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Old 20 January 2020, 02:02 AM   #31
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I cannot edit my last post. Here are Turkish, Amharic and Latin. I saw all of them....on a screen!
Awesome! Good luck with the Latin wheel.

Now we're only missing pics of Basque, Moroccan Arabic, and Polish.
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Old 20 January 2020, 02:08 AM   #32
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Awesome! Good luck with the Latin wheel.

Now we're only missing pics of Basque, Moroccan Arabic, and Polish.
Ill get photos of those too when I go back
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Old 20 January 2020, 05:24 AM   #33
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This is an absolutely cracking thread, well done!
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Old 14 February 2020, 10:36 AM   #34
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Just got this Hebrew 18038

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Old 15 February 2020, 01:44 PM   #35
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Just got this Hebrew 18038

Absolutely fantastic. Mazeltov!
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Old 19 September 2020, 10:11 PM   #36
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Old 20 September 2020, 01:52 AM   #37
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Old 20 September 2020, 08:07 AM   #38
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OP, you do great work. Thanks so much. For me it just makes these watches more interesting.

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Old 20 September 2020, 08:27 AM   #39
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Old 19 February 2022, 02:32 PM   #40
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Anyone ever find the Moroccan Arabic calendar disc?
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Old 20 February 2022, 02:29 PM   #41
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Called an AD and they said they can order any of these language discs including the highly desired Arabic and Chinese discs for around $100.

Not sure why the Arab and Chinese discs go for thousands of dollars on the grey market when you could just have an AD exchange them for a few hundred dollars depending on their exchange policy. Some RSC won't force you to get the watch serviced for these simple swaps.
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Old 21 February 2022, 12:28 AM   #42
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Is this Moroccan Arab? In French it says "Arabe Proche Orientale". The other Arab disc I found only says "Arabe"

The two scripts are clearly different.



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Old 25 November 2022, 02:08 AM   #43
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Not my watch but here's a Finnish disc actually inside a Day-Date, set on Saturday - they seem to be quite few and far between, I think I've seen them pop up only twice.

Cool to see all the different languages displayed in this topic.
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Old 25 November 2022, 04:52 AM   #44
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I teach Latin (and ancient Greek). There are a lot of people around the world that can read Latin and is a fundamental study in order to understand the evolution of the romanic languages. Even English, a germanic language, has thousands of words borrowed from Latin.
In a not so far past (until XIX century) Latin was a sort of universal language of science and research. Most of works of sir Isaac Newton or Descartes were written in Latin.
By the way, today very few priests can speak or understand fluently Latin. That is the field of linguists, historians…
Latin is more close to modern Spanish or Italian than Old Elglish (Anglo Saxon) is to modern English.

I come from a part of Spain where Basque is spoken too. Unfortunately, I really doubt that a Day Date in Basque ever existed.
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Old 25 November 2022, 09:49 AM   #45
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I teach Latin (and ancient Greek). There are a lot of people around the world that can read Latin and is a fundamental study in order to understand the evolution of the romanic languages. Even English, a germanic language, has thousands of words borrowed from Latin.
In a not so far past (until XIX century) Latin was a sort of universal language of science and research. Most of works of sir Isaac Newton or Descartes were written in Latin.
By the way, today very few priests can speak or understand fluently Latin. That is the field of linguists, historians…
Latin is more close to modern Spanish or Italian than Old Elglish (Anglo Saxon) is to modern English.

I come from a part of Spain where Basque is spoken too. Unfortunately, I really doubt that a Day Date in Basque ever existed.
Viva Darayavaush, thanks God I have had Latin at highschool.

Many believe some words' etymology is French when in fact Latin is the base.
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Old 25 November 2022, 08:32 PM   #46
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Viva Darayavaush, thanks God I have had Latin at highschool.

Many believe some words' etymology is French when in fact Latin is the base.
So true! Many times with old French as intermediary (through the norman invasion) but with a latin base and many times borrowed directly from Latin, thanks to the great scholars that there were in Ireland and England in the early Medieval age (like Alcuin of York or Bede). After that, the great writers like Shakespeare or Johnson introduced and used a good deal of latinisms. If we compare German with English, it’s striking the great amount of latinate words in the late.

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Old 26 November 2022, 12:05 PM   #47
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Not my watch but here's a Finnish disc actually inside a Day-Date, set on Saturday - they seem to be quite few and far between, I think I've seen them pop up only twice.

Cool to see all the different languages displayed in this topic.
I own a platinum 18206 with a factory original Finnish calendar wheel.

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Old 26 November 2022, 12:13 PM   #48
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I teach Latin (and ancient Greek). There are a lot of people around the world that can read Latin and is a fundamental study in order to understand the evolution of the romanic languages. Even English, a germanic language, has thousands of words borrowed from Latin.
In a not so far past (until XIX century) Latin was a sort of universal language of science and research. Most of works of sir Isaac Newton or Descartes were written in Latin.
By the way, today very few priests can speak or understand fluently Latin. That is the field of linguists, historians…
Latin is more close to modern Spanish or Italian than Old Elglish (Anglo Saxon) is to modern English.

I come from a part of Spain where Basque is spoken too. Unfortunately, I really doubt that a Day Date in Basque ever existed.
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Old 27 November 2022, 03:44 AM   #49
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Old 27 November 2022, 11:32 PM   #50
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A friend of mine Chinese wheel DD
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Old 28 November 2022, 03:12 PM   #51
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I own a platinum 18206 with a factory original Finnish calendar wheel.
Daaaaamn!!! That is sweet and so very cool to see!
And obviously nicely unusual - how did you end up with a Finnish day disc in there?
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Old 7 December 2022, 07:41 PM   #52
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Daaaaamn!!! That is sweet and so very cool to see!
And obviously nicely unusual - how did you end up with a Finnish day disc in there?
I was visiting Helsinki and Lindroos--the AD--had Finnish calendar discs in stock and offered to do it for a nominal fee.
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Old 15 December 2022, 04:55 PM   #53
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I was visiting Helsinki and Lindroos--the AD--had Finnish calendar discs in stock and offered to do it for a nominal fee.
That's the AD in Helsinki alright, been there many a-time. I believe they just recently expanded their store, opened another one just right next to the main one.

It's very cool that you picked a Finnish day disc, you probably won't see anyone having the same one any time soon... and it's a good way to learn the days of the week in a different language, a fairly hard language at that!
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Old 16 December 2022, 05:01 PM   #54
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There a Norwegian one as well, used to own it. Can't pos pics with my post count, but will upload later
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Old 28 December 2022, 10:14 AM   #55
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Not a very good pic but here's one:

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Old 28 December 2022, 08:03 PM   #56
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In found it!
A member of a spanish watch forum posted an exemplar in Basque! (not his own, I don’t know the procedence)

Asteaskena: Wednesday (aste means “week”)

For reference: Monday: astelehena
Tuesday : Asteartea
Wednesday: Asteazkena
Thursday: Osteguna
Friday : Ostirala
Saturday: Larunbata
Sunday : Igandea
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Old 29 December 2022, 03:35 AM   #57
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Monday: astelehena
Tuesday : Asteartea
Wednesday: Asteazkena
Thursday: Osteguna
Friday : Ostirala
Saturday: Larunbata
Sunday : Igandea
Wow, you did it! At long last, the elusive Basque! Thanks for sharing
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Old 29 December 2022, 01:15 PM   #58
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In found it!
A member of a spanish watch forum posted an exemplar in Basque! (not his own, I don’t know the procedence)

Asteaskena: Wednesday (aste means “week”)

For reference: Monday: astelehena
Tuesday : Asteartea
Wednesday: Asteazkena
Thursday: Osteguna
Friday : Ostirala
Saturday: Larunbata
Sunday : Igandea
How wonderful . Mind blown.

The watch looks all orignal and unpolished, too.
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Old 17 March 2023, 06:11 AM   #59
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My 18238 with danish calendar (sorry if was already posted)


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Old 29 May 2023, 08:13 PM   #60
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Very interesting.

Some wheels look Champaign/gold and some like Creme like the one above.

Was the for 18xx Day Date also creme Color or are they all Champaign?
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