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“Levitas 44” a mysterious watch inspired by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin.
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The "Genius Temporis" timepiece in a gold case is a tribute to Konstantin Chaykin's respect for the creativity of scientists and the artistic freedom of the artists of the Renaissance.
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The philosophical notion of time and man's desire to see through it into the future has always captivated Konstantin Chaykin. Eventually this fascination manifested in the “mysterious” Levitas 44 watch.
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The light side of the Stargazer the most complicated Konstantin Chaykin watch
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Konstantin Chaykin is pleased to officially present the "Stargazer" watch - the most complex wristwatch not only in his career, but also ever to be created in Russia. 17 complications
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The "Lunokhod" watch, inspired by the first Soviet moon rover of the same name, became the pioneers of Konstantin Chaykin's "space program".
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Carpe Diem translates from Latin as "Seize the moment!", "Enjoy life!". Konstantin Chaykin named his watch "Carpe Diem", inspired by the allegorical paintings of the late Renaissance - still lifes from the 17th century in the style of vanitas.
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You are witnessing the assembly of a new movement for a Konstantin Chaykin manufacture watch, which will be used in serial models.
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Konstantin Chaykin took part in one of the most important watch events of the year - Geneva Watch Days for the fourth time. In 2024, the master made a splash by presenting the thinnest mechanical wristwatch ThinKing, measuring only 1.65 mm in thickness.
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Konstantin Chaykin’s Carpe Diem is an allegorical watch inspired by the Renaissance and the XVII century “vanitas” still-lives. This style of painting was characterized by an abundance of symbolic elements.
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Konstantin Chaykin's "Cinema" watch, inspired by Muybridge's 19th-century galloping horse sequence, features a mechanical movie camera.
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Konstantin Chaykin's Quartime watch (the name comes from Latin "quarta" (quarter) and English "time") is unique because it shows not the usual twelve-hour scale, but the colloquialisms commonly used in Russian, such as "one in the day" or "five in the evening".
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“Genius Temporis Blue Arrow” by Konstantin Chaykin, a unique timepiece that timepiece that combines old techniques with modern complications. This unique watch features a single-stroke arrowhead that displays minutes instead of seconds.
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On July 27, 2018, at the day of the closest approach of the Earth and Mars and a full lunar eclipse, Konstantin Chaykin’s “Martian program” was born.
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Working on the "Martian Time" collection, Konstantin Chaykin decided that future conquerors of the Red Planet would need reliable and durable mechanical watches with Mars time indication during their mission.
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Designing a spaceship is one of the greatest technical challenges imaginable. But watchmaking, especially Haute Horlogerie is also an area full of challenging technical problems. When working on his first “Martian” watch Konstantin Chaykin wasn’t looking for obvious solutions.
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The first “Joker” by Konstantin Chaykin, which started the Wristmons collection, debuted in 2017. In 2022, the “Joker 5” marked its 5th anniversary with a new joker-indication module and a skeletonized dial.
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Konstantin Chaykin likes playing around with styles and associations. His Genius Temporis (Latin for Genius of Time) watch is an example of such playfulness.
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Sometimes thoughts visited me that this wouldn't work. Yet here it is. Enjoy the thinnest escapement with two balances.
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The most striking feature of Konstantin Chaykin’s zoomorphic Smilodon wristmon is its maw, lined with long and sharp fang, as befits the character. Smilodon is what the paleontologists call the prehistoric sabertoothed tiger, after all.
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Konstantin Chaykin introduces Joker 'Fiat Lux' - a new watch in the Wristmons collection, limited to 38 pieces for China. It features a 42mm stainless steel case, poker "Five of a Kind" bezel, and a skeletonized dial inspired by Chinese poetry.
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Konstantin Chaykin’s Carpe Diem is a tribute to allegorical watches and the art of the late Renaissance era in general, including the highly symbolic vanitas still-life paintings popular in the XVII century.
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The Lunokhod is one of the most complicated watches created by Konstantin Chaykin. Master came up with the idea to put a spherical moonphase indicator 12 mm diameter in the center of the watch, large enough to clearly and effectively represent the Moon.
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Konstantin Chaykin’s unique Levitas Luna Nascosta Unique Piece watch in a case of pink gold was created in 2013. The model one of the prototypes of the popular Levitas collection.
The hour and minute hands float weightlessly above the dial, supported by a single transparent disc.
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Deeply interested in the history of watchmaking and mechanics in general, Konstantin Chaykin decided to pay homage to the scientists and inventors of medieval Orient. The result was the Lunar Hijra Clock.
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The Cinema watch is an important stage in Chaykin's creativity. It elicited a lively emotional response from professionals and watch enthusiasts at BaselWorld,
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Konstantin Chaykin expands his "bestiary" with the Smilodon, a saber-toothed tiger watch featuring a fur-like guilloche dial and day-night indicator. The jaw reveals petroglyph images.
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The Smilodon watch has recently joined the ranks of Konstantin Chaykin's zoomorphic wristmons.
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This is how part of the process of creating a new self-winding movement looks like. After mathematical calculations and computer modelling, we make many mock-ups in plastic to check the best performance.
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In 2023, Konstantin Chaykin fulfilled his long-standing desire to add a recognizable character from a Russian folk tale to his collection of Wristmons. The chosen character was Kolobok.
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Konstantin Chaykin’s Cinema watch with a miniature movie projector are a tribute to Muybridge: his name is engraved on the case. The Cinema is also an example of an ingenious and masterful implementation of unusual complications invented by Chaykin.
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Do you want to see the Stargazer being assembled, not just the most complicated watch in Konstantin Chaykin’s collection, but the most complicated watch ever made in Russia?
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Once, Konstantin Chaykin decided to create a watch that would combine the esthetics of the first pocket watches made in the XVI century and his own invention, a system for switching from hour to minute indication.
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Tomorrow, on May 10, 2024 Konstantin Chaykin will participate for the fourth time in the Only Watch charity auction, a key event in the watchmaking world.
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The mysterious Levitas Luna Nascosta Unique Piece watch in a rose gold case was created by Konstantin Chaykin as a piece unique in 2013 — as one of the prototypes of the "Levitas" collection, which eventually became very popular.
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Dear friends, Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates this most bright holiday these days!
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Cosmonauts orbiting the Earth need watches. And in 2021, the honour of leaving the confines of our planet and becoming a “mechanical crew member” of a space station, was given to a watch created by Konstantin Chaykin
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In 2022 Konstantin Chaykin celebrated the fifth anniversary of the original Joker, the first model of the Wristmons collection. The Joker Five, clearly referencing the iconic Gotham City character, was the result.
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Konstantin Chaykin brings all sorts of unexpected, fantastic characters from different cultures to his Wristmons collection. For example, some of the connoisseurs of the master’s creations can sport a Calavera
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The Stargazer will be the most complicated watch ever created by Konstantin Chaykin, the most complicated model at this year's OW auction and one of the most complicated wristwatches in the world
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Konstantin Chaykin’s Cinema watch is truly a unique model, incorporating a miniature mechanical movie projector which plays the historic “Horse in Motion”, a short movie created by the cinema pioneer Eadweard Muybridge.
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Introducing the new addition to Konstantin Chaykin's Wristmons collection — the Zebra watch. It’s the first watch with an automatic movement with a mini-rotor created in Russia!
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While everyone is waiting for updates on the future of the Only Watch auction, we’d like to share a few shots of the Stargazer, the most complex wristwatch in Konstantin Chaykin’s collection and the most complex watch made in Russia.
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Usually, collaboration implies a joint project created by a brand and an individual artist or some notable personality. But sometimes two artists, two stars in their field, join forces and create something truly spectacular together.
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On 10 May 2024, the 10th edition of the Only Watch charity auction will take place in Geneva. Konstantin Chaykin will participate in this prestigious watchmaking event for the fourth time, presenting the Joker Sandmann watch
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This video shows the movement of Konstantin Chaykin's unique Lucomorye clock. The movement consists of 1119 parts.
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What is especially attractive for the connoisseurs in Konstantin Chaykin's mystery Levitas Jazz watch?
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Introducing Konstantin Chaykin Presents The 1.65mm ThinKing, The Newest World’s Thinnest Mechanical Watch
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In 2007, Konstantin Chaykin's "Ant Tourbillon" table clock featured a compact, decorative tourbillon movement with high watchmaking standards.
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Sometimes it seems that in watchmaking everything that could have been invented already exists, and now new discoveries remain. But Konstantin Chaykin constantly disproves this misconception. The Cinema watch is a prime example of his creativity in action.
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Konstantin Chaykin's long-standing idea - Wristmon in the form of a character from a Russian folk tale - was embodied in 2023.
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Konstantin Chaykin is the first watchmaker to implement the Orthodox computus (Easter date calculation) in a clock.
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Haute horlogerie connoisseurs would undoubtedly be interested in the astonishingly complex movement of Konstantin Chaykin’s unique Lucomorye clock.
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On May 10, 2024 Konstantin Chaykin will participate for the fourth time in the Only Watch charity auction, a key event in the watchmaking world. For the event the master created a unique Joker Sandmann watch, a new addition to the Wristmons collection.
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Konstantin Chaykin's Lunokhod Prime is the second watch of his "space program". The golden case has an unusual shape, combining the common circle with a tonneau ("barrel"). The watchmaker wanted the watch to bear at least a passing resemblance of the eponymous Soviet planet rover
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Konstantin Chaykin has long planned to expand the Wristmons collection with a character from a Russian fairy tale. In 2023 he finally did it. The master has chosen a story intended for very little kids, the tale of the Kolobok
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The vampire-themed Dracula Wristmon was the first model of this collection for which Konstantin Chaykin developed a unique complication, the Dracula Time.
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Konstantin Chaykin introduced his “Martian program” on July 27, 2018, on the day of the great perihelic opposition of Earth and Mars, and the lunar eclipse. On this day, the master firstintroduced the movement for the Mars Conqueror MK1“Martian watch” he designed.
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Presenting the unique Konstantin Chaykin watches created for the Only Watch charity auction. In 2019 the master introduced the first ever self-portrait in the form of a wristwatch, the Joker Selfie wristmon.
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Wristmon "Clown" by Konstantin Chaykin is instantly recognizable. His "face" is an anthropomorphic dial, white like stage makeup, with yellow "eyes" — disk indicators for hours and minutes — and a long red line for the "mouth" (indicator of lunar phases).
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Surely you have already had a chance to appreciate the newest addition to Konstantin Chaykin's Wristmons collection, the Smilodon watch
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Konstantin Chaykin will once again take part in one of the most important events in the watchmaking world, the Dubai Watch Week (DWW). The event has been organized every two years since 2015. From November 16 to November 20, 2023
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Konstantin Chaykin presents Joker Classic
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The paired Wristmons by Konstantin Chaykin, Time-Eaterin two sizes – with dials measuring 42 and 39 mm in diameter – are the result of the Konstantin Chaykin x Louis Erard collaboration. The watchmaker enjoys "games with postmodernism" and ironic interpretations of culturalcodes
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On October 23 the Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture celebrated its 20thanniversary. On this day twenty years ago, Konstantin Chaykin started work on his first clock with a tourbillon.
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The watchmaker has invented a decade representation system for this calendar and an original design of the “Martian digits”. The Martian’s dial is partly skeletonized, revealing the movement and its operation.
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Смотри, он смотрит на тебя: часы "Санта" от Константина Чайкина
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For example, the Kolobok, who is the new hero embodied in Konstantin Chaykin's wristmon of the same name. The Kolobok has a round "face" with bright rosy cheeks, which is actually a dial with big blue "eyes" (Joker-time indicators).
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The Joker Classic: The Return of a Legend!
On 9 April, Konstantin Chaykin presented the Joker Classic watch to the public for the first time at the Masters of Horology exhibition. This timepiece is one of the most highly expected launches of the season:
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As you probably know, a new addition to the wristmon collection is coming soon! High watchmaking lovers await the brand-new Minotaur watch
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In this video, Konstantin Chaykin personally presents the brand-new watch of this year – the Joker 5, released for the fifth anniversary of the Wristmons collection
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The Minotaur watch was the first model in Konstantin Chaykin's Wristmons collection in which a character's smiling "mouth" (moonphase indicator) is replaced with a different complication, a unique two-disc day of the week indicator.
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Konstantin Chaykin created the Joker Five watch to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his Wristmons collection and the Joker watch, the very first Wristmon released in 2017.
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The Joker Automaton by Svend Andersen and Konstantin Chaykin
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Konstantin Chaykin's Cinema is an example of the master's creative approach to the idea of a watch. For him, a watch is not just a time measuring device, but an opportunity to bring to reality his own artistic and philosophical concepts.
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One of the sources of inspiration for Konstantin Chaykin is the work of other master artisans and inventors. The Cinema watch, for example, was inspired by the work of one of cinematography pioneers, Eadweard Muybridge, who, in mid-XIX century, created the first mechanical cinema
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This zany watch just fetched US$435,000 at a charity auction—breaking a record
The Joker Encore Charity Piece Unique by Konstantin Chaykin just became the most expensive Russian watch ever sold
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This video captures the unforgettable moment of being introduced to Konstantin Chaykin’s "Joker Classic" watch—a representative of the first regular series of Chaykin’s Wristmons.
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We would like to reveal some of the secrets behind Konstantin Chaykin's Stargazer watch assembling process. This model, created by the master for the Only Watch charity auction, was the most complicated watch at this year's event.
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Konstantin Chaykin is one among millions of fans of the movies based on cute, funny, yellow-faced Minions. The master decided to create a Wristmon based on the characters he enjoyed so much. The model has a traditional anthropomorphic dial with joker-indication
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The main focus of the Lunokhod Prime watch by Konstantin Chaykin is the 3D moonphase indicator. While working on the idea of his first Lunokhod, the watchmaker has carefully selected a natural large pearl as a model of the Moon, 12 mm in diameter.
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I think that we will show our new Martian watch in early June. And now see the photos of the first Mars Conqueror watch.
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Hardening (high-temperature finish) is required to make the parts of the movement sufficiently durable and strong. The video shows the process the parts undergo in the furnace at the “Konstantin Chaykin” manufacture.
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The Wristmon Time-Eater (Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Konstantin Chaykin), created by Konstantin Chaykin in collaboration with the Louis Erard brand, was released in spring 2023 in two versions — with a 39-mm and a 42-mm steel case.
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The Joker Selfie is the world's first self-portrait watch, a unique wristmon in a damask steel case, created by Konstantin Chaykin specially for the Only Watch charity auction.
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Timekeepers of the cosmos: Watches that weave the enchanting narratives of our love for space
Astronomical timepieces display a watchmaker’s horological prowess, allowing us to marvel at what human hands are still capable of.
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Today, most designers and constructors prefer to create projects entirely using modern computer facilities for sketching and design.
I also use software for 3d modelling, but my first ideas for design and movements are always hand-drawn in pencil, liners and sometimes watercolour
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