Is the shortage real or artificially created ?

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by ROLEXROLEXROLEXRO

It depends-- is the Rolex factory operating 24hours a day with 3 shifts like the typical American factory? If not, then increasing production is easy. If it's already going 24hr a day, then it'll be tough to increase production.

... but I doubt Swiss factories operate 24hrs a day...

This type of shift pattern isn’t necessarily something that can be quickly implemented - it varies country to country in Europe but Switzerland isn’t simple.

It would need consultation with the workers unions, extra staffing, training etc.

Round the clock security, canteens, engineering support etc.

There may also need scheduled maintenance that limits how many hours a week or month certain parts of the production line may operate.