"Royalty and Specialist Protection Unit"

[priamo]

Tudor Black Bay 79220B

"By special request these were made in a run of 75 pieces and offered to the officers in the Royalty and Specialist Protection Unit or RaSP. This unit is responsible for protecting the Royal family, parliament, government officials, diplomats and responsible for protecting the Royal Residences."

"This watch is identical to a standard Black Bay Blue, but the text on the bottom half of the dial is replaced by the RaSP's logo which is a Tudor rose with a crown above. The caseback also a unique P number that is specific to each watch, the edition number, and name of unit in an arch around the edge. This watch is accompanied by its original box and guarantee card, the outer sleeve even has a corresponding "P number" which shows it was the one originally with the watch."
Bob's Watches has one of these, $35,995  $33,995  $29,995

 

[rw16610]

Oh wow, I didn't know about these. Very cool history behind them. I've always been fascinated by watches that had a factory branded dial for various organizations. We don't see as much of it happening these days, but this is part of what makes them stand out to collectors, I guess.

[muckymark]

Seems like Tudor is amendable to custom dials. This is from the Pelagos thread on WUS. From what I understand it was a small batch.

[rw16610]

Very cool as well! I'll be keeping an eye out for more of these. Albeit hard to come by, it's enjoyable to discover.