A. Lange & Söhne

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Patrick is correct

Patrick is correct, according to an UK article Ferrari's peak production was in 2007, 6,465 cars made.  With the new model line like the California, it won't surprise me if the number over the long run goes up slowly because of new markets are opening up for them (i.e. China).  But like Ferrari's chairman always says, they will always build one unit less than demand   And yes, Ferrari pretty much sells every car they can produce, maybe not in 2008, but normally it pretty much sells itself.

But back to Lange watches, Lange builds so few watches a year relative to other bigger manufacturers to begin with, and with very high demand of its watches out of Asia, it's hard enough for those of us in the US to get reasonable allocations, especially with those limited edition pieces.   Now with so many new models and extension of existing model lines coming out, it would be even harder to get the exact piece that one might want.  Good watchmakers take years to train and develop, so it's not like all of a sudden Lange can churn out 50% more pieces even if we want it to.  But the main thing is that we are buying these watches because we love the way it looks, its design, workmanship, quality, etc.  Not everything in life must be an investible asset.

SAC

For those who are interested in Ferrari here are some numbers I saw on the Ferrari forum: 

annual production number up to 2001:

1947: 3
48: 5
49: 21
19: 26
51: 33
52: 44
53: 57
54: 58
55: 61
56: 81
57: 113
58: 183
59: 248

60: 306
61: 441
62: 493
63: 598
64: 654
65: 740
66: 665
67: 706
68: 729
69: 619

70: 928
71: 1246
72: 1844
73: 1772
74: 1436
75: 1337
76: 1426
77: 1798
78: 1939
79: 2221

80: 2470
81: 2565
82: 2209
83: 2366
84: 2842
85: 3288
86: 3640
87: 3902
88: 4001
89: 3821

90: 4293
91: 4487
92: 3384
93: 2345
94: 2671
95: 3144
96: 3350
97: 3518
98: 3652
99: 3669

00: 3946
01: 4305