{"id":67860,"date":"2021-07-30T10:38:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T09:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=67860"},"modified":"2022-01-21T15:44:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T15:44:31","slug":"konstantin-chaykin-gets-bullish-with-minotaur-for-special-chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/konstantin-chaykin-gets-bullish-with-minotaur-for-special-chinese-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Konstantin Chaykin gets bullish with Minotaur for special Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
Konstantin Chaykin<\/a> has dedicated a number of his latest watches to the Zodiac, in line with the Chinese New year.<\/p>\n In following this trend in 2021, the Russian watchmaker presents the Minotaur Special Chinese New Year, dedicated to the year of the bull.<\/p>\n Chaykin explained that he thought the Year of the Bull was a good reason to create a new Wristmon meaning that as 2020 drew to a close, with just a few months remaining before the start of the Chinese calendar\u2019s Year of the Bull and the time to think about a new watch for the occasion upon him, Konstantin Chaykin noted that the bull, in one form or another, appears in almost all mythologies of the world.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Bulls were honoured (while also widely used in ritual sacrifices) in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and, of course, in China, where the bull is ranked second in the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle.<\/p>\n Before working on his latest watch, the Russian had been considering the possibility of developing a new version of his Joker indication for about two years, where instead of a moonphase indicator there would be a different calendar indication.<\/p>\n For example, for his Mars tourbillon, in the Martian Tourbillon Only Watch 2021 Piece Unique created for the charity auction Only Watch 2021, Chaykin designed a smiling Martian date indicator.<\/p>\n This represents a Martian month, consisting of 28 sols, with the markings of the Martian days \u2013 sols \u2013 made up of symbols of the Martian system of counting, which was created by the master himself for this watch.<\/p>\n