KONSTANTIN CHAYKIN
Who would have thought twenty years ago that watches would be produced in Russia that could compete with the best examples from Switzerland, Germany and Japan? The work of Konstantin Chaykin, the Russian inventor and master of haute horlogerie, now enjoys worldwide renown and respect.
In 2010, Konstantin Chaykin became the first – and still the only – Russian member of the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants) and was President of the AHCI from 2016 to 2019. On November 9, 2018, Konstantin Chaykin and his Clown watch were awarded the Audacity Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève GPHG 2018, the most prestigious watch competition in the world. Konstantin Chaykin was the first Russian watchmaker in history to take home such an award.
As the function of a watch as a device for telling the time is transferred to smartphones and smartwatches, it is emotions that mechanical watches can and must offer.”
INVENTIVE SPIRIT
The timepieces of Konstantin Chaykin, a unique representative of the independent watchmaking, clearly stand out from the mass production of large corporations. They are the embodiment of the desire and ability to realize the boldest and most unusual ideas – be they philosophical, creative or technical.
Konstantin Chaykin does not produce watches that are standardized for the mainstream. His entire collection is based exclusively on his own inventions, including the Moscow Computus clock, invented by Chaykin to calculate the Orthodox Easter date – it is the most complex mechanical clock ever made in Russia; the Lunokhod watch with a unique spherical moonphase, the largest of its kind ever built into a wristwatch; the Cinema watch, the world’s first watch with a built-in miniature mechanical cinematograph capable of reproducing moving images; the Levitas watch with its optimized version of the “mysterious” time display on a transparent dial; the Russian Time watch with a display that shows the time in all 11 time zones of Russia; the Mars Conqueror Mk1, the world’s first complex mechanical watch to display Mars time as well as other astronomical and cosmic indicators; the clocks and watches with traditional Islamic and Jewish calendars and much more.
