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RICHARD MILLE, RM-69 EROTIC TOUBILLON, AN EXTREMELY RARE LIMITED EDITION TITANIUM WRISTWATCH

CASE NUMBER: 29/30

Name: RICHARD MILLE, RM-69 EROTIC TOUBILLON, AN EXTREMELY RARE LIMITED EDITION TITANIUM WRISTWATCH
Brand: CASE NUMBER: 29/30
Price: 1200000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 1,502,000

Estimate

USD 800,000 - USD 1,200,000

Closed: 4 May 2023

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RICHARD MILLE, RM-69 EROTIC TOUBILLON, AN EXTREMELY RARE LIMITED EDITION TITANIUM WRISTWATCH

CASE NUMBER: 29/30

Price Realised USD 1,502,000

Closed: 4 May 2023

Price Realised USD 1,502,000

Closed: 4 May 2023

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CIRCA: 2017
CASE MATERIAL: Titanium
DIMENSIONS: 50 mm. x 42.7 mm. x 16.15 mm.
STRAP MATERIAL: Rubber strap
DIAL: Open-worked dial with three titanium rollers, tourbillon at 6 o’ clock, power reserve indicator
MOVEMENT: Manual-winding with tourbillon regulator
FUNCTIONS: Time, tourbillon, “Oracle” complication – a set of three titanium rollers that can generate random messages when activated by a pusher at 10 o’ clock
BUCKLE: Titanium folding buckle
WITH: Richard Mille Certificate and travel pouch

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Lot Essay

Richard Mille’s name is today synonymous with avant-garde materials and cutting-edge movement construction forged on the back of high-performance models developed in partnership with a roster of elite athletes like Rafael Nadal, Felipe Massa, Pablo Mac Donough and Bubba Watson. However, every now and then the brand likes to shock its audience with a quirky little complication that’s unlike anything else out there.

The RM 69 is the brand’s take on the “Erotic Watches” genre that goes back centuries. Whilst the pocket watches and wristwatches of yore featured automaton figurines, Richard Mille’s reinterpretation is less graphic, more subtle. Central to this idea is the Oracle complication - a combination of three rollers in the top half of the open-worked dial that will display a random sequence of words that form a naughty titillating message every the pusher at 10 o’ clock is activated.

The only other distraction on the dial is a tourbillon at 6 o’ clock, which in any other wristwatch would have taken centre-stage. Launched in 2015, the watch was produced in an extremely limited run of 30 pieces and the list of celebrities spotted wearing this watch include Travis Scott and Drake. Whimsical, ingenious and extremely exclusive, the RM69 is a wristwatch like no other.