Rolex Platinum Daytona versus Patek grand complication production numbers?

[FrançoisCzapek]

I'm trying to contextualize in terms of guesstimated production numbers the relative rarity of Rolex Daytonas (and Platonas) versus Patek, such as versus perpetual chronographs, steel Nautilus complications, and other models. My more experienced friends continually remind me that Rolex is "mass produced" and there are a million Rolexes made each year versus thousands of Patels. For example, I expressed interest in platinum Day Date 40s, and more experienced friends immediately warned I should not buy these over Patek complications unless one is truly a personal grail and one has made FU money and has zero regard for value retention, because there is a huge supply of Presidenrs and they tend not to retain value.

I understand that Daytona numbers are limited by Rolex, but the total Daytona number is still almost half the total Pateks made in a given year.

I'm wondering if anyone has a guesstimate for platinum Daytonas only, though (or steel only), and a separate guesstimate for the pure icy blue diamond baguette dial (with our the brown circles on the dial, still have no idea why they chose that chocolate brown color).

Then, where might one find guesstimates for production numbers for say the 5905P (platinum annual chronograph), steel Nautius complications (steel models excluding the time only like 5711), or perpetual chronographs only.

I'm trying to understand how rare, for example, a Platona is compared to say a 5905P, purely in terms of production numbers. Again, there are many old threads on this and they all posit that no Rolex is truly rare and even Daytonas are "mass produced", and I'm trying to understand this context with no judgments.

I have no judgments because I'm just trying to understand the perspective of certain collector friends. I appreciate the racing heritage of watches like the Daytona and the Tag Carrera and would love to own one independent of rarity. I also appreciate the dress DNA of Patek and don't consider myself a particularly sporty or outdoorsy person.

[GGGMT]

Listen to your more experienced friends


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[geoach]

I would guess more platonas are made. Rolex makes a million watches total. PP about 60000

[FrançoisCzapek]

Yes, and Daytonas are about 20-30,000/year?

How many Daytonas are Platonas, and how many Pateks are at an equal or higher price point to Platonas?

[LJubel328]

This isn’t an apples to apples comparison in my opinion


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[FrançoisCzapek]

It's not, but I was curious what the numbers look like, acknowledging that.