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CIGA Design Releases Mount Everest Homage Edition Watch To Celebrate 70th Anniversary Of First Ascent
20.09.2023 - 20:29 / forbes.com
On May 29th, 1953, legendary mountain climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest by navigating the extreme terrain of Mount Everest, a feat no human had ever achieved. To celebrate this monumental accomplishment, the Chinese watch brand that’s racked up more awards than many of its Swiss competitors, CIGA Design, has just released the U Mount Everest Homage Edition watch to celebrate this anniversary and showcase what is, arguably, the pinnacle (pun intended) of mechanical watchmaking: the central tourbillon.
The new movement crafted by CIGA Design prioritizes spatial beauty and top-notch artisanship, elevating the precision and intricacy of mechanical aesthetics to new heights. The brand’s chief designer traveled to the base of Mount Everest to excavate Everest stone for the watch dial design, embedding a metal badge on the rock-like base dial and creating a textural richness. No two in the series are alike, and each watch is individually numbered to underscore that this timepiece really doubles as art.
CIGA Design is best known for its breakthrough “central tourbillon” design, a visually stunning movement whose rotating cage lacks an upper bridge or top cage, creating an open and unobstructed view of the mechanism. The company has won 17 international design awards and seems to be on fire, attracting watch collectors the world over with its gorgeous designs, cutting-edge technology, and a price tag that’s a fraction of what its European competitors charge for a watch of this quality and capability.
The watch also traffics in meaningful symbols. The hands, which resemble the famous ice axes that helped make Hillary and Norgay’s Everest ascent possible, are engraved with the signatures of the two climbers. As the hands travel around the dial, it’s easy to pause and reflect on the human pursuit of the impossible throughout the (literal) passage of time.
The U Mount Everest Homage Edition also features the four flags of Britain, Nepal, India, and the United Nations, which were raised to celebrate the achievement, and CIGA Design has incorporated them into the design to remind wearers of this unforgettable moment now carved into history.
This detailed-oriented brand has considered the minutest aspect of the watch, including the Mount Everest-themed textured watch straps. The design evokes the mountain characteristically shrouded in clouds.
The case is 49mm in diameter — big enough to have a confident wrist presence and tell the story of the Everest summit, but not overwhelming for most wrists. The watch has a power reserve of 120 hours.
Taking seriously the Bauhaus inspiration that "form follows function," CIGA Design has once again crafted a compelling watch for
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CIGA Design Releases U Mount Everest Homage Edition Watch To Celebrate The 70th Anniversary Of The First Ascent Of Mount Everest
On May 29th, 1953, legendary mountain climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest by navigating the extreme terrain of Mount Everest, a feat no human had ever achieved. To celebrate this monumental accomplishment, the Chinese watch brand that’s racked up more awards than many of its Swiss competitors, CIGA Design, has just released the U Mount Everest Homage Edition watch to celebrate this anniversary and showcase what is, arguably, the pinnacle (pun intended) of mechanical watchmaking: the central tourbillon.