Pics of Basque, Ethiopian, Finnish, Greek, Moroccan Arabic, Polish or Turk day wheel?

[powerfunk]

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:

[zapokee]

That French one is my actual watch. Got it from HQ Milton in 2015.
And no, it's not for sale.

[Thuilln]

The Danish one says Swedish on the picture...

[powerfunk]

Originally Posted by Thuilln

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:

[Claven2]

I LOVE the Latin dial. I wonder what the odds are it could actually be found in a watch?

[powerfunk]

Originally Posted by Claven2

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:

[watchlovr]

Originally Posted by powerfunk

Not a very good pic but here's one:

The Pope's watch?
Who else reads Latin?

[Verdi]

Originally Posted by watchlovr

The Pope's watch?
Who else reads Latin?

I do....sort of. Latin is the closest option to my language.

[Filipão]

Originally Posted by Verdi

I do....sort of. Latin is the closest option to my language.

So do I...

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by watchlovr

Who else reads Latin?

Anybody who attended an expensive British school.

[Claven2]

Originally Posted by zapokee

Anybody who attended an expensive British school.

And many catholics over around 45 years old.

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by watchlovr

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.

#linguistbyprofession

[Filipão]

Originally Posted by zapokee

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.

#linguistbyprofession

French, do not forget it. Spoken in Canada and in many North African nations too!

[fenway]

Originally Posted by powerfunk

Not a very good pic but here's one:

Want.

[Darayavaush]

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

[powerfunk]

Originally Posted by Darayavaush

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

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by Darayavaush

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.

[crowncollection]

can't assist but nice post

[Verdi]

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!

[miamiclay]

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!

[powerfunk]

Thanks guys! I'll run out of categories of Rolex images to Google one of these days

[powerfunk]

I found Ethiopian (Amharic), but not on a watch:

[Verdi]

Great find.....I guess very few were ever made. It would be interesting to know how actually Rolex decided on the Amharic.

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by powerfunk

I found Ethiopian (Amharic), but not on a watch:

Absolutely awesome. Imagine owning that!

[BigBlue1]

Very informative. Thank you for sharing.

[powerfunk]

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.

[powerfunk]

Finnish:


Greek:

[miamiclay]

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?

[zapokee]

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.

[Verdi]

I did inquire about a Latin day wheel for my DD. They said it is possible to get one and I hope this works.