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It's a little unrealistic to expect every component and subcomponent of a Shinola watch or bicycle to be made locally, right down to locally made gears and sprockets made from locally smelted steel made from locally sourced iron, manganese, and molybdenum ore mined from local Michigan mines.

Of course, I agree. I wouldn't expect that. But I'm happy to say I definitively know that many of the tiny little gears and sprockets that go into Shinola watches are in fact made locally. I was told by the supplier who makes them.