CIGA Design might not but have the model recognition on the horological panorama as different established luxurious tier watchmakers, however the business and people keen about timepieces definitely took notice after the relative upstart took house a Grand Prix prize on the “the Oscars of watchmaking” with their 46-millimeter titanium Blue Planet computerized wristwatch.
Naoto Fukasawa’s J Zen to the left and Michael Younger’s MY watch are two different CIGA Design collaborative creations.
Based by Zhang Jianmin and guided by Bauhaus design rules to convey good design to Gen Z fashionistas on a world scale, CIGA Design have taken a foothold as an fascinating upstart within the realm of timepieces. They’ve accelerated their presence by partnering with quite a few designers of notice during the last a number of years, co-creating signature mechanical watches that embrace Naoto Fukasawa’s stunningly spoked J Zen, Michael Younger’s namesake timepiece the MY, and the 2021 iF Design Award profitable Black Gap by Paul Cohen.
Their newest watch, the Eye of Horus from X Sequence is extra naked bones within the designer identify affiliation division, however showcases CIGA Design’s intricate eye for particulars and exact self-winding engineering at an attainable worth.
Despite the advanced clear design, the back-to-front skeleton-style computerized mechanical watch retains the design unfussy within the hours, minutes, and seconds problems division. As a substitute, the watchmaker’s latest creation facilities across the Eye of Horus, iconography consultant of historic Egyptian mythology’s perception of vitality, energy, therapeutic, and luck.
Working because the second hand, the triangular motif turns and glows with a luminous inexperienced at night time.
Housed inside a light-weight bioceramic case, the watch invitations admiration of its motion with a 360-degree view of the watch’s internal mechanics. Newbies to the horological assortment sport will profit from the watch’s self-winding motion, subtracting the duty to often handbook wind the watch.
An obsidian crown is a small extra contact tying collectively the traditional Egyptian themed motif. Solely the watch’s noticeably flaccid silicone strap comes up a bit quick, but it surely’s simply changed with one thing extra befitting of the unique design.
The CIGA Design Eye of Horus is being provided in Black, Rose Gold, and Silver, out there through Indiegogo for $199 earlier than retailing for $270 in February 2024.
