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US Made Jewels and Hairspring wire. It took years

US Made Jewels and Hairspring wire. It took years to find suppliers in the US for this. I’d like to openly share those for anyone else that would like to be independent of the Swiss/Chinese. Fort Wayne Metals in Indiana drew us this wire. The spool is 28,000 feet and I hope soon we can spend the time to coil and heat treat. The Jewels came from Microlap in North Dakota. The company has an incredible history and we are their first customer for watch jewels in half a century. They were started by Bulova and the Defense department in the 1950s to make Jewels for US stockpile. @nmanousos wrote a great story on them for @hodinkee feel free to ask any questions in the comments.

I hated the original Resurgence dial…This dial,

For their fantastic series on American watch cultu

For their fantastic series on American watch culture, @hodinkee came by last summer to the J.N. Shapiro workshop to capture this clip for one of their episodes.

A small look at behind the scenes at the workshop, and some of the thought processes behind the production of our watches!

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The J.N. Shapiro Resurgence features a multi-layer

The J.N. Shapiro Resurgence features a multi-layered dial in customizable colors. It comprises separately engine-turned sectors that showcase multiple patterns, including barleycorn and our distinctive Infinity weave. Each layer is a different piece of metal, engine-turned separately, and painstakingly milled for perfect alignment. It is process and technique completely new in the horological world and requires our hand operating engine-turning machines to work in concert with our 21st century CNC machines.

The subdial is decorated with a miniaturized moiré pattern usually reserved for the complete dial. This required a custom rosette for our Rose engine machine and countless hours of experimentation.

Every numeral is individually machined and black polished.

Photo Credit @atommoore

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Presenting “The Resurgence.” The first product

Presenting “The Resurgence.” The first production mechanical wristwatch since 1969 able to uphold America’s incredibly high standard for “Made in the USA.” The movement, case and dial are designed, fabricated, finished, and assembled entirely within our workshop(excluding jewels and springs). This was a dream that began nearly 12 years ago, and was made a reality through perserverance, incredible teamwork, a loyal clientelle, and generous mentors. Video from @atommoore

Watches are complex, and I love them. However, I w

Watches are complex, and I love them. However, I wanted to create something simple and pure to share our guilloché in a new way. Head over to @jnshapiro_rings to see our new line of rings. Photo credit @atommoore

It has been a long time since I have posted! Apolo

It has been a long time since I have posted! Apologies, I wanted to fully focus on finishing out a lot of watches. Stay tuned for a lot of beautiful watches and what is new. Incredibly picture of this special watch by @fs.08 . Thanks so much for the wonderful picture!

Just an incredible watch. Huge pleasure working wi

Just an incredible watch. Huge pleasure working with you on this @gabbyyy84 Wear it in great health. The chapter ring is black ruthenium plated rose gold. So when we engraved the chapter ring the black is removed to see the RG. Applied numerals also in Rose gold.

Tantalum Limited Edition. 26 in total. Blue navy d

Tantalum Limited Edition. 26 in total. Blue navy dial. The case and chapter rings are made from tantalum. We spent over a year doing research and development to make these cases in house.

Tantalum Limited Edition. 26 in total. Black ruthe

Tantalum Limited Edition. 26 in total. Black ruthenium and rose gold. The case and chapter rings are made from tantalum. We spent over a year doing research and development to make these cases in house.

Tantalum Limited Edition. 26 in total. Raw Palladi

Tantalum Limited Edition. 26 in total. Raw Palladium dial. The case and chapter rings are made from tantalum. We spent over a year doing research and development to make these cases in house.

The absolute incredible hand engraving work by @ar

The absolute incredible hand engraving work by @arturakmaev_watches its been a lot of fun working with you these last 5 years! Lithuanian folklore on an 18k RG gold case with a solid 18k RG dial. Been a pleasure working with you on this @cozmopak . Wear it in good health!

I made something fun with a lot of other really am

I made something fun with a lot of other really amazing people! Proud fo be a part of this project with:
@massenalab @habring2 @horologicalsocietyofny Will post more on all the special things associated with this watch.

Just too beautiful for words @aguy2watch

Just too beautiful for words @aguy2watch

A dial in progress for @nycwatchguy . Fantastic pi

A dial in progress for @nycwatchguy . Fantastic picture, worthy of a post! Crystalized titanium anodized with a blued meteorite subdial.

Stunning classic Infinity series. No rose gold her

Stunning classic Infinity series. No rose gold here. Frosted silver, grained silver and blued steel! Great client , beautiful watch!

Did you know you can blue meteorite? Gibeon meteor

Did you know you can blue meteorite? Gibeon meteorite is 95% iron, and that blues nicely just like steel does. Special font and hands on this watch too!

12 P.01 Infinity Series watches delivered! The mos

12 P.01 Infinity Series watches delivered! The most before this was four. Very thankful for everyone that helped make this project a reality and of course thank you to everyone that purchased this unique watch. @collectivehorology photo from @bilal.khan.a

Solid rose gold caseback for the watch I just post

Solid rose gold caseback for the watch I just posted. This is Zaltys, a Lithuanian folk symbol mixed with Infinity. The guilliche pattern is a barley corn and is very fast forward. Apologize for the abrupt changes in camera zoom. It wasnt so abrupt at normal speed. Still can’t believe I was risky enough to film while guilloching rose gold! Amazing job on the snake engraving @arturakmaev_watches . Also @cozmopak thanks for giving me the oppurtunity to do something so amazing!

A very special custom timepeice. Rose gold with Ru

A very special custom timepeice. Rose gold with Ruthenium dial. ( Ruthenium is becoming my most requested finish). Chapter ring is made from Steel and the hand engraved numerals are blued. Solid caseback with the Lithuanian Folk Zaltys on the back in the shape of an Infinity sign circled by barleyweave. @cozmopak

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