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“Matroskin the Cat”

The creation of the new wristmon by Konstantin Chaykin is inspired by Russia’s most popular animated character

During a Spring 2025 survey marking Russian Animation Day, Matroskin the Cat emerged as the nation’s favourite animated character, surpassing Cheburashka and Domovenok Kuzya.

Symbolically, 2025 also witnessed the start of a landmark collaboration between the Konstantin Chaykin manufacture and Soyuzmultfilm Animation Studio. This partnership resulted in the launch of the Matroskin Wristmon — a timepiece as charismatic as its literary and animated prototype, created in the early 1970s by writer Eduard Uspensky.

Positive outlook in all circumstances 
Master watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin undertook the task of translating the image of the striped talking cat into a wristwatch design with energy, dedication and inventiveness aligned with both his own creative approach and the personality of Matroskin. Each design element is purposefully integrated to reinforce the character theme, ensuring maximum fidelity to the beloved cartoon character.

One of these distinctive elements is the cat’s whiskers, rendered using the guilloché relief decoration technique. They extend from the dial on to the case bezel — a first for the Wristmon collection. The design of the stainless steel case stays true to the animalistic watch theme: the upper case extensions are artfully shaped into the form of Matroskin’s feline ears. In line with other similar models, a single crown is used, which optimises the visual balance and creates a more natural-looking silhouette.

The Matroskin wristmon is especially close to the cartoon character because the cat’s face on the dial is constantly changing.

The character’s eyes serve as time indicators for hours and minutes. A dynamic touch is added by the «lunar smile» — a signature design element. Another important detail is the exclusive collector’s strap, which Konstantin Chaykin designed specifically for this model. He chose to make it leather, but not a classic solid colour — instead, it features stripes, a choice that would be hard to imagine any other way.

As “Matroskin” would approve: high-end mechanics
The Matroskin timepiece is powered by the automatic Caliber K.18-27, developed from the G200 movement. This high-grade automatic winding movement delivers a 68-hour power reserve and is supplied to the Konstantin Chaykin manufacture in a custom execution. The Joker-indication module is fully developed and produced in-facility by Konstantin Chaykin in accordance with the canons of high-end watchmaking. The finishing of its components incorporates traditional Haute Horlogerie techniques.

© The Matroskin timepiece is manufactured by Konstantin Chaykin under official licence from Soyuzmultfilm Animation Studio. All rights reserved.

ONE-OF-A-KIND MATROSKIN – ALWAYS SMILING!
Konstantin Chaykin had long been considering the idea of creating a Wristmon in the image of a cat – a character that appears in the zodiac calendar of several Eastern countries. In the Vietnamese tradition, the Cat occupies the place assigned to the Rabbit. The master created the first sketch of the future “cat Wristmon,” titled Kitty Sketch, back in 2020.

In 2025, a landmark collaboration began between the Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture and the Soyuzmultfilm animation studio. It was within this project that the idea of the cat Wristmon finally took shape. The watch has been released as a limited edition of 90 pieces, marking the 90th anniversary of the legendary studio. Thus Matroskin – one of the most recognizable characters created by Eduard Uspensky – was brought to the wrist by Konstantin Chaykin.

EVERY DETAIL MATTERS
The new Wristmon remains remarkably close to the beloved character, and anyone who has seen the animated films will immediately recognize the resemblance. The signature Joker-indication module is ideally suited to a “cat face.”

The hour and minute indicators, with their vivid green irises, become large expressive eyes, while the moonphase indicator forms the central element of the smiling mouth.

One of the key features of the new model is the guilloché “whiskers.” For the first time in the Wristmons collection, the guilloché decoration extends beyond the dial and continues onto the bezel. The shape of the steel case also follows the spirit of this animal-inspired watch: the upper lugs are stylized as Matroskin’s cat ears. A single crown makes the silhouette cleaner and more natural.

Matroskin also has his forelock and signature stripes. The master chose not a classic monochrome leather strap, but a striped one – and here it is difficult to imagine any other choice.

THE HEART OF MATROSKIN
The fundamental element in the architecture of the K.18-27 caliber is the signature Joker-indication module in a new modification.

Thanks to this module, there is no longer any need for a second crown with a push-piece or a separate corrector for the moonphase. All functions are now adjusted through a single crown, making the watch significantly more comfortable to use.

The movement is finished according to all the canons of haute horlogerie. Every component is finished entirely by hand.

The plates and bridges are decorated with pearled, textured and circular graining. The chamfers are bevelled and polished, as are the recesses for screws and pins.

BASE CALIBER

The base caliber chosen for the watch is the G200 movement from the Swiss manufacture La Joux-Perret, already well known to connoisseurs of the Wristmons collection.

This high-grade automatic movement, with a 68-hour power reserve, is supplied in a version modified according to a design created by the Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture.

PRECISION AT ITS BEST

The balance bridge, with its broad shoulders, is supported on both sides, giving it greater rigidity. Rate adjustment is carried out using micro-regulating eccentrics on the rim. The stated precision of the movement is –10/+10 seconds per day.

AUTOMATIC WINDING 

The automatic-winding bridge is impeccably decorated in classical finishing techniques, with a large Côtes de Genève pattern taking the leading role. The caliber offers an impressive 68-hour power reserve, which at the very least allows the watch to run through the entire weekend without winding.

The edges are carefully bevelled and polished by hand along the outer contour and inner cut-outs. Another important decorative feature is the name and logo of the Manufacture, applied as gilded engraving.

DEPTH OF COLOR

Achieving such exceptional quality and depth on the complicated dial components requires a great deal of time. The application of the finest layers of lacquer demands the highest level of skill.

The pad-printing process for a single “eye” takes around 20 hours. Up to 25 layers of lacquer are applied to the base one after another, after which the component is dried in a special oven. The Manufacture rightly considers this level of execution in the dial elements a particular source of pride.

A FELINE DIAL
Behind the apparent simplicity lies considerable technical and engineering complexity: the dial of the watch consists of 15 components. Thanks to ruthenium galvanic coating, it acquires its characteristic graphite color. The whiskers are made using the traditional guilloché technique and are additionally rhodium-plated.

The texture of the “fur” is conveyed through abrasive blasting. Hidden in Matroskin’s forelock is another important detail: the Manufacture’s logo becomes an organic part of it.

“Matroskin the Cat”

Limited edition of 90 pieces.

Technical information

Functions

  • Functions: Joker-indication with disc-type indicators for hours, minutes and moonphases

Сase

  • Case: Stainless steel

Caseback

  • Stainless steel caseback with sapphire window secured by 6 screws

Case dimensions

  •  Diameter 40 mm, thickness 12.2 mm, (12.55 mm including the lugs) 

Сrystal

  • Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, diameter 33 mm; sapphire caseback crystal with anti-reflective coating, diameter 25.5 mm 

Case components

  • 54

Dial

  • Guilloché relief decoration, multi-layer lacquer coating, precision pad printing of markers and logo

Strap

  • Exclusive collectible leather strap with a premium leather lining and a classic stainless steel buckle, produced by Konstantin Chaykin manufacture 

Buckle

  • Classic, stainless steel, manufactured by the Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture 

Movement:

Caliber 

  • Self-winding K.18-27 automatic winding

Base movement

  • La Joux-Perret G200, Swiss Made, modified for the Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture

Joker-indication module:

  • Produced by the Konstantin Chaykin Manufacture 

Movement dimensions

  • Diameter 33.4 mm, thickness 7.9 mm (incl. module)

FInishing

  • Perlage; straight, radial and circular graining; flat polishing; hand-bevelled and polished chamfers; polishing of screw, pin and jewel countersinks; burnishing of wheel pivots; microbead blasting; and galvanic rhodium and gold plating

Escapement

  • Swiss lever

Balance wheel frequency 

  • 28,800 vph

Power reserve

  • 68 hours

Jewels 

  • 32 (base movement – 24 jewels, module – 8 jewels)

Watch crystals                 

  • Front: sapphire crystal with AR-coating, 33 mm in diameter 
  • Case back: sapphire crystal with AR-coating, 25.5 mm in diameter

Module parts

  • 85

Limited edition

  • 90 pieces

  • © The Matroskin timepiece is manufactured by Konstantin Chaykin under official licence from Soyuzmultfilm Animation Studio. All rights reserved.

ABOUT KONSTANTIN CHAYKIN

MANUFACTORY«KONSTANTIN CHAYKIN»

For high-end watch connoisseurs around the world

The Konstantin Chaykin Manufactory, founded in 2003 by Konstantin Chaykin, Russian inventor and watchmaker, is the only luxury watchmaking brand producing timepieces made exclusively in Russia. Konstantin Chaykin and his manufactory are renowned to watch connoisseurs around the world for their watchmaking art. Konstantin Chaykin brand’s is recognised by the global professional watchmaking community as one of the most creative and original in the world.

AUDACITY, SKILL AND INGENUITY

The history of the Russian watch brand “Konstantin Chaykin” began on 23rd October 2003 when a young and ambitious inventor from St. Petersburg discovered his passion for the world of mechanical complications, intending to create the first watch with a tourbillon in Russia for 175 years. Starting with the repair and restoration of table clocks and wristwatches, he thoroughly mastered all the subtleties of creating mechanisms and methods for manufacturing watch parts. He was guided by the desire to create new, unprecedented masterpieces of haute horlogerie. In 2005 Konstantin Chaykin registered his first patent for his Orthodox Easter computus, which automatically calculates and displays the dates of the Orthodox Easter. As of February 2020, the number of patents in his portfolio stands at 79, with a further 62 utility model patents, the most of anybody in the watchmaking industry.

KONSTANTIN CHAYKIN’S WORKSHOP HAS GROWN INTO A MANUFACTORY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALMOST ALL THE COMPONENTS REQUIRED IN THE ASSEMBLY OF A WATCH.


His global renown comes from inventions never before seen, such as timepieces with a Muslim calendar, with an Orthodox Easter date indicator, with a spherical moonphase indicator (the largest ever created for a wristwatch), with a moving image projector, and with a single switchable hour-minute hand.

The real breakthrough for Konstantin Chaykin in haute horlogerie was the “Joker” watch he created with the dial as a face, with hours and minutes indicated by rotating eyes along with the now instantly recognisable Konstantin Chaykin trademark, the smiling moonphase indicator.

FROM THESE MASTER CRAFTSMEN COME AMAZING, COMPLEX WATCHES

The rate of production at Konstantin Chaykin Manufactory is around 200-250 pieces per year. The production of one exclusive custom-made timepiece takes from eight months to a few years. We work on each timepiece as an artist works on a painting, therefore each object is unique.

“We are not only reviving Russian haute horlogerie but we are also part of the global watch industry”.

DREAMING OF UNIQUE TIMEPIECES

The myth that Russians do not know how to make watches must be destroyed, as it is not only false but also defames the glorious history of our state and sullies the names of great people who have given their lives to create the most complicated watches and movements.

The idea of giving watches pronounced anthropomorphic features has been with me for a long time. I believe a watch is not just a mechanism, it is a piece of contemporary art, a real objet d’art, which should evoke strong emotions.

This applies to each of my timepieces. For example, the “Lunokhod” watch is unlike any wristwatch in the world, the “Cinema” watch has a unique moving image projector, and the “Carpe Diem” model has a complication giving an allegorical interpretation of how time elapses.

These watches are complex and artistic while at the same time also philosophical. From an artistic viewpoint the “Joker” watch seems to be the logical continuation of this theme. I wanted to create a watch that makes a connection with its owner, bringing instant emotion

Konstantin Chaykin

THE COMPLETE REJECTION OF ANONYMOUS MASS PRODUCTION

Over the years Konstantin Chaykin has gathered a team of professionals who share his passion for perfection and beauty in the art of fine watchmaking. That’s how the first manufactory of haute horlogerie in modern Russia was born.

Today under Chaykin’s leadership there is a well-coordinated team of just over 10 people. Together they develop the latest watch masterpieces, reviving the classic traditions of watchmaking based on the values of master craftsmen.

WATCHMAKING HERITAGE

Konstantin Chaykin’s Manufactory building is located in a uniquely historical part of Moscow, next to the picturesque Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve.

Such a place holds great meaning for us, as the bells of the clocktower here ring out the time every hour.

In Kolomenskoye one can find the only exhibition in Russia dedicated to clocktower mechanisms of the 16th – 19th Centuries.

Among the unique displays are the oldest surviving hand-made mechanism of Russian craftsman Semyon Chasovik, which he made in 1539 for the Solovetsky Monastery, as well as an anchor mechanism from the Pafnutiev Borovsky Monastery made by Rezantsov. A visit to the Konstantin Chaykin Manufactory is a journey into the world of time. In the modern two-storey mansion one can find a space for engineers, a design department, a department for the design and development of calibres, as well as an assembly and testing workshop. The latest computer-controlled metal-cutting machinery is located on the ground floor, where all components are manufactured.

On the second floor, the inner workings of the watch are assembled before everything is finally put together ready for quality control. With all departments under one roof, specialists from different areas can readily interact and exchange their skills. This also helps create the unique artistic atmosphere of the manufactory.

OUR CRAFTSMEN ARE NOT JUST PROFESSIONAL WATCHMAKERS, THEY PASSIONATELY AIM FOR PERFECTION IN THE ART OF WATCHMAKING

Who could have thought twenty years ago that in Russia, watches would be made that could compete with the finest examples from Switzerland, Germany and Japan? The work of Konstantin Chaykin, Russian inventor and master of haute horlogerie, has become widely regarded and respected globally.

In 2010 Konstantin Chaykin became the first – and to date only – Russian member of the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants, or Academy of Independent Watchmakers), holding the post of president from 2016 to 2019. On November 9th 2018 Konstantin Chaykin and his “Clown” watch were awarded the “Audacity” prize at the Geneva Grand Prix of Horlogerie 2018 (GPHG, Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève), the most highly regarded and prestigious watch competition in the world. Konstantin Chaykin was the first Russian watchmaker in history to take home such an award.

"As the function of a watch as a device for telling the time passes to smartphones and smartwatches, it is emotions that mechanical watches can, and indeed must, give".

Konstantin Chaykin

PROPRIETARY INVENTIONS

The watches of Konstantin Chaykin, a unique representative of the independent watchmakers’ movement, truly stand out from the mass productions of big multinational corporations. They are the embodiment of the desires and skills to create the bravest and most unusual ideas – be they philosophical, design or technical. Konstantin Chaykin doesn’t produce watches which are standardised for the mainstream. His entire collection is based exclusively on his own inventions, including the “Moscow Computus”, invented by Chaykin to calculate the Orthodox Easter dates and the most complex mechanical clock ever made in the history of Russian clockmaking; the “Lunokhod” watch, with a unique spherical moon-phase indicator – the largest of its type ever placed in a wristwatch; the “Cinema” watch, with a built-in miniature projector, able to reproduce moving photographic images, of a design never seen before in a wristwatch; the “Levitas” watch, with its own revised and optimised version of the “mysterious” time display on a transparent dial; the “Russia Time” watch, with a display showing all 11 time zones of Russia; the “Mars Conqueror”, the world’s first complex mechanical watch to show Martian time, as well as other astronomical and cosmic indicators; a table clock and wristwatch with calendar displays created according to Muslim and Jewish traditions, and more…

PHILOSOPHY

It’s Russia time, baby! 

Russia. Natural resources, vast territories, a harmonious blend of people of different backgrounds and cultures, a country full of powerful, intellectual and creative potential. This land has given the world outstanding scientists and genius writers, poets, musicians and artists. To this day, people are born here who are able to look into the future and produce incredible things. Maintaining the traditions of haute horlogerie in Russia, we try to embody the creative spirit of this great country.

For an independent watchmaker there are two paths – to investigate the craft traditions of the past and adorn watches with classic finishes and traditional complications, or to look for uncharted territory, going beyond established frameworks and creating new traditions. Back in 2005, at the beginning of his career, Konstantin Chaykin chose the second path, abandoning the manufacture of traditional clocks with a fusée-and-chain transmission, tourbillon and perpetual calendar for the invention of an Orthodox computus, a device calculating and displaying the dates of the Orthodox Easter, which had never been invented before.

THREE SOURCES AND THREE COMPONENTS OF KONSTANTIN CHAYKIN’S WATCHMAKING ART

When starting a new project, and thinking what his latest timepiece should be, Konstantin Chaykin follows his creative principles: “When I start a new project, I am guided by my three creative principles – first, an idea is born, be it philosophical, technical or artistic, which captures all my thoughts. Then I come up with the design which will most completely and adequately express this idea. Finally, I construct a movement that brings everything to life.

“Every new watch is a huge amount of creative work. From my point of view, inspirations for new watches and projects are everywhere – in museums, books, films and even in conversations with friends. Something interesting can always come to your mind” – Konstantin Chaykin

If you design something well-known, for example a calendar, chronograph or repeater, everything can be done faster as everything is already known, having already been calculated by past masters. But because all our watches are created based on my own inventions, an incredible amount of effort, resources and time is required.

We focus on connoisseurs of the art of watchmaking, who are tired of the mass-produced and mostly impersonal products of famous brands. For real aficionados, it is emotions which are very important, a response which comes from the heart as soon as such a truly extraordinary watch, conceived with ingenuity and made with the highest levels of craftsmanship, is placed on the wrist.

Konstantin Chaykin

TIMEPIECES FOR EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE

Watches by Konstantin Chaykin reveal a part of the character of their owner. They belong to people who are not afraid to think independently, who have the courage to act and who have their own points of view on life.

To be different from everyone else, to do what hasn’t been done before, to amaze, to delight, to lead – that is an extraordinary person. Such are the watch collections which are created for them.

INVENTIONS

“Having decided to test myself in the world of haute horlogerie, in 2003, I began with the creation of a table clock with tourbillon. Why did I start this? Because I had read in a watchmaking magazine that nobody had ever made tourbillons in Russia. I was hooked!” – Konstantin Chaykin

Konstantin Chaykin began his watchmaking career with a tourbillon, the globally-recognised symbol of haute horlogerie, thereby setting a high bar for his future manufactory.

When Konstantin Chaykin mastered tourbillons, the haute horlogerie classic, he realised that he could reproduce any previously-invented watchmaking device. However, this didn’t appeal to him. He immediately understood that it would be much more interesting to invent things himself.

Every watch by Konstantin Chaykin is equipped with complex mechanical calibres, which are made and based exclusively on his own movements, functions and designs. Therefore, a Konstantin Chaykin watch is incomparable in the global watchmaking industry.

Moscow, 29th April. At the plenary session of the XIII International Forum “Intellectual Property – XXI Century”, held by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, the ceremony awarding Russian inventor Konstantin Chaykin with the WIPO gold medal took place. The combination of extraordinary creative thinking and the refusal to follow the beaten path is typical of the inventive style of Konstantin Chaykin, characteristics shared with many of his watches.

On October 13, 2022, 9th Temporis International Awards ceremony was held in Zurich. Konstantin Chaykin participated in the ceremony and joined the Temporis Hall of Fame.

The award was established by Dan Vardie, publisher of Temporis watch media. He stood behind the establishment of the Temporis International Awards Jury that selects the winners each year among participating watchmakers. In addition to the award, Dan Vardie created a tradition of an "honour ceremony" for the most outstanding and famous masters of Haute Horlogerie in the world - introduction to the Temporis Hall of Fame. There are currently 27 outstanding people in the Hall, including legendary watchmakers and inventors like Kurt Klaus, Philippe Dufour, Kari Voutilainen, Richard Mille, Michel Parmigiani and Ludwig Oechslin. For the first time in the history of watchmaking, Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin was privileged to join the Temporis Hall of Fame in 2022.

On November 17, 2022, Konstantin Chaykin was awarded the "Distinguished Inventor of Russian Federation" title – the official certificate, recognizing the master's long and successful career as an inventor was signed by the president Vladimir Putin. Many scientists, engineers, experimenters who have contributed significantly to the development of both Russian and global science, were given this award. And now Konstantin Chaykin officially joins them.

The Medal of the Russian Ministry of Finance "For Diligence and Art" was given as an award at the ceremony which was held on 27th of December, 2022. It has a long history: it was presented by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire at all national exhibitions in the XIXth and early XXth centuries. In 2022, the traditional award was returned by the Russian Ministry of Finance. The winners are the leading representatives of the jewellery and watchmaking industries, including the famous Russian watchmaker and inventor Konstantin Chaykin.

Konstantin Chaykin – author of 94 patents for his inventions as well as 62 utility model patents (as of April 2023), the most of any watchmaker in the world. In total he has designed over 30 mechanical calibres and functional models.

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