Reference:116508: Difference between revisions
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Ground Auction record and bracelet-ref claim in real lots (Antiquorum 2022 sold, two Bonhams "John Mayer" unsold, one Bonhams diamond-MOP unsold); correct 78498->78598 bracelet ref |
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Easylink is a lever-and-keeper inside the clasp body that gives five millimetres of micro-adjustment without tools. The Daytona never adopted the Glidelock micro-extension that came to the Submariner-line clasps in 2010, so Easylink is the only on-bracelet adjustment the 116508 ever offered. The clasp blade carries a date code in the random three-character alphanumeric format that has run across the Rolex Sport line since 2011, and on SEL bracelets the date code, part number, and Rolex crown are stamped into the underside of the end link itself rather than the clasp blade alone. See [[Reference:Bracelets]] for the full date-code key. | Easylink is a lever-and-keeper inside the clasp body that gives five millimetres of micro-adjustment without tools. The Daytona never adopted the Glidelock micro-extension that came to the Submariner-line clasps in 2010, so Easylink is the only on-bracelet adjustment the 116508 ever offered. The clasp blade carries a date code in the random three-character alphanumeric format that has run across the Rolex Sport line since 2011, and on SEL bracelets the date code, part number, and Rolex crown are stamped into the underside of the end link itself rather than the clasp blade alone. See [[Reference:Bracelets]] for the full date-code key. | ||
A Bonhams London lot catalogued in December 2023 (mother-of-pearl dial, diamond hour markers) stamps its bracelet "78598 Oyster link" directly on the case description, which fixes the full yellow gold Oyster reference number from the piece rather than from a parts list. David Boettcher's broader Daytona bracelet reference at vintagewatchstraps.com carries the configuration alongside the steel and Rolesor variants without breaking it out as a numbered branch. | |||
==Special branches== | ==Special branches== | ||
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==Auction record== | ==Auction record== | ||
Only one full-watch 116508 lot found in the searched auction record actually sold: an unworn "new old stock" green sundust example, case L954T643, at Antiquorum's Monaco sale on 19 July 2022. It brought EUR 110,500 against a EUR 49,700–100,000 estimate (equivalent to roughly USD 53,000–106,000 or CHF 50,000–100,000 at the time), above the high estimate. Two later Bonhams Hong Kong lots of the same green dial — both catalogued by Bonhams itself under the "John Mayer" name in the lot title, not as collector slang — did not sell: one estimated at HK$500,000–800,000 in October 2022, the other at HK$450,000–650,000 in December 2022. A diamond-set mother-of-pearl 116508 also passed at Bonhams London in December 2023 against a GBP 32,000–42,000 estimate. | |||
The Antiquorum result and the two unsold Bonhams lots sit either side of the 2022 turn in the wider watch market — the sold NOS example predates it by months, the two passed green-dial lots follow it — but three data points from a handful of catalogued lots are a lead on timing, not a demonstrated pricing pattern for the reference or the green dial specifically. No 116508 lot in the searched record approaches the kind of single-artifact result that defines Paul Newman's 6239 or the Unicorn 6265. | |||
The 2023 transition to the 126508 closed the engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Oyster Daytona configuration permanently | The 2023 transition to the 126508 closed the engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Oyster Daytona configuration permanently, though the sample above is too thin to say what that closure has done to used prices. | ||
== Related references == | == Related references == | ||
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* [https://revolutionwatch.com/hard-to-thrill/ Revolution editorial, "Hard to Thrill", Revolution, 2017-06-20] | * [https://revolutionwatch.com/hard-to-thrill/ Revolution editorial, "Hard to Thrill", Revolution, 2017-06-20] | ||
* [https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/ David Boettcher, "Vintage Watch Straps — Rolex bracelet and clasp reference", vintagewatchstraps.com, 2026-04-18] | * [https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/ David Boettcher, "Vintage Watch Straps — Rolex bracelet and clasp reference", vintagewatchstraps.com, 2026-04-18] | ||
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-116508-oyster-perpetual-superlative-chronometer-officially-certified-cosmograph-daytona-lot-353-352?browse_all=1 Rolex Ref. 116508 Cosmograph Daytona, lot 352, Antiquorum Monaco, 2022-07-19] | |||
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27772/lot/528/rolex-or-cosmograph-daytona-john-mayer-ref116508-a-fine-yellow-gold-chronograph-bracelet-watch-circa-2019/ Rolex Cosmograph Daytona "John Mayer" Ref. 116508, Bonhams Hong Kong, 2022-10-05] | |||
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27738/lot/944/rolex-or-cosmograph-daytona-john-mayer-ref116508-a-fine-yellow-gold-chronograph-bracelet-watch-circa-2019/ Rolex Cosmograph Daytona "John Mayer" Ref. 116508, Bonhams Hong Kong, 2022-12-01] | |||
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28036/lot/7/rolex-a-fine-and-rare-18k-gold-diamond-set-automatic-chronograph-bracelet-watch-with-mother-of-pearl-dial-cosmograph-daytona-ref-116508-purchased-16th-june-2020/ Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 116508, diamond mother-of-pearl dial, Bonhams London, 2023-12-13] | |||
[[Category:Daytona]] | [[Category:Daytona]] | ||