Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 280

Richard Mille RM 011 - White Gold & Titanium - Flyback Chronograph Richard Mille, ?Felipe Massa Flyback Chronograph ? RM 011,? case No. 310. Made in 2006, sold December 28th, 2007. Extremely fine, rare and very unusual, tonneau shaped and curved, self-winding, water resistant to 50 m, 18K white gold and titanium wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, registers, annual calendar, oversized date display and a titanium Richard Mille double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Warranty Certificate, technical specifications, sales invoice and 2 spare straps.

C. Three-body, solid, matte and polished, bezel with 12 special milled titanium screws, reinforced titanium case band, transparent case back with 8 special milled titanium screws, rubber-coated winding crown, pushbuttons to control the chronograph start & stop function at 2 and the reset & fly-back function at 4, curved and anti-reflective sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with white Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with 5-minute luminous dot markers, subsidiary ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers and 60-minute count-down timer, central double-digit date indicator within red boarder, month indicator between 4 & 5. White gold skeletonized baton hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. RM 011, tonneau-shaped, skeletonized PVD-coated titanium, 68 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, variable geometry rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 x 50 mm. Thickness 16 mm.