Is the shortage real or artificially created ?

[Burlington]

I read a post on here earlier talking about the shortage of steel sport models being intentionally induced, rather than as a consequence of higher demand and lower productivity.

It’s not like manufacturing these types of things can be increased overnight, and once invested it will need to payback over many years.

On top, demand is higher than ever and Covid may well have had a negative effect on production speed. Plus Rolex doesn’t seem to like the consequences of the shortage with flipping etc. (Of course though strong secondary is desirable, but maybe not 2xretail.

So find it hard to imagine they have done all this by choice and design