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Konstantin Chaykin
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”s main hero (the mysterious vampire) had a real prototype. It was the medieval duke, Vlad III the Impaler. He ruled Wallachia (south of Romania) in the mid-XVth century. Vlad III was a cruel man – he got his nickname “Impaler” for his habit to stake people up. Although, neither during his life, nor after death no one blamed Dracula for drinking human blood. It’s Stoker who created the plot about the ever-wandering mischievous vampire of Wallachia, his character inspired many artists, filmmakers, writers – and the watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin.
The “Dracula”, Chaykin’s watch, differs from other wristmons made by master due to its more complex mechanics. The watchmaker transformed the vampire fangs into the unusual indicator “day-night”. Fangs slowly appear in the “Dracula”’s “mouth” (the moon phase indicator) from 11PM to 1AM, and gone by 6AM. This solution is fancy, technically witty and scary a bit. The “Vampire image” is maintained by the colors too: the steel case, white dial and red “pupils” of the “Dracula”’s “eyes” (the hour and minute indicators).
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