weight specification unusually legible. A 32-gram watch is still additional mass, but it is small relative to a rider-and-bike system and conspicuous in television close-ups. That combination gives Richard Mille a simple demonstration: a mechanical watch designed for sport, worn during sport.
Claims about the exact advertising value, audience wealth or ambassador fee are different. Neither Richard Mille nor the team publishes those figures in the sources reviewed here. They may be useful marketing hypotheses, but they should not be presented as measured facts.
The watch also does not replace Pogačar's race instruments. Power, speed, route and timing data remain on the bike computer and within the team's systems. The RM is the visible sponsorship object; the head unit is the working cycling tool.
Sources and verification
- Richard Mille — Tadej Pogačar — identifies the RM 67-02 as Pogačar's watch and traces the relationship to the 2021 team partnership.
- Richard Mille — UAE Team Emirates — verifies the team relationship, rider access to the RM 67-02 and the 32-gram specification.
- Richard Mille — RM 67-02 — official weight, materials, movement and strap record.
- Richard Mille — RM 64-01 Tourbillon Colnago — official 50-piece edition, movement, materials, dimensions and power reserve.
- Colnago — RM 64-01 launch, 29 June 2026 — verifies launch date, collaboration and Pogačar/UAE context.
- Cyclingnews — RM 67-02 at the 2025 Tour — dated price reporting and race observation.
- Cyclingnews — RM 64-01 introduction — clearly labelled 2026 price estimate and race-use uncertainty.
- Tour de France — 2026 final stage — verifies Pogačar's fifth overall Tour victory.
- Eurosport — 2025 Paris–Roubaix wrist footage — contemporary record of the visible wrist incident.
This is an editorial identification and sponsorship guide, not a valuation or purchasing recommendation. Richard Mille and Colnago did not commission or review it.
