Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Mar 18, 2017

LOT 128

RICHARD MILLE RM016 TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION Richard Mille, RM 016 AH Ti / 1019, No.17 / 28. Made in a limited edition of 28 pieces for THE HOUR GLASS. Made in 2000s. Very fine, rare and unusual, rectangular and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium wristwatch with date and a titanium Richard Mille sprung double folding claps.

Three-body, brushed, bezel with 8 special milled titanium screws, reinforced case band, transparent case back with 4 special milled titanium screws, 2 curved and anti-reflective sapphire crystals, polished and brushed cylindrical titanium winding crown with conical white gold tip. 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. Luminous white gold satin and polished hands. Cal.RM-AS7, semi-skeletonized, titanium with black PVD coating, double barrel system, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, bidirectional central titanium rotor with 6-positional adjustable geometry tungsten/cobalt-alloy segments.