====== Richard Mille RM 001 ====== {{wst>image_cr|Richard Mille|RM 001}} **RM 001** is a luxury watch by [[Richard Mille]]. After a preparatory phase of three years Richard Mille introduced its first luxury watch in [[2001]] with this model. The watch has a [[minute tourbillon]], a [[retrograde]] power reserve, and a [[torque]] indicator. At an auction of the auction house Christie's on May 12, [[2007]] in // Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues //, [[Geneva]], one copy estimated for 90.000 to 130.000 Swiss francs achieved the surprisingly high sum total of 220,000 CHF. **Movement:** * [[Manual winding]] movement * [[Tourbillon]] with cage in [[titanium]] * Monometallische [[balance wheel]] with [[ceramic]] capstone * 30 [[jewels]] **Case: ** * [[White gold]], [[tonneau]] shaped (also available in [[red gold]] and [[platinum]]) * Dimensions 39 x 45 mm * [[Domed]] [[sapphire crystal]] with [[anti-glare treatment]] * [[Sapphire crystal]] caseback * [[Waterproof]] to ? m **Dial:** * [[Skeletonized]] * [[Luminous]] hands * [[Luminous]] numerals, printed on the [[sapphire crystal]] **Functions:** * Hours, minutes * Power reserve indicator * [[Torque indicator]] of the movement **Bracelet: ** * Leather strap {{tag>Watch_models Watches_with_tourbillon Richard_Mille_models}}