Demand outstrips supply. Doesn't matter how many they are or aren't making really... There's just more demand.
I'm a preferred customer at a couple of ADs. Been buying for years, a few watches a year. There's so many camps of people with their own opinions. More and more, I encourage my friends who aren't looking to purchase multiple watches to just find a reasonably priced grey dealer and buy what they like. I requested a hulk earlier this year, couldn't get it. I refused to pay market price from gray dealer and now it's jumped 30% from market price. ($15k to $19k) Last 2 years I haven't even been able to get a sub for a friend's wedding. This is not to say you shouldn't try going to an AD. It's just that you can't really expect much.
IMHO, the AD "experience" is not that worth it. It's mostly them telling you that they don't have what you want and pointing you to the two tone datejusts. Buy your own champagne/ whiskey when you buy your next watch, at least you get to choose the brand.
YMMV.
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