Similar in appearance to a camera from another era, Konstantin Chaykin's Cinema watch incorporates the famous animation of the galloping horse by Eadweard Muybridge, the pioneer of moving photography. It is a mechanical and miniaturised reproduction of the zoopraxiscope made by the Englishman Muybridge in 1879, an instrument capable of showing a fast sequence of images (12 for the galloping horse) in order to create a brief optical illusion. In the case of the timepiece made by the inventive independent watchmaker from St. Petersburg, the animation is visible through an aperture at 6 o'clock on the finely guilloché dial; the animation winding device and the control button are located at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock respectively on the case middle. It is fascinating to watch the movement of the figures at 6 o'clock, holding the button at 9 o'clock, while the clock also mechanically reproduces the sound of an old projector. Finally, the hours and minutes are arranged on rings similar to those found on the lenses of yesteryear (which allowed very little adjustment). Animated by the KCM 01-0 calibre, it is available in white gold (€58,000; limited edition of 10) or platinum (€76,000; limited edition of 2).
