Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 402

RICHARD MILLE RM002/2 WHITE GOLD TOURBILLON Richard Mille, ?Tourbillon RM 002?, No. 333. Made circa 2008. Very fine, and unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, 18K white gold wrist-watch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, torque indicator, 70 hour power reserve and an 18K white gold Richard Mille deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box, warranty and tool.

USD 85,000 - 140,000

CHF 75,000 - 120,000 / EUR 60,000 - 100,000

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 with co-axial pushbutton to select a neutral, winding or hand setting position, 2 curved and anti-refl ective sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with white Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with 5-minute luminous dot markers, at 1 sector for the torque indication, at 4 indicator for the winding, neutral and hand-setting position, at 11 sector for the up-and-down indication, at 6 aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a V-shaped bridge. Titanium skeleton hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. RM002-V2, carbon nanofi ber, 30 jewels, some in gold chatons, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, titanium tourbillon cage with 3 equidistant polished arms, monometallic balance with ceramic cap jewel, adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 45 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Case: 1

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Movement: 1

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Dial: 1-01

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HANDS Original

Notes

Richard Mille fi rst introduced carbon nanofi ber baseplates in the RM006 tourbillon. Due the advantageous characteristics of the material from late 2004 he replaced the conventional PVD titanium baseplates used in the RM002 and RM003 with carbon nanofi ber, creating a V2 (version 2) reference. Carbon nanofi ber, also known as high density carbon, was inspired by Formula One and space research technology, the plates are signifi cantly stronger, lighter and more resistant to fl uctuation in temperature than titanium.
The function selector is activated by depressing the coaxial button in the crown to select between W (winding) N (neutral) or H (hand setting) positions