Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 332

RM 005 Titanium Felipe Massa Richard Mille, ?RM 005 - Felipe Massa,? No. 059/300. Made in a limited edition of 300 pieces circa 2005. Very fine, rare and unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium wristwatch with date and a titanium Richard Mille buckle. Accompanied by a Richard Mille fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, matte finish, 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, white minute/seconds divisions with 5-minute luminous dot markers set into a yellow frame, at 7 yellow aperture for the date within yellow and green boarder. Two-tone steel and green-enameled skeleton hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. RM 005, 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.