Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 396

RICHARD MILLE RM016 - TITANIUM Richard Mille, "RM 016 AH/Ti" No. 655. Sold on November 1st, 2008. Very fine and unusual, slim, rectangular and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium wristwatch with date and a titanium Richard Mille buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Warranty Certificate and technical specifications.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel with 8 special milled grade 5 titanium screws, reinforced case band, transparent case back with 4 special milled titanium screws, 2 curved and anti-refl ective sapphire crystals, polished and brushed cylindrical titanium winding crown with conical white gold tip. D. Transparent sapphire crystal with painted white Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with 5-minute luminous dot markers, highlight for the date indicator within 7 numeral. White gold polished hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. RM AS-7, semi-skeletonized, titanium with black PVD coating, double barrel system, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, bidirectional central titanium rotor with 6-positional adjustable geometry tungsten/cobalt-alloy segments. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 50 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm.