How to pronounce watch brands

How to pronounce watch brands

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Fat hippo

732 posts

134 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Timex - Time ex
Apple - Ap pull
Seiko - Say ko
Alpine - owl peen

The above may or may not be correct
Hope its of use

Fishlegs

2,988 posts

139 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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wotch

wag2

169 posts

231 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Not a watch but the way the French pronounce Panhard is interesting

APontus

1,935 posts

35 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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Sundial - sundial

67Dino

3,583 posts

105 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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I believe the ‘o’ in Rolex should be pronounced as in the ‘o’ in ‘scone’. Cue massive argument…

MrJuice

3,357 posts

156 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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67Dino said:
I believe the ‘o’ in Rolex should be pronounced as in the ‘o’ in ‘scone’. Cue massive argument…
V good

Supercilious Sid

2,575 posts

161 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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Fat hippo said:
Timex - Time ex
Apple - Ap pull
Seiko - Say ko
Alpine - owl peen

The above may or may not be correct
Hope its of use
Alpina shurely?


SturdyHSV

10,094 posts

167 months

Thursday 1st July 2021
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Watchfinder guy on youtube pronounces A Lange & Sohne the best for me, and German fluent gf agrees for what that's worth, although presumably you'd need someone with the appropriate German dialect to absolutely confirm getmecoat

To attempt to contribute something to the thread:

Rado - Rah-doe (Or is it Ray-doe? hehe)

littleredrooster

5,537 posts

196 months

Friday 2nd July 2021
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Read it as if it’s English, fergoodnessake. Would you say ‘We went to Paree for the weekend’? No - it’s Paris.

…and while I’m here, sod Porsh-uh as well!

MrJuice

3,357 posts

156 months

Wednesday 7th July 2021
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genuine question

how does one correctly pronounce "hermes"? Is it her-mez?

RDMcG

19,142 posts

207 months

Wednesday 7th July 2021
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUttvcweakQ

I recall seeing an interview with the President of JLC.
I have a JLC reverse and assumed it was Yayger le Coulter

Nope..It is as above in the video...Je Zhair lu Could

67Dino

3,583 posts

105 months

Wednesday 7th July 2021
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littleredrooster said:
Read it as if it’s English, fergoodnessake. Would you say ‘We went to Paree for the weekend’? No - it’s Paris.

…and while I’m here, sod Porsh-uh as well!
In that case I will have a croy-sant, a slice of pizzer and a large capookkino…

Doofus

25,805 posts

173 months

Wednesday 7th July 2021
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MrJuice said:
genuine question

how does one correctly pronounce "hermes"? Is it her-mez?
Air mez.

MrJuice

3,357 posts

156 months

Wednesday 7th July 2021
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Mercy

Doofus

25,805 posts

173 months

Wednesday 7th July 2021
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Der ian