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19mm Oyster across the production. The standard delivery configuration is the 78351 gold-capped Oyster bracelet — same reference number that fitted the earlier 5502 / 5506 pair across the 1958–1965 production window. The bracelet reference 78351 carries through the production gap between the 5502 / 5506 pair and the 5520 launch in 1974, suggesting Rolex's gold-capped 19mm Oyster bracelet platform stayed consistent across the gap.

The 78351 follows the broader Air-King end-link generation: rivet construction on early production, transitioning to folded-link and ~~ultimately~~ solid-link Oyster as the 1500-family bracelet platform updates across the late 1970s and early 1980s. Late 5520 production typically wears the solid-link 78351 variant.

The 78351 follows the broader Air-King end-link generation: rivet construction on early production, transitioning to folded-link and then solid-link Oyster as the 1500-family bracelet platform updates across the late 1970s and early 1980s. Late 5520 production typically wears the solid-link 78351 variant.

A two-tone Jubilee bracelet was a period catalogue option on some 5520 examples but was less commonly fitted than on the 5501 sister; the 5520's Oyster fitment dominates documented examples.

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 mm Oyster across the production. The standard delivery configuration is the 78351 gold-capped Oyster bracelet — same reference number that fitted the earlier 5502 / 5506 pair across the 1958–1965 production window. The bracelet reference 78351 carries through the production gap between the 5502 / 5506 pair and the 5520 launch in 1974, suggesting Rolex's gold-capped 19mm Oyster bracelet platform stayed consistent across the gap.
-The 78351 follows the broader Air-King end-link generation: rivet construction on early production, transitioning to folded-link and ultimately solid-link Oyster as the 1500-family bracelet platform updates across the late 1970s and early 1980s. Late 5520 production typically wears the solid-link 78351 variant.
+The 78351 follows the broader Air-King end-link generation: rivet construction on early production, transitioning to folded-link and then solid-link Oyster as the 1500-family bracelet platform updates across the late 1970s and early 1980s. Late 5520 production typically wears the solid-link 78351 variant.
 A two-tone Jubilee bracelet was a period catalogue option on some 5520 examples but was less commonly fitted than on the 5501 sister; the 5520's Oyster fitment dominates documented examples.