The invention relates to a wire cable (12) which is produced by producing the wires already in the cable configuration by layer construction. Preferably, the wires are already formed onto terminal couplings. The wire cable (12) so produced is suitable for specific purposes only. It is advantageous in that it is not influenced by variations in quality of the starting product or by variations in manufacturing parameters. The inventive wire cable (12) is used for applications where short cables are required and where their absolute regularity can be made use of. An important field of application of the inventive method is the production of samples for obtaining background data required for optimizing wire cable construction. According to the inventive method, samples of identical basic cable structure but different wire diameters and/or lay lengths of strands, a core wire and/or the cable are produced and the characteristic features of interest are determined. In the tests, different absolute values are found. However, the values in relation to each other show influences of geometry, i.e. wire diameters and lay length modifications. A comparison with samples produced according to conventional manufacturing methods can be used to find correctional variables which can be taken into consideration when required.