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I want to share information regarding the Jordanian Air Force Carreras that I have collected.
First, it is interesting to note that in the Military Watch Resource forum Arno Michael Haslinger has said he has seen two of them, which would make at least 4 known then.
http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15698
Unfortunately, the last two Eastern Arabic numerals are blurred and I don't have any pictures of the caseback from the preview.
Here are the Eastern Arabic numerals (also called Arabic–Indic numerals and Arabic Eastern numerals):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals
As an aside, numbers are read from left to right in Arabic and Persian, while text is read from right to left.
However, it is interesting to note that the first three digits on the Haslinger watch are 808.
Both of the other known watches (owned by Paul of Heuerworld.com and MickTock) start with 807. They also have the sīn and jīm characters on the right side, which a gentleman on the MWR forum suggests "might be an abbreviation for silah al-jaw ("air force" or could also be translated into "weapon of hight" [SIC])."
Here are the Arabic characters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet
I think the characters stand for Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī ’al-Urdunī or the Royal Jordanian Air Force.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Air_Force
Paul's number on the caseback is 80775:
http://www.heuerworld.com/photo_8672367.html
MickTock's number is 80766:
I hope that this is interesting. Does anyone else knows of any other examples?
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