With the AJ-P400 from studio Jalaper, you wear a piece of automotive history around your wrist. And you can really take that literally. Find out more about this timepiece in this article.
Introduction
Atelier Jalaper saw the light of day in 2019 as a kickstarter campaign by 2 like-minded friends who found each other while studying at ESCP Europe. The name Jalaper is an amalgamation of pieces from the names of the 2 founders, Louis Jalaber and Simon Szleper.
Their vision is to create unique timepieces that unites their 2 passions, cars and watches. This translates into timepieces whose dial is always fabricated from a piece of metal from an iconic car making each timepiece unique.
With their first release in 2019, the DB5, they used as donor metal the hood of (as the name suggests) an Aston Martin DB5.
The unique design and choice of materials was a success and culminated in a new release in 2023, the Miura. The model name Miura here again contains the reference to the car that was donor for the timepiece, the Lamborghini Miura. Finding an original piece of the Lamborghini Miura was no easy task. After more than a year of intense research, they finally found in Avignon, France, a piece of aluminum that separated the V12 from the burned body of a Miura P400S. After countless phone calls and emails, they found this car and its brilliant restorer Remi Leduc.
The Watch
The AJ-P400 which is the full more technical name of the Miura model exists in 4 variants where the edge of the dial is executed in different colors: black (N), green (V), orange (O) and blue (B). Each color variant is produced in a limited edition of 400 pieces.
As mentioned earlier, each dial is made from a piece of aluminum from a Lamborghini Miura. This ensures that each timepiece is unique and each dial is different from the others due to the patina. The design of the dial is inspired by the Miura’s iconic speedometers. The indexes of different sizes and the 270° rotation leave a free space at 6 o’clock in which the power reserve indicator is perfectly integrated, which in turn is also inspired by the hands of the Miura’s speedometers. The power reserve indicator shows when it is time to wind the movement. At 3 o’clock we also find a date indicator.
In addition to the dial, there is also the bezel, whose oval shape is reminiscent of the Miura’s iconic luminous bezel. A perfect circle nestled in an elliptical orbit.
Even the design of the calf leather strap with folding clasp looked to the Miura. In fact, it was directly inspired by the design of the Miura’s elegant seats.
The choice of movement for their previous model, the DB5, fell on the Japanese Miyota 8215, an automatic movement with a power reserve of 42 hours. With the Miura, they took this to the next level by choosing an even better Swiss Sellita SW270-1 M movement. The only disadvantage, to what extent you can call a disadvantage, is that this is a manual movement that you have to rewind yourself every 45 hours.
Specifications
CASE
39mm diameter, 316L polished/satinized steel case with oval shape, 50m (5 ATM) water resistant. Anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Superluminova on hour and minute hand . The calf leather strap with folding clasp and quick release.
MOVEMENT
Sellita SW270-1 M with 45-hour power reserve, Frequency: 28’800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
Functions : Hours, minutes and seconds in the center
Power reserve indicator at 6 o’clock
Date with quick change
Stop seconds device
PRICE
1800 Euros
Conclusion
A beautiful timepiece in terms of design that is also built from parts from a Lamborghini will make the heart of many a car enthusiast beat faster.
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