Has anyone else noticed hew American watch factory material catalogs after 1910 are all almost identically formatted? Elgin catalog of 1911 the earliest. It would seem that the watch companies submitted their information to a single publishing company.

Hi william , did you have links to these catalogs ? or did you have the actual catalog . I had a couple links and lost them on my old computer tring to free up space .

Bill, I see what you mean, the ones I've seen/have are about the same, could it be that the watch companies got together a standard parts cat. form? Did you used to sell reprinted South Bend parts catalogs?I think I bought one from you many, many years ago, still have it today! Take care, Ted.