Universum ‘Horological Graphic Art’

The ‘Horological Graphic Art’ Universum brings together Konstantin Chaykin's blueprints, where the artist's core method takes shape: the graphic artwork as the Primary Form of Thought. Before realizing an idea in metal or on a full scale canvas, Chaykin turns first to blueprint. Executed in pencil and watercolor on paper, these artworks capture not the result but the very moment an image is born: the tremor of the hand, the search for proportion, the first appearance of a detail that will only later acquire functional or painterly meaning. In this sense, Chaykin's graphic work is closer to an archive of thought than to illustration, allowing one to trace how a concept, still lacking its final form, already submits to an inner discipline.

The defining feature of Chaykin's blueprints lies in the precise calibration of line, axes and proportion, so that even the most fantastical image retains a conviction closer to that of a technical drawing than of a free hand graphic artwork. The artist creates his blueprints predominantly with Compass and Ruler, the key instruments of watch execution.

In this Universum, one can trace the process of merging watchmaking and artwork into a single universe of Horological Art created by Konstantin Chaykin. Here, a blueprint proves not to be a preparatory step, but a way of thinking about time and connecting the various facets of creativity.