Rafa took to the court Tuesday at the French Open with a new timepiece from
Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille. The RM 027 Tourbillon was made specially
for Nadal and features a carbon-composite case and lithium alloys, which are
just fancy ways of saying that it's really, really light. It weighs just 20
grams (equivalent to about eight pennies) so Nadal can wear it during matches. The watch was given to him as part of a sponsorship deal, so it's not like Nadal went out to the mall and threw down h
