Russia in the Baselworld exhibition will be presented by Konstantin Chaykina - a member of the AHCI - with his Lunokhod, a mechanical watch with a new solution of lunar phases indication.
Konstantin Chaykin managed to bring to perfection one of the most romantic watch complications.
In his hands comes the most lively and realistic watch Moon in the world. Instead of using the classic indicator window through which a stylized image of the moon is usually shown maestro placed in his new watch a miniature copy of the Earth satellite. The ball is 12 mm in diameter, it is coated with the relief of the lunar surface and located in the center of the dial, and lunar phases are indicated by means of covering it up with mobile silver hemisphere. This hemisphere moves around the ball with the speed of the moon in its orbit and symbolizes its shadow side.
This original way of indication reflects the real situation in the night sky of the Earth in the best possible way. As a matter of fact, how do we understand the phrase “lunar phases”? So we call different forms of the visible, not shaded Earth satellite illuminated by the Sun. When the moon moves in the orbit its sunlit changes. And this dark, shaded part changes in size, completely absorbing the night celestial body or revealing its beautiful face on the full moon. This effect is repeated in Konstantin Chaykin’s watch.
Material used for the case of unusual watch is also interesting. This is noble wootz produced by one of the best Russian gunsmiths, an expert on wootz steel Sergey Lunev. Unique designs of legendary and mysterious metal that resemble pictures of the lunar surface inspired Konstantin to emphasize cosmic theme of the watch.
The heart of the watch is a unique caliber, designed and built by Konstantin Chaykina specifically for this model.
More to come in few weeks!
