CIGA Design, this Chinese brand has won a lot of awards from abroad, but not well known among watch fans, people usually pay more attention to these big-size diver’s watches other than such young brands like CIGA Design. At the beginning of their development, CIGA Design chose a different way which you can not find on most other Chinese watches, this is a brand that really has their own design ideas, not like some other Chinese custom-made watch brands that just copied the designs of Swiss watches at their early development stage. This CIGA Design watch is the one that has won German Red Dot Design Award, it has a stylish black hollow design both on the front and back, a very cool watch.
The square case is in size of 40mm*40mm, there are two color options for this watch, black and silver. The watch is not only suitable for men, girls who love big watches can also choose it, the case is not too thick, only 11.5mm. The case is made with 316L stainless steel and then is DLC processed with black coating, the case has a very fine matte finish. The crown on the right side has diamond texture, which is more convenient for you to hold by fingers and rotate.
The crystal uses sapphire, which is 1.2mm thick and is highly scratch resistant, the sapphire crystal face is precisely cut so that it can perfectly fit into the inner case frame and guarantee a good water resistance. Do not be afraid of wearing it when swimming because of its thin case and hollow design, I have tested it, there were no issues when I am with it in a swimming pool.
The dial is totally skeletonized, you can see all movement components through the front and back, to get a better anti-shock performance, CIGA Design adopts a new and flexible way to fix the movement inside the case, I do not know how they do this, I just received the watch and have not disassembled it. Three central hands are also hollow, with striking red color on. The hollow dial design of the CIGA Design watch offers you more fun than other mechanical watches in my collection, I can even see the running gears when rotating the crown.
The black steel mesh bracelet is a perfect match for this watch, it looks better on the watch than the leather or rubber band. The band also has a quick replacement system, the quick switch spring bar is easy for you to operate to replace the band without tool need. The movement inside is from Sea-gull, CIGA Design does not claim exact movement model on their website, but say it has a 21,600 bph, 19 jewels and power reserve over 40 hours, which Sea-gull movement it should be? Besides this black model, the silver one is also very popular.
