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CIGA design is one of those brands we’ve made a habit of keeping tabs on. Whether it’s the floating diamond hands of the Year of the Horse, the Mt. Everest-sourced dial of the Central Tourbillon, or the criminally affordable Falcon we just covered, the Shenzhen-based outfit has spent the last few years quietly recalibrating what a Chinese watchmaker can pull off — and enthusiasts have taken notice.
Now they’ve aimed higher than ever with the Hunter Tourbillon, a $1,999 in-house tourbillon that feels nothing short of absurd for the asking price.
A Familiar Silhouette, A Different Class of Watch
The Hunter line itself isn’t new. The original Z Series Hunter landed in 2025 as a tonneau-cased skeleton automatic with a 316L steel case and a sub-$600 sticker that drew a chorus of Richard Mille comparisons across the watch press.
The Tourbillon edition feels like something entirely different though. Same silhouette, but now in Grade 5 titanium and powered by the in-house Caliber CD-011, a hand-wound skeleton tourbillon with twin mainspring barrels, 26 jewels, and 72 hours of reserve. For context, the closest spiritual cousin in the design world is something like Richard Mille’s RM 052, which debuted at roughly $500,000.
Built to Be Seen From Both Sides
Going hand-wound instead of automatic was a deliberate move, and one that pays off the second you flip the watch over. With no rotor in the way, Caliber CD-011 lays out fully across a brushed blue baseplate with polished chamfers tracing every bridge and jewel setting.
Up front, six open-worked bridges fan out from the twin barrels with the tourbillon cage anchoring the lower half of the dial. Eleven applied markers with dark green Swiss Super-LumiNova handle legibility, which is tough to pull off on a skeleton this aggressive.
A Case That Joins the Party
The 47.45 x 41.50mm tonneau case carries CIGA’s skeleton language all the way to the perimeter which includes stepped cutouts along the flanks and exposed Y-grooved bezel screws at each corner.
The watch will be available in three colorways: a darker DLC-style Carbon, raw Silver, and a cooler Blue. And each one ships on a Grade 2 titanium H-link bracelet with a quick-release fluororubber strap as a backup.
Spec Sheet
Model: Hunter Tourbillon
Movement: CIGA design Caliber CD-011, manual-winding skeleton tourbillon
Power Reserve: 72 hours
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4Hz)
Jewels: 26
Accuracy: -10 to +20 s/day
Case Size: 47.45 x 41.50mm
Case Thickness: 12.4mm
Case Material: Grade 5 titanium
Crystal: Curved sapphire (front and back), AR-coated
Water Resistance: 5 ATM
Bracelet: Grade 2 titanium H-link with hidden push-button clasp
Additional Strap: Fluororubber, quick-release
Colorways: Carbon, Silver, Blue
Pricing & Availability
The CIGA design Hunter Tourbillon is priced at $1,999, with early access currently open through CIGA’s website ahead of broader release.
Recap
CIGA design Hunter Tourbillon
CIGA stuffs an in-house, hand-wound tourbillon caliber into a skeletonized Grade 5 titanium tonneau case for $1,999, territory that didn’t exist until very recently.
