Konstantin Chaykin has built on its collection of anthropomorphic-dialed watches with the launch of a Wristmon piece called Kolobok based on a Russian fairy tale that cautions children on the perils of greed and arrogance.
There are many versions of the fairy tale, but Konstantin Chaykin has drawn attention to the Kolobok version where a rabbit, wolf and bear pay for their self-confidence by being eaten.
There is also an American interpretation featuring a gingerbread man and a British version with a character called Johnny-Cake, according to the watchmaker.
Konstantin Chaykin has created a special video to help people in different countries understand Russia’s version of this age-old tale.
The hero of this story in Russia is Kolobok, a round-faced, ruddy, cheerful, sly, and even a little cheeky character made from dough who is familiar to every child in Russia and worthy of being turned into a dial for the Wristmons collection.
The watchmaker made his Kolobok wide-eyed by enlarging the dimensions of the pupils — the hour and minute indicators of his in-house Joker display system.
With these eyes and a nose like a lump of dough, the character is reminiscent of a hero from an animated movie.
The dial is convex, rounded, thereby giving the Kolobok a ball-like shape.
And he looks golden brown like bread, with Chaykin applying several layers of lacquer with a gradient effect to the dial to achieve this.
The dial is lighter in the centre, darker closer to the edges and the addition of mother-of-pearl dust gives the dial a soft, warm glow.
The Kolobok replaces a moonphase in the mouth of the dial’s character with the fairy tale’s seven iconic heroes: the Grandfather, Grandmother, the rabbit, wolf, bear, fox, and even the Kolobok himself; one for each day of the week.
The watch is powered by the automatic K.18-20, a modified Swiss-made ETA 2892-A2 that has a golden gilded rotor that captures a scene from the fairy tale.
The watch is issued in a limited edition of 99 pieces.
