Consider the Decalogue, Chaykin’s Jewish calendar watch, with hands that rotate backwards and count completely obscure units of time measurement that are only used in the Jewish calendar and absolutely never in watches. And then there’s the Lunokhod, a moonphase watch that Chaykin proudly proclaims is the only watch in the world to use an unprocessed, natural material as a functional design element (a large pearl from the South Seas acts as a representation of the moon).
Ok, so we have old school watchmaking tradition combined with some modern creativity and Chaykin has carved out a bit of a niche for himself as a watchmaking kook, but one with real chops and a lot respect for the art of horology.
Did I mention he made a watch that looks like the Joker?