Once again, Louis Erard entrusts his regulator to master watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin, revealing a darker iteration of his renowned Wristmons (wrist monsters) – a grotesque, saw-mouthed cyclops inspired by the Slavic Likho legend
The Likho – a legendary monster from Slavic folklore – returns, this time filled with anger. Two variations in limited editions (178 pieces each), in a diptych box (box limited to 28 pieces) or in a quadriptych box (with the first two versions, limited to 8 pieces).
For years now, Konstantin Chaykin, an outstanding practitioner and member of the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants) with 94 patents to his name, has been peppering his creations with visions of horror, his Wristmons. This time, Chaykin took it a step further. He awakened the Likho, terror of fairy tales. Konstantin Chaykin with Louis Erard crafted a watch with the Likho’s face — a diptych in two sizes, 42mm and 39mm, with a green hour-circle on the 42mm and purple on the 39mm, to soften the terrible face a little, to exorcise fear, to please everyone. Of course, they were limited editions, each with a talismanic number — twice 178 pieces.
This watch was so popular that the whole world knew the face of the monster. So much so that collectors have hunted it down like a trophy. The set containing the first two versions was auctioned at Ineichen in Geneva during the Geneva Watch Days, fetching a price of CHF20,000. It has been nominated for the 2023 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.
Meanwhile Chaykin’s visions worsened — darker, more haunting, after sleepless nights, harassed by collectors. The cannibalistic mouth of the monster resumed ticking, its vengeful finger pointing at the minutes that remained. Its cursed monocle eye with burst veins. The watchmakers embraced the vision and crafted a new, even more terrifying monster.
Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Konstantin Chaykin Dusk to Dawn, a limited edition of 178 pieces, is available in two versions: 42 mm polished steel case or 39 mm sand-blasted steel case with black PVD treatment, anthracite or black lower plate with sunray wave pattern, shiny white hour disc with black pupil and red blood, matt black star-shaped seconds disc and shiny red hand-shaped minute hand, presented on black toad leather with red attachment points and red rabbit leather lining. While the Diptych edition set is limited to 28 pieces, the Quadriptych edition set – including the first two editions – is limited to 8 pieces.
