Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 279

RICHARD MILLE WHITE GOLD RM005 Richard Mille, ?RM 005,? No. 1041. Made circa 2007. Very fine and unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with date and 18K white gold and titanium Richard Mille sprung double folding clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, matte and polished, bezel with 8 special milled grade 5 titanium screws, reinforced case band, transparent case back with 4 special milled grade 5 titanium screws, curved anti-reflective sapphire crystals. Titanium and rubber crown. D. Sapphire crystal with painted white racing-style Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, raised black flange set with 5-minute luminous dot markers, date highlighted at 7 position. Polished skeleton hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. RM 005-1, titanium, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, weighted titanium rotor with tungsten/cobalt-alloy segments adjustable in 6-positions providing variable geometry. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 37 x 45 mm. Thickness 12 mm.