A unique wristwatch for the most loyal fans of the brand.

 

Konstantin Chaykin's "Stargazer" with 17 complications including world firsts was initially developed for the Only Watch charity auction. Now the watchmaker is making it more affordable for everyone who wants one but is certainly willing to pay a fair price for a work of watchmaking art.

 

Konstantin Chaykin's most complicated wristwatch model makes you think of the watchmaker's other masterpieces, like his Moscow Pacshalia Computus Clock, which calculates the moving date of Eastern Orthodox Easter and comprises 2506 components. 

 

The wristwatch model is definitely a little less complex, but only in terms of the number of components, with just 664 here. In order to fit all the complications in one watch case, Chaykin had to make his technological Wristmon double-sided, which necessitated reworking the multi-component case (63 parts) and strap attachment.

 

Konstantin Chaykin Stargazer
Konstantin Chaykin Stargazer
Konstantin Chaykin Stargazer
Konstantin Chaykin Stargazer

Nevertheless, the watchmaker still adheres to the conceptual design of having indicators integrated into the features of a friendly monster's face. The astronomical complications which you can't see on other watches are particularly interesting.

 

Take the two-hand indication for the sunrise and sunset azimuths as an example. If you hold the case horizontally and point the Chaykin logo north, the yellow arrow will show the position of the sunrise on the horizon line, while the blue arrow will show the position of the sunset.

 

The watchmaker promises to adjust this complication to reflect the location where the watch's future owner lives. Another world-first indication is the four-stage discrete moon-phase display, where the celestial object's four traditional phases switch in jumps instead of making a sweeping positional transfer.

Other complications the watch offers are a regulator display of mean solar time in hours and minutes, an indication for the length of night and day, equation of time, days of the week, zodiac signs, a map of the starry sky over the Northern Hemisphere.

 

As also 24-hour indications for the mean solar and sidereal time, moon phases (needs to be adjusted every 122 years), the age of the moon, solar activity cycle, and a digital indication of the current cycle duration.

 

And the cherry on top is the tourbillon, which is almost hard to pick out among all the astronomical complications. The hand-wound Caliber K.22-1 movement is housed in a case made of stainless Bulat steel — Chaykin is the only watchmaker in industry who applies it as a case material.