J.N. Shapiro Debuts Restricted-Version Infinity Collection P.01 In Collaboration With Collective Horology

Boutique watchmaker J.N. Shapiro is a part of a really unique membership on this planet of luxurious timepieces. One in every of solely a handful of watch corporations to function in Los Angeles, the marque is doubling down with one other Californian contingent, San Francisco Bay Space-based fanatic group Collective Horology, to create an unique iteration of its flagship Infinity Collection design. The ensuing limited-edition J.N. Shapiro Infinity Collection P.01 is designed, assembled, hand-finished, and partly manufactured in California, providing a wide range of case choices paired with a powerful engine-turned-meteorite dial.

The 40mm case of the J.N Shapiro Infinity Collection P.01 is elementally easy in kind, permitting the dial to take the visible highlight. With choices in chrome steel, white gold, and rose gold, nevertheless, there’s a good quantity of potential selection to this case’s character on the wrist, and with a svelte 9.75mm total thickness, the texture stays elegant and dressy.

Engine-turned dials are one thing of a specialty for J.N. Shapiro, and for the Infinity Collection P.01 it has taken this painstaking course of to the unique territory of a meteorite dial. The general dial design is basic, with J.N. Shapiro’s distinctive tackle heat-blued Breguet fingers above a brushed Arabic hours observe that includes hand-painted numerals and an outsized applied-gold small seconds ring at 6 o’clock. After all, the meteorite materials itself is the actual star of the present. Comprised of four billion-year-old reclaimed meteorite materials, the vast majority of the dial, at first look, is left to the pure chaotic striping sample widespread in meteorites. On nearer inspection, although, the artisanship concerned within the engine-turning course of begins to indicate. The concentric rings of the dial are progressively extra deeply completed, with the world exterior the chapter ring left nearly utterly pure. Inside this ring, the striping sample is lower by means of with J.N. Shapiro’s signature “Infinity Weave” guilloché sample, whereas the small seconds subdial cuts by means of even deeper with this sample to create a uniform layer. Whereas the closely patterned nature of meteorite could really feel at odds with the orderly weave of the engine-turning at instances, it’s unimaginable to disclaim the craft concerned (the model claims over 150 hours of labor to supply a single dial), which leads to a singular ultimate product. As an added contact, consumers have the choice of changing the utilized gold J.N. Shapiro nameplate at 12 o’clock with a personalized identify.

Though assembled, regulated, and hand-finished in J.N. Shapiro’s Los Angeles workshop, the Infinity Collection P.01 sources its hand-wound motion from Uhren Werke Dresden. This 19-jewel caliber beats at a gradual 21,600 bph with a 54-hour energy reserve. J.N. Shapiro pairs the Infinity Collection P.01 with a deep brown alligator-pattern leather-based strap for a basic look on the wrist.

The limited-edition J.N. Shapiro Infinity Collection P.01 marks the primary in Collective Horology’s new Portfolio Collection, a deliberate run of restricted customized timepieces made in collaboration with boutique producers. Solely 10 examples of this mannequin will probably be made and will probably be accessible for buy solely to new and present members of the Collective Horology group. MSRP for the J.N. Shapiro Infinity Collection P.01 begins at $21,500 for stainless-steel cased fashions. For extra data, please go to the model’s web site.