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'Manufacture', the word, in watch talk

Discussion in 'Fine Watches, Jewelry, & Clothes' started by stever, Oct 31, 2018.

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  1. stever

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    #1 stever, Oct 31, 2018
    Manufacture is a verb. An organization that manufactures something is a manufacturer.

    Yet in articles I see things like 'Rolex is a quality manufacture.' Or 'When he wanders about the manufacture.....'

    Is this word usage a translation to English glitch or ?
     
  2. Smiles

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    #2 Smiles, Oct 31, 2018
    In English it's a noun, too.

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    #3 stever, Oct 31, 2018
    So it is! But...that doesn't address the funny usage, does it? Diagramming sentences, etc., was never a strong subject for me............
     
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    #4 Dino246gts, Oct 31, 2018
    When all else fails.......Wikepedia:

    "In the Swiss watch industry the term manufacture is used of a factory in which watches are manufactured almost completely, as distinct from an atelier de terminage, which is concerned only with assembling, timing, fitting the hands and casing.[1]"
     
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    #5 Principissimo, Oct 31, 2018
    It is a must have :D
     

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