Founded by Zhang Jianmin, who began his career as an industrial designer and continues to serve as its Chief Designer and CEO, CIGA design is an original watch brand from China. Guided by the belief that exceptional design should be accessible to a wider audience, the brand continues to explore new possibilities in traditional watchmaking through distinctive aesthetics, innovative mechanical structures, and an unwavering commitment to originality.

Through its continuous pursuit of original design and mechanical watchmaking, CIGA design has gained international recognition, including an award at the prestigious Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), often referred to as the “Oscars of Watchmaking.” This achievement marked a significant milestone for Chinese original watch design on the international stage.

Two of the brand’s signature creations, the Blue Planet II · Atlantic and Hunter Tourbillon, showcase different expressions of its design philosophy. The former draws inspiration from the ocean, celebrating humanity’s spirit of exploration and discovery, while the latter reveals the beauty of mechanical movement and the precision of contemporary watchmaking through its intricate skeletonised architecture.

From exploring the natural world to celebrating mechanical artistry, both timepieces reflect CIGA design’s ongoing pursuit of originality and innovation, transforming watches beyond instruments of timekeeping into expressions of creativity, individuality, and craftsmanship.

CIGA design Sets Sail with Blue Planet II · Atlantic automatic watch

The Atlantic Ocean has long symbolised courage, ambition, and the pursuit of the unknown. It catalysed the Age of Discovery, challenging explorers to cross uncharted waters and forever changing history.

As boundaries dissolved and Europe, Africa, and the Americas connected, cultures met, ideas flowed, and countless souls pursued freedom. In June 2025, CIGA design honours this spirit with the Blue Planet II · Atlantic, a timepiece that captures the Atlantic’s enduring legacy.

Crafting the legacy

The Blue Planet II · Atlantic features CIGA design’s award-winning Asynchronous-Follow Movement Technology, inspired by ancient sundials and honoured by the GPHG. A single compass hand indicates both hours and minutes, gliding across a dynamic minute dial and a stationary hour ring. With every 30° movement of the hour gear, the minute dial rotates 390°, creating a unique and intuitive expression of time in harmony with the globe’s rhythm and ocean currents.

Beneath a curved sapphire crystal, the CNC-engraved dial unfolds the vast contours of the Atlantic, intricately capturing the essence of diverse landscapes. From the rugged Rocky Mountains to the towering Andes, the deep Gulf of Mexico to the sun-drenched Mediterranean, each engraving reflects the distinct identity of its region. As night falls, luminous markers glisten like moonlight on the ocean’s surface, while a refined strap offers effortless comfort, ensuring every journey is a seamless experience.

A story of discovery, connection, and freedom

• Discovery: The Atlantic inspired explorers to venture into the unknown, shaping the Age of Discovery and transforming human understanding.
  
• Connection: For centuries, the Atlantic has been a bridge between continents, uniting cultures and shaping global trade and identity.
  
• Freedom: The Atlantic represents a journey of liberation—where new beginnings are forged, and the spirit of resilience and hope endures.

The Blue Planet II · Atlantic is a living emblem of discovery, connection, and freedom—a tribute to the Atlantic’s legacy and a call to embark on your own journey of courage and ambition.

The basics

• Case Thickness: 17.05mm
• Crown: 6.0mm diameter, CNC grooved
• Strap Width: 22.0mm
• Movement: Self-developed automatic Calibre CD-04-E featuring CIGA design’s Asynchronous-follow Technology, operating at 21,600 vph with a 40-hour power reserve and an accuracy of -15/+30 seconds per day.

Hunter Tourbillon Watch — CIGA design’s highest expression of the hunt

Following Blue Planet’s recognition at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), the “Oscars of watchmaking,” CIGA design opens its 2026 Hunter expansion with a new flagship that pushes the line into a more elevated mechanical tier.

Not every hunt announces itself in motion. Some begin in what remains after excess falls away: a line held, a form resolved, a presence sharpened by clarity. Hunter Tourbillon enters there. Launching on April 30, it leads the 2026 expansion of CIGA design’s Hunter line as its first and highest expression yet — not a break from the original, but its ascent into a more rarefied class. Where the 2025 Hunter established the line’s silhouette and breakout appeal, this new model lifts the idea upward through material, movement, and a disciplined sense of exposure.

A higher order of hunter

The original Hunter proved that CIGA design’s tonneau-shaped skeleton watch could carry force on the wrist. Hunter Tourbillon builds on that foundation by reworking the concept into something finer: a leaner Grade 5 titanium case, a more resolved skeleton layout, and a self-developed hand-wound tourbillon movement that gives the line a stronger mechanical centre. The result feels less like a variant than a watch designed to raise the ceiling for everything that follows in the Hunter family.

A Tourbillon in full view

At the heart of the watch is Calibre CD-011, a self-developed skeleton tourbillon movement with twin barrels, a 72-hour power reserve, and a front-to-back architecture that reveals its structure from both sides. On the dial, six open-worked bridges radiate from the barrel centres, their inner cutouts shaped like hunting blades.

Below, a large aperture grants the tourbillon visual priority, while eleven polished hour markers with Swiss Super-LumiNova keep the display legible without disturbing its balance. Turn the watch over and the same calibre opens in a different register, with brushed surfaces and brighter chamfers deepening the sense of mechanical drama.

A case that joins the hunt

Rendered in Grade 5 titanium, the Hunter silhouette grows leaner, lighter, and more resolved, while cut-through openings extend CIGA design’s skeleton language beyond the movement itself. Broad micro-sandblasted surfaces meet selected polished facets; the crown carries its own layered finishing, and the curved sapphire crystal draws the eye inward with greater clarity. Offered in Blue, Silver, and Carbon, and paired with both a titanium bracelet and fluororubber strap, Hunter Tourbillon keeps its presence versatile without softening its edge.

With Hunter Tourbillon, CIGA design turns a proven design into a more serious mechanical statement — one that carries the Hunter line forward by refining what matters and letting nothing unnecessary remain.

The basics

• Case Size: 47.45mm × 41.50mm
• Movement: Self-developed manual skeleton tourbillon Caliber CD-011; twin barrels; 72-hour power reserve
• Straps: Grade 2 titanium bracelet + fluororubber strap
• Colors: Blue, Silver, Carbon.