BREITLING, SUPEROCEAN HERITAGE B20 AUTOMATIC 42 'PLATINUM JUBILEE RaSP’, A LIMITED EDITION STEEL WRISTWATCH MADE FOR THE ROYALTY & SPECIALIST PROTECTION UNIT

CASE NUMBER: 5'124'***, **/70

Details

CIRCA: 2022
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel, caseback engraved with the legend ‘Royalty and Specialist Protection’ and 'E II R', a reference to Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Crown, the limited edition number '**/70' and the personal warrant number of the unit member.
DIAMETER: 42 mm.
BRACELET: Breitling stainless steel mesh bracelet
DIAL: Blue sunburst dial with the crest of the Royalty & Specialist Protection Unit at 9 o’ clock
MOVEMENT: Cal. B20, automatic, 26 jewels
FUNCTIONS: Time, date
BUCKLE: Breitling stainless steel folding clasp
WITH: Breitling guarantee and a Breitling limited edition certificate confirming that the watch was “made exclusively for the Royalty & Specialist Protection Unit to celebrate the HRM Platinum Jubilee’, hang tag, and presentation box
REMARK: Fresh to market


Lot Essay

Offered in excellent overall condition, the present timepiece is part of a limited edition of 70 examples made for the London Metropolitan Police officers serving within the Royalty and Specialist Protection branch (RaSP), to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum Jubilee in 2022. The RaSP is tasked with protecting with the Royal Family and government ministers.
The dial displays the highly detailed emblem of the elite RaSP unit, the caseback features an engraving 'E II R', a reference to Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Crown, of which special permission had to be granted by the Royal household in order to be featured on the watch. Also on the caseback is the original officer’ personal warrant number (personnel/service identification number).