- Year
- 2025
- Condition
- Excellent
- Set
- Box and papers
- Size
- 48.15 × 39.74 × 13.30 mm
Set and condition
Complete set
This RM 88 Automatic Tourbillon Smiley is accompanied by its original presentation box, warranty card and supporting documentation. The watch and included items are inspected by an expert watchmaker before sale. Additional photographs and video of this piece are available on request.
Original presentation box
Original presentation box and packaging.
Original papers
Warranty card and supporting documentation.
Inspected prior to sale
Reviewed for condition, completeness and functionality. Additional details and photographs are available on request.
Condition photography
Additional close-up images of specific areas are available before purchase.
Overview
The Smiley composition in a transparent case
The RM 88’s dial architecture — the gold Smiley, Olivier Kuhn’s micro-sculptures, the red gold flange, the cloud fixed to the tourbillon and the W/H function indicator at 3 o’clock — sits inside a transparent sapphire case, on a white strap with a yellow-collared crown.
The mechanical content is the RM 88’s: the CRMT7, a skeletonised automatic tourbillon with hours, minutes and a function indicator, built on two baseplates so that the ornamentation sits clear of the movement.
Key details
Design and engineering
- Calibre CRMT7Skeletonised automatic winding tourbillon movement with hours, minutes and a function indicator, running at 28,800 vph (4 Hz) with around 50 hours (± 10%) of power reserve. It measures 32.10 × 29.00 mm by 4.80 mm thick on 23 jewels, and Richard Mille records three years of development.
- Two baseplatesOne technical baseplate carries the movement; a second auxiliary plate mounted onto it secures the ornamentation and presents the objects on an inclined plane for volumetric effect, while keeping the assembly shock-resistant. The Smiley sits higher than the rest, on the motion-work bridge, which takes the form and colours of a rainbow.
- Gold micro-sculpturesA flower, the sun, a pineapple, a cactus, a flamingo, a rainbow and a cocktail glass, engraved in gold by Olivier Kuhn, each weighing under a gram and each required to survive shock. The spines of the cactus are individually polished to remove the green PVD coating beneath, the cocktail glass is built from four solid gold parts, and the flower is mirror-polished with rhodium-plated petals.
- Figurative secondsThe small-seconds hand alternates between rain and fine weather each minute, gliding over an ARCAP cloud fixed to the tourbillon before hiding beneath a small cloud in microblasted and satin-finished white gold.
- Function indicatorA hand at 3 o’clock shows the winding and hand-setting positions as the crown is pulled out, in the manner of a car’s gearbox.
- Sun-shaped rotor3N yellow gold, shaped as a sun, on the OneWay® winding system with ceramic ball bearings, winding the fast-rotating barrel. It is hand-decorated, the bevelling included.
- Free-sprung balance with variable inertiaFour small adjustable weights on the balance, with the regulator index eliminated.
The reference
Technical specifications
| Reference | RM 88 |
|---|---|
| Calibre | CRMT7, skeletonised automatic winding tourbillon |
| Functions | Hours, minutes, function indicator |
| Power reserve | Around 50 hours (± 10%) |
| Frequency | 28,800 vph (4 Hz) |
| Jewels | 23 |
| Movement dimensions | 32.10 × 29.00 mm |
| Movement thickness | 4.80 mm |
| Baseplate and bridges | Microblasted grade 5 titanium, PVD |
| Baseplates | Two: one technical, one auxiliary for the ornamentation |
| Tourbillon bridge | Double PVD coating, black and gold |
| Balance | CuBe, free-sprung, variable inertia, 4 arms, 4 setting weights |
| Rotor | 3N yellow gold, sun-shaped, OneWay® with ceramic ball bearings |
| Barrel | Fast rotating |
| Micro-sculptures | Gold, engraved by Olivier Kuhn, each under 1 g |
| Function indicator | Hand at 3 o’clock showing W or H |
| Case dimensions | 48.15 × 39.74 × 13.30 mm |
| Flange | Red gold |
| Crystal | Sapphire |
| Strap | White rubber |
Buying with HYPA
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- Original warranty card included, dated 2025
- Free insured delivery within Australia and Hong Kong · elsewhere quoted
- Payment by bank transfer
- Registered Australian dealerHYPA International Pty Ltd · Registered Victorian second-hand dealer, Registration No. SHD-0018017.
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