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Re: KAF = Kuwait or Kenyan Air Force
In Response To: KAF - why not 82AF? ()

Of course, one solution could be that these are Kuwait Air Force????

Thoughts?

Stewart

: I agree with Paul, these are exciting.
: The Automatic 11063 version is particularly interesting. Being a
: 11063 it should date from c1983/4 I believe, so I'm interested
: in the KAF markings.
: The Kenyan Air Force markings on my 510 Lemania model are 82AF, as
: in 1982 Air Force, as I mentioned before, there was a failed
: military coup d'etat led by Air Force Officers, subsequently the
: Air Force was disbanded & reformed under Army control until
: the early 90's I think, this Air Force was named '82AF' and this
: is what appears on the several 510's I've seen - so 'AF82 XXX',
: the X's being some sort of issue number.

: So these 'KAF' markings are of interest, and throw up some
: questions, technically, they should be marked '82AF' if we
: follow the logic, as the watch post dates the military coup.

: I can understand the manual watches being marked KAF, as they pre
: date the coupe, I just wondered what our other experts thought.
: Some further info on these would be of great interest.

: PS. I'm not throwing mud here, just genuinely interested &
: excited by these wonderful rial dailers.

: Stewart

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