WITHDRAWN: Breitling Superocean Professional A17345

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Breitling Superocean Professional A17345
Complete Set W/Cosc Certificate
Warranty Card Dated: July 21/01
Very Unique Diving Watch (only made from 1999-2002) With Several Model Specific Features
No Extra Links (fits about 7 1/4")
Watch is in Excellent Shape
No Scratches or Gouges
Everything Works Flawlessly
Note: The Breitling Box is Missing the Letters B&L
Offers Welcome!

$2,500 delivered by courier in Canada, or FTF in the Niagara/Oakvile area

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New Price $2,300

The Breitling SuperOcean Professional was available from 1998 to 2002, and was also contemporary with the regular SuperOcean.

Visually, there are some differences to tell them apart:

The SuperOcean Professional uses the same case as the SuperOcean, but brushed, and with an added helium escape valve. Later SuperOceans kept the valve.
It also uses a quite similar dial, but the scale with 100ths of hour (from the SOs from the same period) is replaced by little baton-shaped phosphorescent hour markers. Later SuperOceans kept that design.
Hands are matt for the SOP, and polished for the SO.
The applied 18k solid logo (instead of painted on the early SuperOceans' dials). Later SuperOceans kept that feature.
The word Professional on the dial.
The dial is also matte, whereas the SO gets a glossy black.
There are no indices between the hour numerals.
The reference numbers are different (ends with 45 for the SOP, 40 or 60 for the SO).
The crystal of the SuperOcean Professional is also a bit thicker (4.2 mm vs. 3.7 mm) than the regular SuperOcean. This helps the watch achieve a higher water resistance.

The Professional bracelet of the SuperOcean Professional is also entirely brushed, to match the case. Also note that a SO with a Professional bracelet is not a SOP.

Brushing the watch case, according to the Breitling catalogue, avoids glinting liable to attract potentially aggressive fish.

There were actually 2 sub-versions of SOP:

the A17045 (“Colt SuperOcean Professional”, non-COSC certified). Its caseback opens with a 6-radii tool.
the A17345 (“SuperOcean Professional”, COSC-certified). Its caseback opens with a 15-radii tool, and says Chronomètre.
 
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