Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 384

RICHARD MILLE RM002/2 WHITE GOLD TOURBILLON Richard Mille, "Tourbillon RM 002", No. 128. Made circa 2008. Very fine, and unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, 18K white gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, torque indicator, 70 hour power reserve and an 18K white gold Richard Mille Buckle. Accompanied by the original warranty and instructions.

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. 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. Cal. RM002-V2, carbon nanofiber, 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.