Arabic engraving on Vintage Seamaster

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Hello! I have recently acquired this vintage Omega Seamaster (196.0186 ) from an antique dealer in Italy. However, if you see the pictures of the case back there is an engraving in arabic that explains the specifications of the watch from my understanding. Anyone has a clue on why they have done that?​


 
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No one can tell you for sure besides whoever engraved it.

Maybe a way to see the specs without opening the caseback?
 
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Watch was probably giving to an employee for their long service at work if you can translate it'll probably just say "the company name for long service maybe a number of years they worked and then the name of the person the watch was given to
 
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Or a birthday gift engravings of the names ect happens quite often and seen loads mainly in English but that watch was probably originally from a different country
 
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Managed to get a translation for the last word which is "khidma" meaning service in English

 
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Watchmakers often scratch initials and date of service inside case back, others on lugs , never seen this for service though. People engrave all sorts of things maybe it is for years of service for employee- which is common. Nothing to do with Omega however.
 
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Arabic is written and read from right to left, so the syntax puts "service" at the beginning of the sentence.
 
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Most likely a commemorative or personal custom inscription and nothing to do with the watch itself. Try to find someone who can read Arabic, they don’t need to be a watch expert.
 
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There should be some Arabic readers here that can translate it.
 
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Looks like a presentation watch for 25 years of service. Someone that reads Arabic better than me can correct and augment.