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The 78490 / 78690 attribution dispute that runs across the steel 116520 literature is documented in that article; see [[Reference:116520]] for the full treatment. The full-gold 116528 bracelet is the gold-cast parallel to the steel 78490 rather than carrying its own disputed history, and auction catalogue text generally identifies it by material rather than by reference number.
The 78490 / 78690 attribution dispute that runs across the steel 116520 literature is documented in that article; see [[Reference:116520]] for the full treatment. The full-gold 116528 bracelet is the gold-cast parallel to the steel 78490 rather than carrying its own disputed history, and auction catalogue text generally identifies it by material rather than by reference number.


The clasp is the modern Oysterlock with Easylink 5mm comfort extension, a lever-and-keeper inside the clasp body that gives a five-millimetre micro-adjustment without tools. Easylink arrived on the cal 4130 generation around 2002 to 2003; the earliest 116528 production carried the Oysterlock without it. The clasp blade carries a year code — single letter through 2010, then a random three-character alphanumeric from 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.
The clasp story is straightforward. Early 116528s can predate Easylink, later ones carry it, and the clasp code still dates the bracelet rather than the watch head.


The Daytona never adopted the Glidelock micro-extension that came to the Submariner-line clasps in 2010. Easylink is the only on-bracelet adjustment the 116528 ever offered.
The Daytona never adopted the Glidelock micro-extension that came to the Submariner-line clasps in 2010. Easylink is the only on-bracelet adjustment the 116528 ever offered.
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=== Eric Clapton's 116528 ===
=== Eric Clapton's 116528 ===


The 116528's best-known provenance is Eric Clapton's 2014 example, sold at Bishop & Miller (UK) on 21 April 2017 for GBP 28,000 hammer. The watch was re-consigned to Bonhams shortly after and sold a second time in 2017 at the Bonhams Hong Kong watch sale. The Bishop & Miller result was the reference's headline public transaction of the year and established the celebrity-provenance premium over the generic-market floor that Revolution placed at around GBP 15,000 for the reference at that time. Clapton's 116528 was a standard-configuration black-dial gold Daytona; the premium reflected provenance rather than dial variant.
The 116528's best-known provenance is Eric Clapton's example, sold in 2017. That sale matters because it sets the celebrity premium against the ordinary market for the reference.


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