Joker Selfie
Introducing Joker Selfie
Тhis is the first mechanical watch in the world with a selfie dial, a new invention by Konstantin Chaykin. That’s why the watch got the name “Selfie” – Joker Selfie Only Watch-2019 Piece Unique. To strengthen the portrait of the Joker-watchmaker, Chaykin decided to set above the Joker’s right eye, which is designed to be the hours indicator, a stylized watchmaker’s magnifying glass, provided with real magnifying sapphire crystal – the first in Konstantin Chaykin’s collection, and possibly ever.
PRODUCTION
Recalling the early years of the development of his brand, when he used Soviet-produced calibers as the basis for developing his unique watch movements, Konstantin Chaykin decided to turn to the heritage of the great Soviet watchmaking industry again. Specially for the Joker Selfie Only Watch-2019 Piece Unique he decided to develop a new movement, based on the famous precision Caliber 2809 of the Chistopol Watch Factory, known as “Vostok”.
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SELFIE - WATCH SELF PORTRAIT
Konstantin Chaykin also could not resist the temptation to include a secret function in the new Joker Selfie Only Watch-2019 Piece Unique. The secret of the watch can be found out by turning the watch so that its case is horizontal. Then the right eye of the “Joker” with the hour indicator will be closed by a shutter, and in a special window at the “12 o’clock” position at the same moment a unique day of the week indicator will open, in which each day of the week is indicated by an emoji personally drawn by Konstantin Chaykin based on his “Joker” and other models of the Ristmon collection. To understand which day of the week is presented in the index, you will have to use the instructions, where a hint is printed - all seven emoji jokers and the corresponding names of the days of the week. When the watch case is not horizontal, the signature emoji day of the week indicator is closed, and the Joker’s right eye with the hour indicator is open - the watch looks as if there is no secret in it.
MOVEMENT
The solid technical features of Caliber 2809 are complemented by a high-quality design and finish, provided by Konstantin Chaykin manufacture. The newly-developed movement is a great choice to use in haute horlogerie collectable watches. The platina was heavily modified, especially for the installation of a proprietary Joker display module. The barrel bridge, engrenage bridge, escape-wheel cock, pallet cock, balance cock, barrel wheel, index and index spring were newly manufactured. In addition, the movement is endowed with typical signs of high watchmaking art – polished caps of the escape-wheel cock and engrenage bridge, and a newly-designed spring-held pawl of the barrel wheel. Movement parts are decorated in accordance with the high standards of the Konstantin Chaykin manufacture – a glimpse through the sapphire-crystal caseback will reveal all the details.
Caliber: Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture Caliber K.21-0, hand-winding, developed on the base of Soviet precision Caliber 2809 of Tschistopolsky factory; highly modified by Konstantin Chaykin according to haute horlogerie standards and equipped with Joker indication module
Power reserve: 46 hours when fully wound
Accuracy: +/-15 seconds per day
STYLIZED WATCHMAKER’S MAGNIFYING GLASS
Sapphire crystal for watchmaker’s magnifying glass diameter 9.5 mm
JOKER EMOJI DAY OF THE WEEK SECRET INDICATOR
Instead in a special window in the upper section of the dial you will find the unique Emoji Day of the Week indicator with special joker-style emojis, conceived by Chaykin, representing days of the week.CASE
Another hint from the history of the Konstantin Chaykin brand is the case made of genuine stainless bulat steel. This is an extremely tough, hard to work and exotic steel alloy, previously used by Konstantin Chaykin in his famous Lunokhod watches. Bulat steel has been used for many centuries by sword makers to produce the best quality blades, which can’t be surpassed by any modern high-tech alloy. Sword makers preferred to keep the exact recipe of bulat steel secret, so it has been lost and re-discovered again and again.
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