Konstantin Chaykin

thinness for the sake of thinness isn't really my thing. My ideal thin watch is VC's 1955, ref. 33155/000R-9588. The 1003 caliber is 1.64 and the watch 4.1 mm: I don't need any thinner. As for the mystery display, I don't think Chaykin claims to have inve

Here's an overview of Konstantin Chaykin 's new release . In 2024 , the well-known Russian independent watchmaker introduced the “ ThinKing ”, an ultra-thin in-house watch with a case just 1.65 mm thick. It was accompanied by a carrier case called “ Palan

The most not other one that immediately comes to mind is Konstantin Chaykin’s Russian Time… Picture from: A Blog to Watch

Not my watch, here: Love these watches which display time in an original way. And funny, here. Best, Nicolas

This post is more about the book, one I can truly recommend and ended up reading in one go. I’ve always had great admiration for Svend Andersen because, in my view, he is the man who made it possible for us to have so many independent watchmakers today. A

Likely too early, but it was the all star game of watchmakers. This new trend will soon fade away, these young independent are more finisseurs than watchmakers. One of the view I recognise with a bright future is Chaykin.

In hindsight I absolutely regret that thinking... It's interesting how tastes change over time and with one's finances. I've bought way too many watches because at the time I just thought they were so cool, or unique, yet all too often they aroused no pas

Is there another watch which qualifies better than this one as a " Smile watch "? Best, Nicolas

Also really like K. Chaykin‘s Lunokhod 🌝 Photo from: Pintrest

One of these days I would like to own a watch with a traditional blade style click spring. The Chaykin double barrel is one I hadn't seen before, very cool, and I am a big fan of the Greubel implementation since it feels so 3d in a very 2d world. Garrick