Konstantin Chaykin Debuts Horological Art Painting at Dubai Watch Week
Konstantin Chaykin's artwork, A Mad Horological Party, will debut at Dubai Watch Week, scheduled for November 19 to 23, 2025. This self-portrait depicts Chaykin as he constructs his White Rabbit watch, recognized as one of the twenty most intricate wristwatches. Drawing inspiration from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, the piece incorporates characters such as Alice and the Hatter as mechanical elements. Chaykin merges the realms of watchmaking and painting, establishing a new genre he terms Horological Art. The White Rabbit watch embodies Carroll's motifs of time suspended. Both items are set to be auctioned at Ineichen Auctioneers in Zurich on December 13. Chaykin, a Haute Horlogerie expert with over a hundred patents, has previously delved into the Alice theme in works like March Har.1 and Dormouse.
Key facts
- Konstantin Chaykin's painting A Mad Horological Party debuts at Dubai Watch Week (November 19-23, 2025)
- The painting is a self-portrait showing Chaykin assembling the White Rabbit watch
- White Rabbit is a grand complication watch among the twenty most complicated wristwatches in history
- Both the watch and painting are inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, particularly Chapter 7
- The painting features Alice in Wonderland characters reimagined as mechanical components made of cogs and bolts
- The White Rabbit watch and painting will be sold at Ineichen Auctioneers, Zurich on December 13, 2025
- Chaykin has over 100 patents, AHCI membership, a WIPO Gold Medal, and is in the Temporis Hall of Fame
- Chaykin creates in a new genre called Horological Art, blending watchmaking mechanics with painting
Entities
Artists
- Konstantin Chaykin
- Salvador Dalí
- Francis Bacon
- Christian Marclay
- Lewis Carroll
Institutions
- Museum of Modern Art
- Dubai Watch Week
- Ineichen Auctioneers
- AHCI
- WIPO
- Temporis Hall of Fame
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- Zurich
- Switzerland