Konstantin Chaykin is Russia's leading luxury watch brand, founded in 2003 by Konstantin Chaykin (born 1975) in St. Petersburg, later moving to Moscow in 2012. Chaykin is a watchmaker, inventor, and painter who is the only Russian member of the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants), serving as its President from 2016-2019. He holds over 100 patents, including inventions for Orthodox Easter date indicators and Jewish/Islamic calendar mechanisms. His breakout success was the Joker watch (2017) from the Wristmons collection, featuring a dial with moving eyes and mouth. The Clown Wristmon won the Audacity Prize at the 2018 GPHG. In 2024, he launched the ThinKing, the world's thinnest mechanical watch at 1.65mm thick. His most complicated wristwatch, the Stargazer (2023), features 17 complications.
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