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When watches are made by foreigners they have strange names, Otherwise they have easy names like Timex and Hamilton
Meanwhile here is a guide which may help
A. Lange & Söhne – ah LAHN guh and ZO nuh
Audemars Piguet – AWE duh mahr PEE gay
Baume & Mercier – BOWM and MURSE ee ay
Blancpain – BLAHNK pan
Bovet – BO vay
Breguet – BREH gay
Breitling – BRITE ling
BVLGARI – BUL guh ree
Cartier – KARR tee ay
Chopard – show PARD
Corum – KOR um
Ebel – ee BELL
Franck Muller – FRAHNK MYOU ler
Girard-Perregaux – zhee RAHRD PAIR uh go
Glashütte Original – glass HOO tuh or ig in AHL
Hublot – U blow
IWC Schaffhausen – I W C shaff HOWZ in
Jaeger-LeCoultre – zhey ZHER leh KOOLT
Longines – LAWN jeen
Louis Vuitton – loo ee vwee TAHN
Montblanc – MOHNT BLAHNK
Movado – muh VAH doe
Omega – o MAY guh
Patek Philippe – pah TEK fill EEP
Piaget – pee ah ZHAY
TAG Heuer – TAG HOI ur
Tissot – TEE so
Ulysse Nardin– you LEESE nahr DAN (last syllable is a short, nasal “a” with the “n” almost silent)
Universal Geneve – Universal jeh NEV
Vacheron Constantin – VASH er ahn kon stan TAN (last syllable is like that of Ulysse Nardin)
Van Cleef & Arpels – VAN CLEEF and ahr PELL
Zenith – ZEH nith
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Well there's a choice but definitely not the R factory, way overpriced!
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Here are some bad watch jokes. Anyone got some good ones to share
I heard that the British Horological Society was looking for nominations for new members, so I put my watch forward.
Why did the boy throw the watch out the window? He wanted to see time fly.
For sale: Watch with half a face. For a limited time only.
I saw a billboard with a picture of a watch on it. I guess that’s a sign of the times.
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A friend of mine bought me a watch that has stopped working, but I haven’t told them yet. It’s never the right time.
I held up my watch to a mirror. It was time for reflection.
I bought five watches the other day. I have a lot of time on my hands….
Got a new 24 hour watch yesterday and it’s broken already. It only lasted a day.
How can you tell when your watch is hungry? It goes back four seconds.
A friend of mine has taken up eating watches, but takes forever to get through each one. It’s time consuming.
I heard that the British Horological Society was looking for nominations for new members, so I put my watch forward.
Why did the boy throw the watch out the window? He wanted to see time fly.
For sale: Watch with half a face. For a limited time only.
I saw a billboard with a picture of a watch on it. I guess that’s a sign of the times.
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A friend of mine bought me a watch that has stopped working, but I haven’t told them yet. It’s never the right time.
I held up my watch to a mirror. It was time for reflection.
I bought five watches the other day. I have a lot of time on my hands….
Got a new 24 hour watch yesterday and it’s broken already. It only lasted a day.
How can you tell when your watch is hungry? It goes back four seconds.
A friend of mine has taken up eating watches, but takes forever to get through each one. It’s time consuming.
This is actually a really good post and I think would be great for the new members to the hobby. I actually had no idea how to say Piaget until I read this
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Q: What did the watch say to the clock?
A: Hour you doing?
Q: Why did the girl sit on her watch?
A: She wanted to be on time!
Q: Why did the man put a watch under his desk?
A: He wanted to work over time
Q: What do you call a vintage watch?
A: An old timer
Q: What do you call a story that one watch tells to another?
A: Second hand information.
Geez, right now it says 1 member online (me) and 86 guests! Come on people, sign up!
Update: 3 guests are robots. I don't think they are joining any time soon, lol
Update: 3 guests are robots. I don't think they are joining any time soon, lol
Q: what do you call a watch that’s had too much espresso?
A: all wound up
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A: all wound up
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Long time listener, first time caller.
1) Are these "U blows" any good? Sounds right up my alley.
2) Why can’t I taste my tongue?
3) Why is abbreviation such a long word?
4) Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
5) What was the best thing before sliced bread.
Thank you. I'll take my answer off the air.
Jaeger is the most common mistake even by collectors. They keep wanting to say it like the liquor.
Ahem, yes, you can call me Atilla the Pun.Oh you so punny!