Introducing: J.N. Shapiro’s First Complication, A Monopusher Chronograph



While Shapiro has expanded in recent years to “Made in America” watchmaking, this watch returns to the roots of what first caught collectors’ attention, namely dial craft. The dial has a central area in blackened zirconium with “progressive basketweave.” Shapiro explained that they started with a basketweave featuring three bars, then progressed to four bars, then six, and finally to eight. If you look closely, you’ll see how that weave grows in fineness. The 30-minute counter subdial features the brand’s signature “Infinity” weave (and the infinity symbol made its way to the crown pusher as well). The time-telling aspects are rendered in rose gold, and the chronograph aspects are in silver.