Konstantin Chaykin

Our Second GPHG Victory! Konstantin Chaykin’s ThinKing Mystery won the Audacity Prize at the 2026 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)! The award recognizes a bold, unconventional approach to watchmaking.

Dear friends, we’re delighted to share some exciting news: ThinKing Mystery has won the top honor at the Temporis International Awards 2026 – Watch of the Year!

Meet Seneca II Pièce Unique – a one-of-a-kind Wristmon by Konstantin Chaykin, created for the Christie’s Watches for ELA 2026 charity auction.

Carpe Diem has become part of the Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture’s rich heritage. Chaykin conceived the watch in the spring of 2013, inspired by 17th-century Dutch still lifes, including works he saw at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum. In vanitas paintings, skulls and hourglasses.

The finished cufflinks then undergo a series of tests on specialized equipment: water resistance is checked, durability is tested over 1,500 opening and closing cycles, and the torque required to advance the calendar is measured and compared with calculated values.

Matroskin has always had his own way of looking at life – sensible, slightly ironic. He exudes an unshakable confidence: you can almost hear him getting ready to explain, once again, how to run a household properly, save money, and generally make life in Prostokvashino work.

In 2023, to mark the manufacture’s 20th anniversary, Konstantin Chaykin unveiled the one-of-a-kind Stargazer – the culmination of two decades of exploration and invention. Among its 17 complications, the graphical solar activity indicator stands out as a patented world-first.

How did Konstantin Chaykin’s Space Program begin? In this video, the master shares how his interest in astronomical complications and the idea of future missions to Mars led him to a new challenge – creating a mechanical instrument that could be useful beyond Earth.

Every New Day Is in Your Hands! In a mechanical watch, the calendar is controlled by the caliber. In Konstantin Chaykin’s cufflinks, the impulse comes from the wearer. Fastening the cufflink brings the mechanism to life and advances the indicator.

Meet the iconic Twins of Atomic Heart! In a striking end-of-year premiere, Konstantin Chaykin brings haute horlogerie together with icons of contemporary digital culture. The robot ballerinas appear in two versions.

Konstantin Chaykin's booth CODEX is open at the Contemporary Istanbul art fair, in the historic Tersane Istanbul complex.   We look forward to welcoming you at the exhibition until 27 September!   📍 Camikebir Mahallesi, Taşkızak Tersanesi Cd. No:5, 34440 Beyoğlu, Istanbul

In 2011, Konstantin Chaykin introduced a spherical moon-phase display measuring 12 mm across – a remarkable achievement at the time and the defining technical feature of the groundbreaking Lunokhod.

This autumn, the Manufacture unveiled the SC02C – a chronograph developed through Konstantin Chaykin’s long-running Space Program and shaped by experience gained during real spacewalks. Before going into orbit, the watch underwent a series of ground tests.

Perlage is one of the most recognizable finishing techniques in watchmaking. On the bridges of Konstantin Chaykin’s new model, it is applied by hand. The master works on a circular-graining machine: with short, precise movements, he gradually covers the surface.

Friends, we’re pleased to share some important news: ThinKingMystery has been shortlisted for the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), one of the most prestigious competitions in the watch industry. This year, the watch is competing in the Mechanical Exception category.

Geneva Watch Days 2026 got off to a vibrant start! Among the highlights of the first days was the Phillips charity auction, where Wolf, a graphic work created by Konstantin Chaykin during a masterclass the day before, sold for CHF 24,000 and became the top lot.

“Wolf” Goes on the Hunt! In 2026, Konstantin Chaykin’s bestiary welcomes a new charismatic Wristmon. “Wolf” becomes the second character in the “East” collection, launched last year with “Panda Titanium.”

SC02C: The Chronograph That Conquered Space The Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture presents the SC02C – a mechanical chronograph developed for Russian cosmonauts and tested under real spaceflight conditions.

In record-breaking ultra-thin watches, even something as routine as winding the movement or setting the time calls for a special solution. But ThinKing Mystery takes a far more elegant approach: a miniature winding key is concealed inside the strap clasp.

Konstantin Chaykin’s Cinema watch takes the viewer back to an era when film and photographic equipment was still mechanical. This idea is expressed not only through the miniature zoopraxiscope in the aperture at 6 o’clock.