{"id":"jn-shapiro/resurgence","brand":"jn-shapiro","model":"Resurgence","notes":"Handbook v0.2 §8 lists this record as \"J.N. Shapiro — Resurgence\". Workshop in Torrance, California (Watchonista, 2024).","provenance":[{"dimension":"MA","component":"Caliber design, including the Cubist bridge layout","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","claims":["jns-res-own-calibre","jns-res-cubist-bridge"]},{"dimension":"MM","component":"Plates, bridges, wheels, pinions, balance, screws, power fork","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","claims":["jns-res-components-in-house","jns-res-movement-parts-listed","jns-res-only-hairspring-bought"]},{"dimension":"MM","component":"Hairspring (flat)","performer":"precision-engineering","relationship":"external_specialist","claims":["jns-res-hairspring-supplier"]},{"dimension":"MM","component":"Jewels","relationship":"external_specialist","note":"Bought in; supplier not disclosed.","claims":["jns-res-components-in-house"]},{"dimension":"MM","component":"Springs (mainspring and other springs)","relationship":"external_specialist","note":"Bought in; supplier not disclosed.","claims":["jns-res-components-in-house"]},{"dimension":"EX","component":"Case, including the engine-turned case band","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","claims":["jns-res-components-in-house","jns-res-case-rose-engine"]},{"dimension":"DH","component":"Layered dial, engine-turned and milled","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","claims":["jns-res-dial-layers","jns-res-components-in-house"]},{"dimension":"DH","component":"Hands","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","note":"Covered only by the maker's general statement; no source describes hand making specifically.","claims":["jns-res-components-in-house"]},{"dimension":"CF","component":"Engine-turning (guilloché) of dial and case","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","claims":["jns-res-engine-turning-machines","jns-res-dial-layers","jns-res-case-rose-engine"]},{"dimension":"CF","component":"Movement anglage and hand engraving","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","claims":["jns-res-anglage-staff","jns-res-movement-options"]},{"dimension":"WE","component":"Hairspring overcoil forming","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","claims":["jns-res-overcoils-in-house"]},{"dimension":"WE","component":"Movement and watch assembly","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","note":"Inferred from the five named watchmakers; no source describes assembly and regulation directly.","claims":["jns-res-five-watchmakers"]},{"dimension":"PD","component":"Product and technical development","performer":"jn-shapiro","relationship":"internal","claims":["jns-res-own-calibre","jns-res-cubist-bridge"]}],"claims":[{"id":"jns-res-components-in-house","statement":"The maker states that all components are made and finished in its workshop, except jewels and springs.","excerpt":"All components made and finished in our workshop excluding jewels and springs.","source":"jn-shapiro-watches","dimensions":["MM","EX","DH"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-dial-layers","statement":"The dial is built from separate metal layers, each engine-turned, trimmed and milled to fit.","excerpt":"Each layer is a different piece of metal, engine-turned separately, trimmed and painstakingly milled for a perfect fit.","source":"jn-shapiro-watches","dimensions":["DH","CF"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-movement-options","statement":"Clients choose between three free-sprung, hand-engraved movement designs.","excerpt":"offers clients a choice of three free-sprung, hand-engraved movements with hacking seconds","source":"jn-shapiro-watches","dimensions":["MA","CF"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-only-hairspring-bought","statement":"Of the movement's regulating and escapement parts, only the hairspring is bought in; the rest are made in-house.","excerpt":"J.N. Shapiro only buys the hairspring; the rest of its components are made in-house.","source":"sjx-jn-shapiro-resurgence","dimensions":["MM"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-hairspring-supplier","statement":"Flat hairsprings are supplied by Precision Engineering of Neuhausen, Switzerland.","excerpt":"The flat hairsprings are supplied by Precision Engineering, the Neuhausen-based sister company to H. Moser & Cie.","source":"sjx-jn-shapiro-resurgence","dimensions":["MM"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-overcoils-in-house","statement":"Watchmakers on staff form the hairspring overcoils in-house.","excerpt":"relies on two watchmakers on staff who form the overcoils in-house.","source":"sjx-jn-shapiro-resurgence","dimensions":["WE","MM"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-own-calibre","statement":"The caliber was conceived as the brand's own American-made movement.","excerpt":"Joshua’s vision was always to create his own, American-made calibre.","source":"sjx-jn-shapiro-resurgence","dimensions":["MA","PD"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-five-watchmakers","statement":"Five full-time watchmakers work on the Resurgence, and the movement is signed with their initials.","excerpt":"each of the five full-time watchmakers who work on the Resurgence","source":"sjx-jn-shapiro-resurgence","dimensions":["WE"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-anglage-staff","statement":"Two watchmakers on staff perform anglage; one has an engraving background.","excerpt":"There are two watchmakers on staff that do anglage, one of whom has a background in engraving.","source":"sjx-jn-shapiro-resurgence","dimensions":["CF"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-case-rose-engine","statement":"The case band is engine-turned on the same rose engine as the dial.","excerpt":"turned on the same rose engine as the dial","source":"sjx-jn-shapiro-resurgence","dimensions":["EX","CF"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-movement-parts-listed","statement":"The pinions, balance, screws, wheels and power fork are made in the workshop.","excerpt":"all of its components, including the pinions, the balance, screws, wheels, and power fork, are made in the workshop","source":"watchonista-inside-jn-shapiro-1","dimensions":["MM"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-cubist-bridge","statement":"The Cubist bridge layout was designed by a watchmaker in the workshop.","excerpt":"watchmaker Michael completed the cubist bridge design.","source":"watchonista-inside-jn-shapiro-1","dimensions":["MA","PD"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"},{"id":"jns-res-engine-turning-machines","statement":"The workshop runs three straight-line engine-turning machines and four rose engines.","excerpt":"three machines dedicated to crafting straight patterns","source":"watchonista-inside-jn-shapiro-1","dimensions":["DH","CF"],"date_checked":"2026-10-13","editor":"ai-draft","status":"active"}],"profiles":[{"version":1,"methodology":"v0.2","confidence":"A","independent_watchmaker":true,"status":"superseded","is_seed":true,"seed_label":"Integrated Independent Manufacture","editor":"FALK v0.2 handbook","change_note":"Imported from the FALK Index v0.2 handbook §8 reference dataset.","created_on":"2026-10-13","scores":{"MA":{"value":5,"evidence":[]},"MM":{"value":5,"evidence":[]},"EX":{"value":5,"evidence":[]},"DH":{"value":5,"evidence":[]},"CF":{"value":5,"evidence":[]},"WE":{"value":5,"evidence":[]},"PD":{"value":5,"evidence":[]}},"classification":["integrated_manufacture"]},{"version":2,"methodology":"v0.2","confidence":"B","independent_watchmaker":true,"status":"published","is_seed":false,"editor":"mikeqtn","change_note":"First evidenced profile, from the maker's page and two specialist articles. Scores unchanged. Confidence proposed A → B: the maker's primary statement is general, and component-level detail, the hairspring source and the watchmaking staff come from secondary sources. Hands, assembly and regulation are not described directly by any source. Reviewed and approved by mikeqtn on 2026-10-14.","created_on":"2026-10-13","scores":{"MA":{"value":5,"rationale":"The caliber is the brand's own design, and its Cubist bridge layout was completed by a watchmaker in the workshop. Three movement designs are offered. No source names an outside engineering partner, so the architecture is credited as substantially mastered internally.","evidence":[{"claim":"jns-res-own-calibre","stance":"supports","note":"Establishes the caliber as the brand's own design rather than a modified base movement."},{"claim":"jns-res-cubist-bridge","stance":"supports","note":"Names an in-house watchmaker as the designer of a bridge layout."},{"claim":"jns-res-movement-options","stance":"context","note":"Three proprietary movement variants, all free-sprung."}]},"MM":{"value":5,"rationale":"Wheels, pinions, balance, screws and power fork are made in the workshop, and the maker says every component except jewels and springs is its own. Borderline: level 5 asks for difficult regulating and escapement components, and the hairspring, the hardest of them, is bought flat from Precision Engineering. It stays at 5 because the balance and escapement parts are made in-house and the overcoil is formed in the workshop; a reviewer may reasonably argue for 4.","evidence":[{"claim":"jns-res-components-in-house","stance":"supports","note":"Primary statement covering every component except jewels and springs."},{"claim":"jns-res-movement-parts-listed","stance":"supports","note":"Names the balance, pinions and power fork, which are difficult regulating and escapement parts."},{"claim":"jns-res-only-hairspring-bought","stance":"supports","note":"Confirms the hairspring is the only bought-in part of that group."},{"claim":"jns-res-hairspring-supplier","stance":"contradicts","note":"The hairspring is external, which is the main argument against level 5."}]},"EX":{"value":5,"rationale":"The maker's statement covers all case components, and the case band is engine-turned on the workshop's own rose engine. The watch has no bracelet, so the case, crown and lugs make up the exterior. The score relies on the general statement for the crown and crystal.","evidence":[{"claim":"jns-res-components-in-house","stance":"supports","note":"Primary statement covering the case components."},{"claim":"jns-res-case-rose-engine","stance":"supports","note":"Shows case work done on in-house machines."}]},"DH":{"value":5,"rationale":"The dial is assembled from separate metal layers that are each engine-turned and milled in the workshop, and engine-turning is the brand's founding craft. Hands are covered only by the maker's general statement; if a source showed them to be bought in, DH would drop to 4.","evidence":[{"claim":"jns-res-dial-layers","stance":"supports","note":"Describes in-house dial fabrication in detail."},{"claim":"jns-res-engine-turning-machines","stance":"supports","note":"Seven engine-turning machines in the workshop."},{"claim":"jns-res-components-in-house","stance":"supports","note":"The only evidence covering the hands."}]},"CF":{"value":5,"rationale":"Engine-turning of dial and case, hand engraving of the movement and anglage are all done by named workshop staff on the workshop's own machines, and they define the watch's appearance.","evidence":[{"claim":"jns-res-engine-turning-machines","stance":"supports","note":"In-house engine-turning capacity."},{"claim":"jns-res-anglage-staff","stance":"supports","note":"Anglage and engraving done by watchmakers on staff."},{"claim":"jns-res-movement-options","stance":"supports","note":"The movements are hand-engraved."},{"claim":"jns-res-dial-layers","stance":"supports","note":"Dial engine-turning is internal craft, not bought-in decoration."}]},"WE":{"value":5,"rationale":"Five full-time watchmakers work on the Resurgence and form the hairspring overcoils, which is regulation-level work. No source describes assembly, adjustment or testing directly, so this score rests on inference and should be the first one checked with the maker.","evidence":[{"claim":"jns-res-five-watchmakers","stance":"supports","note":"A dedicated watchmaking team on this model."},{"claim":"jns-res-overcoils-in-house","stance":"supports","note":"Overcoil forming is part of regulating the movement."}]},"PD":{"value":5,"rationale":"The brand designed its own caliber and bridge layout, and makes the case and dial in-house; the watch is an original technical development from end to end.","evidence":[{"claim":"jns-res-own-calibre","stance":"supports","note":"Original caliber development."},{"claim":"jns-res-cubist-bridge","stance":"supports","note":"Original movement design work by staff."}]}},"classification":["integrated_manufacture"]}]}