Record-thin mechanical watches , the thickness of which is only
1.65 mm In watchmaking, there are two most difficult, and therefore especially valued by collectors and connoisseurs of the genre - super-complicated watches and ultra-thin watches. Konstantin Chaykin, who created his most complicated watch Stargazer in 2023, which with
17 complications was among the most complicated wristwatches of all time, in 2024 turned to the topic of extremely thin mechanical watches. On August 29, 2024, at the Geneva Watch Days exhibition in Geneva, Konstantin Chaykin presented the result of his development - ThinKing Prototype 2, a functioning prototype of an ultra-thin watch with a thickness of 1.65 mm.
Leading media outlets covering watches and the watch industry responded to this event, since it was a clear bid for a world record.
A record that no one expected from a Russian independent watchmaker, since Chaykin had previously not revealed his interest in this extremely demanding and difficult area of watchmaking, which has traditionally – until recently – been dominated by Swiss watchmakers.
CASE
Diameter : 40 mm
Thickness : 12.78 mm
POWERRESERVE
32 hours; provided by a single barrel of
ultra-thin construction
DIAL
Joker time indicator with hour and
minute indicators
MOVEMENT
Ultra-thin caliber K.23-0; manufactured by Konstantin Chaykin
THINKING
MOVEMENT
K.09-1 with automatic winding
DIAL
Open dial, textured finish with gold plating, pad printing; blueing
POWERRESERVE
32 hours; provided by a single barrel of ultra-thin construction
CASE
Diameter : 40 mm
Thickness : 12.78 mm
Record-thin mechanical watches ,
the thickness of which is only
1.65 mm In watchmaking, there are two most difficult, and therefore especially valued by collectors and connoisseurs of the genre - super-complicated watches and ultra-thin watches. Konstantin Chaykin, who created his most complicated
watch Stargazer in 2023, which with
17 complications was among the most complicated wristwatches of all time, in 2024 turned to the topic of extremely thin mechanical watches. On August 29, 2024, at the Geneva Watch Days exhibition in Geneva, Konstantin Chaykin presented the result of his development - ThinKing Prototype 2,
a functioning prototype of an ultra-thin watch
with a thickness of 1.65 mm.
Leading media outlets covering watches and the watch industry responded to this event, since it was a
clear bid for a world record.
A record that no one expected from a Russian independent watchmaker, since Chaykin had previously not revealed his interest in this extremely demanding and difficult area of watchmaking, which has traditionally – until recently – been dominated
by Swiss watchmakers.