Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jan 26, 2013

LOT 234

Richard Mille RM005 Pink Gold Richard Mille, ?RM 005,? No. 493, movement No. 0102, Ref. RM005 AEPG. Made circa 2007. Very fine and unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with date and 18K pink gold Richard Mille buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee and instructions.

C. Three-body, solid, brushed and polished, bezel with 8 special milled grade 5 titanium screws, reinforced case band, transparent case back with 4 special milled grade 5 titanium screws, curved anti-reflective sapphire crystals. Titanium and rubber crown. D. Sapphire crystal with painted white racing-style Arabic numerals, outer minutes divisions, raised black flange set with 5-minute luminous dot markers, date highlighted at 7 position. Polished skeleton hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. RM 005-1, titanium, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, weighted titanium rotor with tungsten/cobalt-alloy segments adjustable in 6-positions providing variable geometry. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 x 45 mm. Thickness 12 mm.