1. Lange & Sohne
a. A. lahng un zoo-nah
b. ah LAHN guh und ZO nuh
2. Alpina - al PEE nuh
3. Armand Nicolet - are MAHND NIK o lay
4. Audemars Piguet
a. awe-de (short e on de)-MARR pee-GAY
b. aw-dee-MAR, PEE-gay
c. AWE duh mahr PEE gay
5. Baume & Mercier
a. bome-MAY & mair-cyay
b. BOWM and MURSE ee ay
6. Bédat - BAY dah
7. Blancpain
a. BLONK-pan (very soft n on the end)
b. BLON-pan (the C of Blancpain is not pronounced in french unlike english with for ex Mel Blanc)
c. Blahnk-Pan
d. Blahn Pan (soft K)
8. Bovet - BO vay
9. Breitling - BRITE-ling
10. Breguet
a. BRE (short E)-gay
b. BREH gay
11. Breil - BRILE
12. Bulova - BULL uh vuh
13. Bulgari - BUL guh ree
14. Carl F. Bucherer - Bucherer: BOO kur ur
15. Cartier
a. kar-t-yay
b. KARR tee ay
16. Chase-Durer - CHASE DUR ur
17. Chopard
a. show-par
b. show PARD
18. Corum
a. Kore-um
b. KOR um
19. Cuervo y Sobrinos - KWER vo ee so BREE nohs
20. Custos - COO stohs
21. Cyma - SEE muh
22. Daniel Roth - Roth: ROTE
23. De Bethune - deh bet OON
24. DeWitt - deh VITT
25. Doxa - DOX uh
26. Dubey & Schaldenbrand - due bay and SHALL den brand
27. Ebel
a. AY-ble
b. ee BELL
28. Favre-Leuba - FAHV LUBE uh
29. F.P. Journe - Journe: ZHURN
30. Franck Muller - FRAHNK MYOU ler
31. Frédérique Constant - FRED ur eek con STAHNT
32. Gérald Genta - Genta: JEN tuh
33. Girrard Perregaux
a. jir-ard per-ay-go
b. zhee RAHRD PAIR uh go
34. Glashütte Original - glass HOO tuh or ig in AHL
35. Glycine - GLY seen
36. Greubel and Forsey - GROIB uhl and FORCE ee
37. Heuer
a. HEW-er
b. should be Horyer
38. Hublot
a. HEW-blow
b. U blow
39. Hysek - HIGH sek
40. Ingraham - ing-gram
41. IWC Schaffhausen - Schaffhausen: shaff HOWZ in
42. Jaeger
a. YAY-gur
b. YAY-gur- / Jay ger is a posibility depending if you hold with the French or the Germans
43. Jaeger-Le Coultre
a. yay-GER le-COOL-tre (short e on the end)
44. -Jay-GER Le-Cooltre (because they are in Le Sentier, if they were located in Schauffhausen it would be your way)
a. zhey ZHER leh KOOLT
45. Jaquet Droz - ZHOCK ay DROH
46. Jean Dunand - ZHAHN due NAHND
47. JeanRichard - zhahn ree SHARD
48. Kobold - KO bald
49. Le Coultre
a. luh-kool-tray
b. Luh-kool-tre soft e on the end
50. Limes - lee MEZ
51. Longines
a. LAWNG-jeen
b. LAWN jeen
52. Louis Érard - loo ees air AHRD
53. Louis Moinet - loo ee mwah NAY
54. Louis Vuitton - lou ee vwee TAHN
55. Maurice Lacroix - Lacroix: LAH KWAH
56. Mido - MEE doe
57. Milus - mee LOOSE
58. Montblanc MOHNT BLAHNK
59. Moser MO zer
60. Movado
a. moe-VAH-doe
b. muh VAH doe
61. Mühle Glashütte - MEW luh glass HOO tuh
62. Nardin - nar din
63. Nomos - NO mose
64. Omega
a. oh-me-guh
b. o MAY guh
65. Officine Panerai - off ih CHEE nay PAN ur eye
66. Parmigiani Fleurier - pahrm ih ZHAH nee FLUR ee ay
67. Patek Philippe
a. pat-ECK phil-LEAP
b. pa-tek fee-leep
c. pah TEK fill EEP
68. Paul Picot
a. paul PEE-coe
b. Picot: pih CO
69. Perrelet - PAIR eh lay
70. Piaget
a. PEE-ah-jay
b. pee-uh-jaay
c. pee gay
d. pee ah ZHAY
71. Rado - rah-doe
72. Ralph Lauren - Lauren: LOR en
73. Richard Mille - REE shard MEEHL
74. Roger Dubuis - roe ZHER do BWEE
75. Schaffausen - shaf-HOW-zun
76. Seiko - SAY ko
77. Sinn - ZIN
78. TAG Heuer - TAG HOI ur
79. Tissot
a. tee-SOh
b. TEE so
80. Tutima - TOO tih muh
81. Ulysse Nardin - you LEESE nahr DAN (The last syllable is spoken with a short, nasal “a” with no real equivalent in English. The “n” is not pronounced fully, but cut off in the back of the mouth as soon as it begins.)
82. Universal Geneve
a. u-knee-ver-salle (short a, short e)GEN-ev
b. Genéve: jeh NEV
83. Vacheron Constantin
a. VACHE-err-on CON-stan-tn
b. VASH-er-on, CON-stan-teen
c. VASH er ahn kon stan TAN (For last syllable, see note for “Ulysse Nardin.”)
84. Van Cleef & Arpels - Arpels: ahr PELL
85. Victorinox - vick TOR ih nox
86. Vulcain - VULL CAN
87. Wenger - WEN ger
88. Wittnauer
a. Wit-nower
b. Vit nower
c. WIT now ur
89. Wyler Genève - VEE ler jeh NEV
90. Xemex - ZEM ex
91. Zenith - ZEH nith
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