The CIGA Design Blue Planet watch suspended in deep space.

An editorial study

Blue Planet

CIGA Design · Mechanical · Earth-Inspired

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It began, as all good things do, with an idea older than the watch itself — that the wrist, at its most quiet, could carry an entire world.

01 — The Dial

A continent, sculpted in resin and steel.

The Blue Planet's dial is not printed — it is moulded in low relief, each continent rising in fine silver from a deep oceanic blue, as if seen from low orbit on a cloudless morning. Beneath the sapphire crystal, a slow 24-hour disc rotates a pale compass rose past Greenwich, turning the face into a perpetual day-and-night observation of the Earth itself.

There are no hour or minute hands in the conventional sense. The world is the watch; the watch, the world.

Top-down detail of the Blue Planet dial showing sculpted continents in silver against a deep blue ocean.

02 — The Movement

Mechanics, plainly stated.

Movement
Automatic, self-winding mechanical
Power reserve
40 hours
Case material
Stainless steel
Case diameter
46 mm
Crystal
Sapphire, anti-reflective coating
Water resistance
30 m / 3 ATM
Strap
Blue fluororubber, quick-release
Distinction
GPHG Challenge Watch Prize, Geneva 2021
The Blue Planet watch worn on the wrist, showing the rubber strap and the relief dial in natural light.

03 — In Hand

Forty-six millimetres of contemplation.

On the wrist, the case is substantial but not overbearing — the steel is brushed on its flanks and polished on its bezel, so the light moves across it the way light moves across the dial. The fluororubber strap is soft and quiet against the skin; the buckle is unfussy, the way good design should be.

It is, finally, a watch that asks to be looked at, and then looked into.

04 — Acquire

Available on Amazon India.

Approx. ₹83,000 · 2-year manufacturer warranty

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