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Baselworld 2012 : Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin Debut
A debut of the latest
inventions of the famous Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin will take
place at the exhibition BaselWorld 2012 (8-15th March, Basel).
In the run-up to this significant event Konstantin Chaykin hurries to announce a creation of a new mechanical enigma watch – Mystery.
The new creation of the Russian master represents a watch with a completely transparent dial and a pair of hands in the center mysteriously suspended in the empty space of the gold case.
Driven by an invisible force, they duly show the current time. The miniature movement of the watch is fully hidden under the bezel of the case decorated with applied Roman numerals and a sophisticated aperture of the moon phase indicator.
It is not easy to penetrate into the mystery of the mechanical movement, but the watchmaker is ready to disclose it during the exhibition.
Apart from the debut of the Mystery collection, Konstantin Chaykin will present a modified version of its creation “Moonwalker Prime”: now the movement of the Moonwalker is placed inside the gold case; the minute hand has become retrograde; the movement itself is equipped with a patented device – constant Moon phase corrector, and the Moon in this new model is represented with a large ocean pearl.
The sapphire glass which virtually reveals the entire movement imparts an unusual and sophisticated look to the gold Moonwalker, which specifically contrasts with the brutality of its Damascus steel predecessor.
In the run-up to this significant event Konstantin Chaykin hurries to announce a creation of a new mechanical enigma watch – Mystery.
The new creation of the Russian master represents a watch with a completely transparent dial and a pair of hands in the center mysteriously suspended in the empty space of the gold case.
Driven by an invisible force, they duly show the current time. The miniature movement of the watch is fully hidden under the bezel of the case decorated with applied Roman numerals and a sophisticated aperture of the moon phase indicator.
It is not easy to penetrate into the mystery of the mechanical movement, but the watchmaker is ready to disclose it during the exhibition.
Apart from the debut of the Mystery collection, Konstantin Chaykin will present a modified version of its creation “Moonwalker Prime”: now the movement of the Moonwalker is placed inside the gold case; the minute hand has become retrograde; the movement itself is equipped with a patented device – constant Moon phase corrector, and the Moon in this new model is represented with a large ocean pearl.
The sapphire glass which virtually reveals the entire movement imparts an unusual and sophisticated look to the gold Moonwalker, which specifically contrasts with the brutality of its Damascus steel predecessor.
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Baselworld 2012 : Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin Debut
A debut of the latest inventions of the famous Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin will take place at the exhibition BaselWorld 2012 (8-15th March, Basel). In the run-up to this significant event Konstantin Chaykin hurries to announce a creation of a ne...
Thanks for the Updated Kong
Looking forward on the movement's details ... though not my type of dial lay out yet i find it interesting Faisal
Likewise ...
Wonder if he will be represented here or traveling over this region too. Would like to see in person too Are you going to Basel? Kong
Not attending Basel...
Not going to Basel, but will pay attention to his watches when he comes to visit here.
I like them both!
Might be interesting to see the new mystery watch in a more elegant case/dial combo, but I already like this version -- and the new version of his original watch is far superior, in my view. Thanks for sharing! Best, Gary G
Patron my ignorance
Is this have an equation of time indicator plus day night indicator In this setting we see hour and night overlapping? Very interesting. Thanks for clarifying.
I think ..
Hi 4Js I think it is a 24-hour retrograde indicator only. From the picture, it is indicating 11:35am... the Crescent -pointer is in between the 11th and 12th hour. Once reaches 12:00, the Crescent-retrograde-Indicator should snap back below the '0' hour-m...
Very nice and interesting creations.
I like the way he has placed the movement in the Mistery, and with a moonphase indicator included, cool. Thanks, Vte
Can't agree more...
will be interesting to see how he hides the plantary gearing of the hour & minute discs. Or he is using another approach. Kong
Mystery
Kong, Any idea whether it is a newly constructed movement? It looks like the dial is covered by a layer which has transparent effect. Regards Ling
Should be ...
sapphire discs. He is a member of Academie Horlogere des Createurs Independants, I guess it should be his creation. Kong
Admire that mysterious dial
And a delightful moonphase watch! Thanks for the post Kong! Stephen
Nice tribute to the Schwob Brothers
A nice modern interpretation of the Armand Schwob movement from the late 1880's I like these mysterious watches a lot when they are on display (when on the wrist, the effect of wrist hair showing through the clear dial sometimes loses the elegance of the ...
Thanks Clavi ...
for the Armand Schwob movement pic. The re-intepretation with a moonphase added is pretty good with such tight space constraint. Kong