Konstantin Chaykin
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Konstantin Chaykin | |
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 Konstantin Chaykin in 2020, photo by Alexey Kutkovoy | |
| Born | 23 November 1975 |
| Occupation(s) | watchmaker, inventor |
| Website | https://chaykin.ru/ |
Konstantin Chaykin (born 1975) is a Russian watchmaker and inventor. He started as an independent watchmaker in 2003, establishing a workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the interests of the business, in 2012 he transferred production to Moscow, Russia, where his company currently resides. He completed his first clock in 2004,[1] and in 2008 Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI, English: "Academy of Independent Creators in Watchmaking") accepted him as a candidate. Since 2010 he has been a member of the AHCI (the only such member from Russia[2]), while in 2016 he was elected[3] by AHCI members as the President, a position held until 2019.
Inventions
Konstantin Chaykin’s first patent, RU2306618,[4] granted to him in January 2007, protects the design of an Orthodox Easter date indicator. That has been followed by numerous other inventions, and as of May 2021, he owns 89[5] patents. In April 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) through an application of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Russia) (Rospatent) awarded Konstantin Chaykin the WIPO Medal for Inventors[6] for his contribution in the field of Technical Sciences in the Russian Federation.
Complicated clocks
In 2003–2004, he built his first clock – the Foundation tourbillon clock, the first of its kind in Russia. He is the creator of several notable complicated astronomical table clocks, including four Orthodox computus clocks – the Easter of Christ Computus Clock (2005), Resurrection Computus Clock (2007), Northern Computus Clock[7] (2015) and Moscow Computus Clock (2016), all developed based on his patents. The Moscow Computus Clock, with 27 complications and mechanisms, 2,506 movement parts, four dials and over 2,500 components in the case, is regarded as the most complicated clock ever created in Russia.[8]
Wristwatches
Konstantin Chaykin produces handcrafted wristwatches based on his patents and designs, including the Lunokhod[9] with a large spherical moonphase indicator (2011), Levitas[10] gentlemen’s and ladies’ watches, with transparent mysterious dials (2013), timepieces with traditional calendars – including those based on the Jewish (Decalogue collection[11][12]) and Islamic (Hijra collection[13]) calendars; the mechanical cinematograph Cinema[14][15] watch (2013), the Genius Temporis[16] watch able to display hours and minutes using a single hand (2014), and other notable timepieces. In 2017, with the Joker watch, he launched the Wristmons (Monsters on the Wrist[17]) collection. In 2018, with the Clown Wristmon watch, Chaykin won the Audacity prize of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG).[18] His Joker Selfie piece unique sold for 70,000 Swiss francs from an estimate of 18,000–24,000 francs on November 9, 2019, at the Only Watch 2019 charity auction held in Geneva by Christie’s.[19] Recently he has developed timepieces with a Mars time and other cosmic functions, the Mars Conqueror Mk1[20] (2018) and Mars Conqueror Mk3 Fighter[21][22] (2020). November 6, 2021, Christie’s held in Geneva an auction Only Watch 2021, the unique Martian Tourbillon wristwatch, made by Konstantin Chaykin for charity was sold for 290,000 Swiss francs from an estimate of 40,000–60,000 francs. It is the first wristwatch from the Russian watchmaker to have a tourbillon, and the world’s first Martian tourbillon, making a revolution every 61.65 seconds – the duration of one Mars minute [23].
Notes
- ^ "A Russian Gains Prominence Among Fine Watchmakers". nytimes.com. 2013-01-21.
- ^ "Konstantin Chaykin page in AHCI site". ahci.ch.
- ^ "From Russia With Love: A Bespoke Watch Project with Konstantin Chaykin". watchprosite.com. 2017-05-14.
- ^ "RU2306618C2 Calendar device for determining orthodox easter date and orthodox holy days". worldwide.espacenet.com.
- ^ "Quickfire Q&A: Konstantin Chaykin on leading the watchmaking way in Russia". watchpro.com. 2021-06-29.
- ^ "Часовщик Константин Чайкин получил золотую медаль Всемирной организации интеллектуальной собственности (English: "Watchmaker Konstantin Chaikin received the gold medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization")". kp.vedomosti.ru. 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Konstantin Chaykin Computus Easter, una obra de la alta relojería (English: "Konstantin Chaikin Computus Easter, an oeuvre of haute horlogerie"". robbreport.mx. 2015-12-18.
- ^ "Konstantin Chaykin Introduces the Most Complicated Clock ever made in Russia, the Moscow Comptus Easter Clock". monochrome-watches.com. 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Konstantin Chaykin reinvents moon phases". journal.hautehorlogerie.org. 2011-06-16.
- ^ "A Russian Gains Prominence Among Fine Watchmakers". nytimes.com. 2013-01-21.
- ^ "The New Judaica Luxury Watch By Russian Konstantin Chaykin". forbes.com. 2014-03-24.
- ^ "Profile: Konstantin Chaykin by Meehna Goldsmith". ft.com. 2014-01-19.
- ^ "A Russian Gains Prominence Among Fine Watchmakers". nytimes.com. 2013-01-21.
- ^ "Profile: Konstantin Chaykin by Meehna Goldsmith". ft.com. 2014-01-19.
- ^ "A watch with a built-in movie theatre". nytimes.com. 2013-04-25.
- ^ "Genius Temporis – a new watch by Konstantin Chaykin". europastar.com. 2014-10-30.
- ^ "Konstantin Chaykin Harlequin Ventuno". escapementmagazine.com. 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève GPHG 2018 prize list". gphg.org. 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Konstantin Chaykin – Joker Selfie Only Watch-2019 Piece Unique. It seems that it is impossible. But it is. Joker watch is now more emotional than ever". christies.com.
- ^ "Martian Time: Konstantin Chaykin's watch for the red planet". esquire.com. 2019-06-06.
- ^ "Les montres de la nouvelle course aux étoiles". lepoint.fr. 2020-06-04.
- ^ "The Konstantin Chaykin Mars Conqueror Mk3 Fighter Project is a watch made for Mars". robbreport.com.sg. 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Konstantin Chaykin is creating Martian watchmaking art. The Martian Tourbillon Only Watch 2021 is the first tourbillon in the world to tick in sync with the rotation of Mars". christies.com.
References
- Steve Huyton. “Independent Watchmakers.” 2019. Suffolk, UK: Acc Art Books. ISBN 978-1851498987
- Olivier Muller. “AHCI – The Independent Spirit: Time Makers Since 1985.” 2020. Lutry, Switzerland: Watchprint.Com Sarl. ISBN 978-2940506378
- Kutkovoy Alexey. “Konstantin Chaykin: Haute horlogerie, with Russian soul.” 2021. Moscow, Russia: August Borg. ISBN 978-5-901053-83-6
- “Konstantin Chaykin” documentary by Aleksey Dovgulya, Russian filmmaker and photographer. 2021
- Elizabeth Doerr. The Konstantin Chaykin Joker Dracula Watch: Its Fangs Come Out Only At Night. 2018-10-31, forbes.com
- Sean Lorentzen. Konstantin Chaykin Announces Limited-Edition Minotaur Watch. 2021-02-12, ablogtowatch.com
- Rob Nudds. A Bullish New Wristmon From Konstantin Chaykin Celebrates The Year Of The Ox. 2021-02-12, fratellowatches.com
Category: Watch manufacturing companies of Russia
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Category: People from Saint Petersburg
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