L'Information Horlogère Suisse cypher

Swiss legal notices in La Fédération Horlogère often used a substitution cyber to protect the names of individuals involved in legal proceedings. It was a simple cypher, with a new key released each April.

We have solved many of these cyphers and are including letter maps and examples below.

1929

FH_1930_0201_11:

EOTZTVH KWAEVJ a TQTVWA
M. HTNZC a FLTOKCOY (HWANWXKCXYOSQVN)

FH_1930_0208_11:

O. ANIHKWANG CNVDFVZ

FH_1930_0212_09:

GOCINEOT GVIWPNC a AOYNTKCNLNI

FH_1930_0312_05:

CNX VKOOWKNI AOELXQTZ

FH_1930_0405_09:

X YXIINC NH XGNIK, WCNYNCOIJ

1930

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
CWIALNVDUKJPHOTSGQBRZEYFXM

FH_1930_0423_09:

ADTE PAMFWHVT, EIAVTFV (carl schnyder, lucerne)
QICEENO, ZDTPVCEEV (guillot, marseille)
QCIPVLLV QCNGDQFNEC HC PDPOC, QVFNGD (giuseppe giovagnoli di sasti, genova)

FH_1930_0528_09:

KDJNS STNFFVT a SVTECF (jakob bronner, berlin)
STDZDN VO AN a LNTON (bramao et co, porto)

FH_1930_0618_05:

PNACVOV MDSVTCZ, OVMVTDF (societe haberim, teheran)

FH_1930_0709_05:

TIHNEX HIEHSVTQ a SIADTVPO (rudolf duldberg, bucarest)

FH_1930_0813_05:

XTDFU EDISCP a PDDTSIAJVF (franz laubis, saarbucken)

FH_1930_0820_05:

STCOCPM HIOAM ANZZVTACDE DQVFAW a DZPOVTHDZ (british dutch commercial agency, amsterdam)

FH_1930_0917_05:

J.V.E.A.(F.I.V.E.P.T.O.), Milan (k.e.l.c. n.u.e.l.s.r.t.)

FH_1930_0920_09:

XTCVHTCAM SVaJVTP SVTECF (friedrich beckers berlin)
BVTFVT BCOOV VTXITO (werner witte erfurt)

FH_1930_1008_05:

DESVTO VO VZCEV PAMDZC DEVYDFHTCY (albert et emile schami alexandrix)

FH_1930_1022_05:

ZDY TCAMOVT STVPEDI (max richter breslau)

FH_1930_1025_03:

XTCVHTCAU QVFQVFSDAM et D. PDIOVT toutes deux a LDFDZD (friedricz gengenbach & a. sauter, panama)

FH_1930_1115_05:

VIQVFCN UNECD OTCVPOV (eugenio zolia trieste)

FH_1930_1213_05:

P. QNEHCFV à STIYVEEVP-PAMDVTSVVJ (s. goldine, bruxelles-schaerbeek)

FH_1930_1224_03:

P. TNPVFSEIZ DFGVTP (s. rosenblum anvers)

FH_1930_1231_05:

NXXCAV XTDFAN-SVEQV à STIYVEEVP (office franco-belge, bruxelles)

FH_1931_0408_05:

DTVY P. D. SDEV (arex s. a. bale)

FH_1931_0411_05:

XDT VDPOVTF HCPOTCSIONTP a ZDFCEEV (far eastern distributors, manille)

Unsolved

FH_1931_0422_05:

BRYAC MRX GOFDXLU JCWIDYTXZ
YCRX ECVXLWTDJ JCWYVX

1931

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
DJOZCBIFVSAYQXRNKWGLTMEHPU

FH_1931_0425_05:

HCTQW ICP JEXKPUD FWOSKTZPA JZWAW (folke von schantz bergalund suede)
TWCP RWGPUOKZF FWOTGP (leon weintraub berlin)

FH_1931_0429_03:

HOKPD SOKJJ TWGYDGS (franz grass leipzig)

FH_1931_0502_05:

PWSOWYCPUGJ JKTCPGMZW (negrepontis salonique)

FH_1931_0516_03:

KACTH HGJEXVKPP FWTGP (adolf fischmann belin)

FH_1931_0711_05:

KACTH PWZVKPP IKOJCIGW (adolf neumann varsovie)

FH_1931_0926_05:

WZSWPW JWSKTWJEZ WU EC FZEKOWJU (eugene segalescu et co bucarest)

FH_1931_1021_03:

BZTWJ TCXO FOZNWTTWJ (jules lohr bruxelles)

FH_1931_1024_05:

IWOFKPGK J. K. (IGPEWPDC VWTTG), FOGJJKSC & GPUOK (verbania s. a. (vincenzo melli), brissago & intra)

FH_1931_1209_03:

CJEKO JEXWOH XKVFCZOS (oscar scherf hambourg)

FH_1931_1219_02:

J. CAWJJWO IKOJCIGW (s. odesser varsovie)
B.Y. TKPSVWGWO (j.p. langmeier)
FWOQWTWL YOCAZEUI EC TCPACP (berkeley productv co london)

FH_1931_1230_03:

JUKVK IWOJPAXKZJ YOKSZW (stama versndhaus prague)
VKOEWT FTKPE TCPAOWJ (marcel blanc londres)

FH_1932_0130_03:

KTWNKPAWO PCOAVWLWO JEXVKTQKTAWP (alexander nordmeyer schmalkalden)

FH_1932_0203_02:

ECVYUCGOAZTWIKPU VKOJWGTTW (comptoirdulevant marseille)

FH_1932_0213_03:

H. ECJJW EGPWL FWTSGMZW (f. cosse ciney belgique)

FH_1932_0319_03:

K QWVYTWO FWOTGP (a kempler berlin)

1932

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
PMFXVGALZHSBJTDOWUERNIKCQY

FH_1932_0406_02:

SDXSHKVPT VBAPTNVUF XP BPUNTSGH (excelsior importing co montreal)

FH_1932_0622_02:

SBVH G NPLHST KJGUFJGV (emil a tobler shanghai)

FH_1932_0629_02:

GHCTSOPBGUXG OS BVHGU (alfredomanca de milan)

FH_1932_0706_05:

OVGBGUN LPTAVSTTS AGTVK (diamant borpierre paris)

FH_1932_0713_05:

MPZSTVG TRLVP K. G. BSDVXP (joyeria rubio s. a. mexico)

FH_1932_0907_05:

OL. KXJTGQSWN SNXP OSHJV (db. schrawekt etco delhi)

FH_1932_0928_05:

SBVH G NPLHST KJGUFJGV (emil a tobler shanghai)
XTPUPBSNTRH LRXGTSKN (cronometrul bucarest)

FH_1932_1005_03:

OVGBPUO QGNXJXP XJVXGFP (diamond watchco chicago)

FH_1932_1012_05:

LPKGUQGNXJ QVUNSTNJPRT (bosanwatch winterthour)

FH_1932_1109_05:

WGTH WTSNJ JGBLRTF (karl kreth hamburg)

FH_1932_1123_05:

RUVESTKP BGOTVO (universo madrid)
GHSDGUOST TGUISUJPCST QVSUSTUSRKNGON (alexander ranzenhofer wienerneustadt)

FH_1932_1207_03:

PESTKSGK VBAPTNXP JGHASTU BPUNTSGH (overseas importco halpern montreal)
MPKSAJ TPOVNXP AGTVK (joseph roditco paris)

FH_1932_1221_05:

BSNTPAPHS VBAPTNXP LRXGTSKN (metropole importco bucarest)
T. BVXJSH, le caire (r. michel)

FH_1933_0125_05:

BPUNTSK CHPTRK AGTVK (montres florus paris)
FVRKSAAS HPAP BVHGU (giuseppe lopo milan)

FH_1933_0208_05:

KGUXJSI JSTBGUPK HGAGI (sanchez hermanos lapaz)
ESTLPWSN SNXP JSSTHSU (verboket etco heerlen)

FH_1933_0215_05:

ORTSD QGNXJ XPHNO HSSOK (durex watch coltd leeds)

FH_1933_0405_05:

KAUSUXST QGNXJXP LPBLGZ (spnencer watchco bombay)

1938

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
YAFGKJDWOBNTZXMIHQRVLPEUCS

FH_1938_0330_03:

C. U. UIWJKWS, JWSUPK (f. l. loebner, berlin)
BKLIK Q. QXD, MXSPYQ (anton h. hug, zurich)

FH_1938_0406_04:

YWKLSBU HBLYQYI UIKGSWZ (central watchco londres)

FH_1938_0525_05:

B DXATWS UIKGSWZ (a guyver londres)

FH_1938_0615_01:

E I QBSGLWS UIKGSWZ (k o hardter londres)
LQW I & I YIOOWSYPBU BDWKYA (the o & o commercial agency)
E GWOWL UBXZBKKW (k demet lausanne)

FH_1938_0727_05:

TBZZPU JBLYQTBSICC ZICPB (vassil batchvaroff sofia)
FISGBK CILPKICC ZICPB (jordan fotinoff sofia)
PTBKOPUBKICC ZICPB (ivanmilanoff sofia)
BUWNBKGSW ZLWSWCC ZICPB (alexandre stereff sofia)
YQSPZLISXKWCC ZICPB (christoruneff sofia)
STPGBU VBKBOB (rvidal panama)
VSIZVWS KPGGBO VBKBOB (prosper niddam panama)
F M FBZZPBKI VBKBOB (j z jassiano panama)

1941

FH_1942_0219_02:

CDSDH VYBDXX GPXJY

1942

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
QXMIHRDLPEUCSYAFGKJVWOBNZT

FH_1942_0521_03:

JFXJMZ CJNJF WDJXXJ (ernest meyer bienne)

FH_1942_0528_20:

QXVCVX LJXZFOHJ GEVFHVQJFDJ MVPDO (gnomon centrale dhorlogerie sofia)
DCIVFZ COQOMDXJZ JFDL LOFHMMVX ROFHMRFVXO (import magasinet eric carlsson karlskrona)

FH_1942_0611_03:

ENCOX MEOIJF GKWHDX (hyman shaper dublin)

FH_1942_1015_29:

KXDVX PDXOXLDJFJ MVPDO (union financiere sofia)

FH_1942_1224_07:

REOTLEOXDOX QJXJTJ (khavchanian geneve)
MTJXMRO COMRDXVHOQJZ MZVLREVHC (svenska maskinolaget stockholm)
VMLOF EOFGCJDJF YKFDLE (oscar hardmeier zurich)
WOXRKC M.O. MVPDO (bankum s.a. sofia)

FH_1943_0128_06:

MMUOMZDR UOZLELV GJHED (sswastik watchco delhi)

FH_1943_0211_06:

OHWJFZ SOLAKJZ IOFDM (albert jacquet paris)

FH_1943_0218_06:

O YJFJDR HJ LODFJ (a zereik le caire)

1943

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
TZNBOVQKAFJGYSUCEPLDRHIMXW

FH_1943_0408_21:

JQO KECIN JUOV BOUWPV (feu jonas fruh zurich)

FH_1943_0429_07:

UEDQUA QUIUT DQUCQ (robert erard berne)

FH_1943_0506_29:

NOPPQNNWEC UDQUAE DUICT DOQCENIWUQN (succession rberto brand buenosaires)
O OCAQUCIVUQU DOEPVN (u unternahrer buochs)

FH_1943_0527_25:

RIRIOZ BOUWPV (papauw zurich)
VQCUM SOCTDQULV JSIUHQ NOQTQ (henry lundbergh flarke suede)

FH_1943_0701_16:

OUAQHCWH HIUSNHUECI (urteknik karlskrona)
UORQUAE HODSQU PISW (ruperto kubler cali)

FH_1943_0812_07:

OU ERAWH CMNWSFQU NAEPHVESX (ur optik nysilver stockholm)

FH_1943_1014_37:

NFQCNHI OUTQREAQC XISXEQ (svenska urdepoten malmoe)
PIUSEN NPVEAA XITUWT (carlos schott madrid)

FH_1943_1202_03:

QOLQCWE RQMTUE SWNDECCQ (eugenio peydro lisbonne)