Quick and correct answer:
Yes. Sort of...
It depends on what the OP considers the date of manufacture. Are you asking for when the movement was made? When the watch was assembled? When the watch finished final testing? When it was shipped to the distributor in country? When it was shipped to the AD and put up for sale?
Okay those last 2 aren't anything to do with the date of manufacture, but the first 3 could be certainly.
For the first one, the date the movement was made, there is a date code stamped on the movement. This one isn't from the same type of movement but it's the one I have handy to illustrate:
Cheers, Al
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