$180,000
“Tourbillon Split-Seconds Chronograph - RM008” Richard Mille, “Tourbillon Split-Seconds Chronograph - RM008”, No. 43. Production of this reference started in 2004. Extremely fine, rare and very unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, square button split-seconds chronograph, register, torque indicator, power-reserve and an 18K pink gold Richard Mille buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. To be sold without reserve Three-body, solid, matte and polished, bezel with 12 special milled titanium screws, reinforced case band, transparent case back with 8 special milled titanium screws, rubber-coated winding crown to select a neutral, winding or hand-setting position, 3 pushbuttons to control the chronograph functions, curved and anti-reflective 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 handsetting position, at 11 sector for the up-and-down indication, at 6 aperture for the visible tourbillon regulator under a V-shaped titanium bridge. Titanium skeleton hands with luminous tips. Cal. RM 008-1, tonneau-shaped, PVD-coated titanium, 38 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, titanium tourbillon carriage with 3 equidistant arms, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensa
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-09-17