Talk:American system of watch manufacturing

Notability?
I'm quite confused by this article. What makes this term separate from armory practice and/or Interchangeable parts? Can someone convert this article into something more encyclopedic? Or provide references to establish notability? If not, I'm considering WP:PRODing it.


 * I've deprodded, on the basis that the specific copyright violations alleged have not been specified. And I think it is a notable subject by itself and can be sourced. DGG (talk) 01:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, if this can't be improved and sourced I think it should be merged into one of the other articles mentioned above. Plenty of peacock language also.  -- Chetvorno TALK 16:09, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Using interchangeable parts is one part of the American System of Watch Manufacturing, but not the whole thing. I'm less confident that it should remain a separate article from the American system of manufacturing (aka armory practics), but I suspect it should be. Watches were the first high-precision product to be mass produced and remained that way for a fair while, hence it created its own area.  The article can certainly use a *LOT* of cleanup and expansion, but I don't think it should be merged. Wrs1864 (talk) 16:17, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Pitkin
Where's the discussion in this article Henry Pitkin, who made machine-made watches with interchangeable parts at least 10 years before it was done at Waltham? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.1.134.173 (talk) 04:02, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Do Not Merge
This article is a compendium of many other articles but is unique enough on its own as it applies to the specific field of watch manufacturing. Judged by non historians this may seem insignificant but this was high tech for that period of history and rates its own article. It is like Jet engine development in the mid 20th century which has its own article. I would suggest referencing the other articles in the main part of the article and making this one more brief when the other article covers it much more in depth or vice-versa. Much of Waltham Watches can be merged into this article.

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1957 Waltham watch case.
1957 Waltham watch case. I read of Waltham going out of business (?) @'57 and that many watches were stopped mid-production and never completed. Are they of any value? Cpearn (talk) 06:27, 21 August 2020 (UTC)