Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 250

?RM 005, No. 1472? Richard Mille, ?RM 005? No. 1472. Made circa 2005, sold on October 10th, 2006. Very fine, rare and very unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman?s wristwatch with date and a Richard Mille buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, bezel with 8 special milled titanium screws, reinforced case band, transparent case back with 4 special milled titanium screws, rubber-coated winding crown, 2 curved and anti-reflective sapphire crystals. D. Sapphire crystal with painted white Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with 5-minute luminous dot markers, at 7 aperture for the date. Polished ?skeleton? hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. RM 005-1, titanium, 32 jewels, straight lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, uni-directional central titanium rotor with 6- positional adjustable geometry and tungsten/ cobalt-alloy segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 37 x 45 mm. Thickness 11 mm.