From Koi Fish to Sapphire, the Richard Mille Blueprint of Anant Ambani’s Collection

​Some collectors merely accumulate. Anant Ambani curates, and the selection bears an unmistakable hand.

​The early indicators were distinct. At 25, he was photographed wearing an 18-karat yellow gold Richard Mille Koi Fish Tourbillon, valued at nearly Rs 10 crore. A Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time, lavishly set with emeralds and accessible only to VVIP clientele, soon followed, alongside iterations of Richard Mille’s Rafael Nadal editions.

​By 2024, the instinct had reached its zenith. A sapphire-cased Richard Mille RM 56-02 Tourbillon, reported at roughly Rs 45 crore, made its appearance during the Jamnagar pre-wedding festivities. A rose gold Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon graced his pheras, while the Richard Mille RM 52-05 Pharrell Williams accompanied his wedding day. Cementing the scale of this curation, limited-edition Audemars Piguet timepieces, valued at approximately Rs 2 crore each, were reportedly presented to select guests.

​Indian media estimates place the total collection near Rs 200 crore, an unconfirmed valuation, yet a compelling one. Ultimately, the underlying pattern is far more revealing than the aggregate sum: a preference for intricate mechanics, cases carved entirely from sapphire and micro-production runs, with Richard Mille and Patek Philippe anchoring the core.

The Five Standout Watches:

December 2025: Richard Mille RM 056 Sapphire Tourbillon

On 16 December, Lionel Messi's India tour reached Vantara, the wildlife rescue and conservation centre in Jamnagar that Anant founded. Photographs showed him in a black shirt and denim, with the evening's real finish on his wrist: the RM 056 Sapphire Tourbillon. Its case is machined from transparent sapphire, which leaves the movement suspended in clear view. Coverage described the model as a run of five and valued Anant's example at about $5 million, roughly Rs 45.59 crore. Some outlets call it a unique piece, so references vary between reports. The same watch was reportedly on his wrist when he accepted an animal welfare award.

Indian outlets also reported that Anant gave Messi a Richard Mille RM 003-V2 GMT Tourbillon Asia Edition, after the footballer, who had arrived without a watch, was seen wearing one mid-visit. No confirmation has surfaced, so it remains a rumour. What is documented is the setting: sapphire and Vantara, in one frame.

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January 2026: Jacob & Co. Opera Vantara Green Camo

On 21 January, Jacob & Co. presented a one-of-one watch as a tribute to Vantara, and here the cause stops being the backdrop and becomes the dial. At its centre sits a hand-painted figurine of Anant in a blue floral shirt, surrounded by sculpted miniatures of a lion and a Bengal tiger on a green camouflage field. The white gold case carries 397 gemstones, among them demantoid garnets, tsavorites, green sapphires and white diamonds. The brand describes the figure as a symbol of stewardship and responsibility. Jacob & Co. has not disclosed a price; reports suggest about $1.5 million.

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Spring 2026: Jacob & Co. Opera Godfather Baguette “Shiva”

Around the same weeks, Jacob & Co. shared a picture of Anant wearing a custom take on its Opera Godfather Baguette, a model that launched only in April at about $1.2 million. The film’s Don Corleone gives way to a Shiva figurine, which rotates inside a flying triple-axis tourbillon, while “Om” detailing and a 120-note mechanism that plays the Godfather melody on demand complete the dial. The 18-karat rose gold case carries more than 300 baguette-cut diamonds. Indian outlets put it at over Rs 10 crore or around Rs 12 crore, while one foreign report says $2 million. A figure at the dial’s centre, once again, is the point. The brand has not confirmed a price, so every figure here is an estimate.

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March 2026: Richard Mille RM 47 Samurai Tourbillon in Blue Sapphire

On 28 March, at a private birthday celebration with his mother and wife, Anant was reported to be wearing a blue sapphire interpretation of the RM 47 Samurai Tourbillon, valued at about $10 million. The standard RM 47, developed with Fernando Alonso and limited to 75 pieces, presents a gold samurai in a dark case. The sapphire version trades that shadow for light: the case is clear and blue, and the mechanism seems to float. It is the sapphire thread at its boldest, and a reminder that Richard Mille's narrative watches suit him as well as its engineering ones.

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Spring 2026: Richard Mille RM 57-02 Black Baguette Falcon

Reports from late April, repeated through May, placed Anant in the RM 57-02 Black Baguette Falcon, estimated at about $4.2 million, though one outlet quoted $4.5 million. This is the exception. The sapphire here is jewellery rather than structure: baguette-cut black stones set into a white gold case, with a hand-carved, diamond-set falcon perched over a skeletonised tourbillon. It suggests he rotates through the collection instead of repeating a single formula. A falcon, as it happens, is also a creature Vantara's mission would recognise.

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Strip away the valuations and one question remains: does a collector at this level wear his watches or write with them? Consider the record. A clear case beside rescued animals in December. A dial that seats a lion, a tiger and Anant's own likeness in January. A case with a melody of its own. Blue sapphire at a family birthday in March. A falcon in black stones this spring. Any single sighting is a fact about one wrist. five in a row, bent around one cause, begin to read as a sentence. The reading is ours, not his, but it is hard to unsee. All prices are media estimates, and the March and spring sightings rest on thin reporting.

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