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Old 2 January 2020, 06:16 AM   #1
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Pics of Basque, Ethiopian, Finnish, Greek, Moroccan Arabic, Polish or Turk day wheel?

Does anyone happen to have pics of a Basque, Ethiopian, Finnish, Greek, Moroccan Arabic, Polish or Turkish day wheel? I'm trying to find pics of all 26 languages and I haven't been able to find those anywhere.

Here are the other 19:

Arabic:


Catalan:


Chinese:


Danish:


Dutch:


English:


Farsi:


French:


German:


Hebrew:


Italian:


Indonesian:


Japanese:


Latin:


Norwegian:


Portuguese:


Russian:


Spanish:


Swedish:
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Old 2 January 2020, 07:18 AM   #2
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That French one is my actual watch. Got it from HQ Milton in 2015.
And no, it's not for sale.
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Old 2 January 2020, 11:12 AM   #3
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The Danish one says Swedish on the picture...
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Old 2 January 2020, 11:42 AM   #4
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I LOVE the Latin dial. I wonder what the odds are it could actually be found in a watch?
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Old 2 January 2020, 03:33 PM   #5
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The Danish one says Swedish on the picture...
Good catch! I think I got mixed up because "Onsdag" is Wednesday in both.

This one is Swedish:


And here's a Danish:
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Old 2 January 2020, 09:16 PM   #6
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can't assist but nice post
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Old 3 January 2020, 12:27 AM   #7
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Great thread! Part of the charm of the DDs is also given by the different languages of the day wheel.

I have never seen latin but I am very tempted to order one for my watch if it is possible!
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Old 3 January 2020, 02:10 AM   #8
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First all the co-brands, all the Oysters, all the barked references, and all the stone dials, and now in progress on all the day wheels!

You, sir, are a HUGE asset to this community.

Thank you, Rob!

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Old 3 January 2020, 03:02 AM   #9
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Thanks guys! I'll run out of categories of Rolex images to Google one of these days
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Old 9 January 2020, 01:54 AM   #10
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I found Ethiopian (Amharic), but not on a watch:


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Old 9 January 2020, 03:10 AM   #11
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Great find.....I guess very few were ever made. It would be interesting to know how actually Rolex decided on the Amharic.
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Old 9 January 2020, 03:29 AM   #12
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Very informative. Thank you for sharing.
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Old 9 January 2020, 11:23 AM   #13
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I found Ethiopian (Amharic), but not on a watch:
Absolutely awesome. Imagine owning that!
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Old 10 January 2020, 12:05 AM   #14
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I LOVE the Latin dial. I wonder what the odds are it could actually be found in a watch?
Not a very good pic but here's one:
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Old 11 January 2020, 12:58 AM   #15
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It has come to my attention that Norwegian and Danish days are exactly the same. So really there are 25 distinct day wheels if I'm not mistaken.
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Old 11 January 2020, 01:37 AM   #16
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Not a very good pic but here's one:
The Pope's watch?
Who else reads Latin?
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Old 11 January 2020, 02:00 AM   #17
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The Pope's watch?
Who else reads Latin?
I do....sort of. Latin is the closest option to my language.
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Old 11 January 2020, 07:45 AM   #18
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Who else reads Latin?
Anybody who attended an expensive British school.
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Old 11 January 2020, 09:27 AM   #19
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Anybody who attended an expensive British school.
And many catholics over around 45 years old.
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Old 11 January 2020, 09:59 AM   #20
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Who else reads Latin?
Latin is the root of a host of Romance languages (like Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) and isn't unfathomable to those who speak them. Especially Italian, where the words for the days of the week are very similar to those of Latin.

English is more Germanic in style (although it also has roots in Latin), so it's harder for English speakers to understand Latin instinctively.

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Old 11 January 2020, 11:13 AM   #21
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I do....sort of. Latin is the closest option to my language.
So do I...
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Old 11 January 2020, 11:15 AM   #22
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Latin is the root of a host of Romance languages (like Italian, Spanish, Portugese and Italian) and isn't unfathomable to those who speak them. Especially Italian, where the words for the days of the week are very similar to those of Latin.

English is more Germanic in style (although it also has roots in Latin), so it's harder for English speakers to understand Latin instinctively.

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French, do not forget it. Spoken in Canada and in many North African nations too!
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French, do not forget it. Spoken in Canada and in many North African nations too!
That's right. I just gave a few examples - it wasn't meant to be a complete list. Major Romance languages also include French and Romanian.

Romance languages are basically the ones where you wave your hands around a lot and almost sing. And if I had that uber-rare Latin Day-Date day wheel, I'd be gesticulating and singing non-stop.
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It’s interesting that on the Greek wheel they put two English names to help the watchmaker orient it, and marked the Latin one with its language, but did neither for Amharic nor Finnish.

Why do some have three ‘buttons‘ (jewels?) installed near the center, and others just have three holes?
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Old 18 January 2020, 11:41 AM   #26
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That Finnish one typifies the fascination of the whole hobby. The designers must have had a nightmare fitting all those letters into the day window.
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Old 18 January 2020, 02:56 PM   #27
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I did inquire about a Latin day wheel for my DD. They said it is possible to get one and I hope this works.
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Old 18 January 2020, 03:48 PM   #28
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I did inquire about a Latin day wheel for my DD. They said it is possible to get one and I hope this works.
Nice!
Let us know if this works and what they charge, I may get several ... I wonder if they will require a $1000 service to do so, though.
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Old 18 January 2020, 03:57 PM   #29
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Nice!
Let us know if this works and what they charge, I may get several ... I wonder if they will require a $1000 service to do so, though.
Several?!!! Hahahaha. Thats is wishful thinking....
I actually plan to service mine so it is ok.
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Old 18 January 2020, 07:00 PM   #30
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I cannot edit my last post. Here are Turkish, Amharic and Latin. I saw all of them....on a screen! ��





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