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=== Qatar Armed Forces === | === Qatar Armed Forces === | ||
[[File:Ref 5500 government-qatar-armed-forces.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=5500 with Qatar Armed Forces crest dial|5500 Air-King with Qatar Armed Forces crest dial]] | |||
A small run of 5500s carries the Qatar Armed Forces crest — a vertically symmetric emblem with crossed swords and a wreath that prints crisply against the gloss black dial. A 1982-dated example is the most strongly documented entry to the branch; Christie's has catalogued an Air-King with the Qatar Armed Forces dial alongside other Gulf-state commissions of the same era. The branch sits a tier below the Al-Sabah Kuwait signatures in the auction record but above the standard 5500 market. | A small run of 5500s carries the Qatar Armed Forces crest — a vertically symmetric emblem with crossed swords and a wreath that prints crisply against the gloss black dial. A 1982-dated example is the most strongly documented entry to the branch; Christie's has catalogued an Air-King with the Qatar Armed Forces dial alongside other Gulf-state commissions of the same era. The branch sits a tier below the Al-Sabah Kuwait signatures in the auction record but above the standard 5500 market. | ||