Since entrancing the horology world with its GPHG award-winning Blue Planet design, CIGA design continues to charm enthusiasts with themed and color-variant collections. However, it has recently broken its traditional practice with its latest release - the CIGA design Legend of Serpent. This timepiece encapsulates a tribute to the Chinese Year of the Snake, beautifully embodying a sinuous serpent motif finely sculpted from 18k gold.
With its primary aim of celebrating the mystical creature, the introduction of the Legend of Serpent stretches beyond mere aesthetics. The watch redesigns the conventional approach to time-telling with an updated asynchronous-follow time display that offers enhanced readability without sacrificing any of its spectacle. This horological marvel borrows the 46mm width and 16mm thickness dimensions from the Blue Planet. Still, it provides a distinctive touch with its lugless and pebble-like design, wrapped in black onyx stone for a glossy finish.
Matching artistry with functionality, Yvan Arpa’s ArtyA calibrates a unique aesthetic blend in the horological world. Characterised by timepieces that defy convention, ArtyA’s Purity collection personifies creativity in Swiss watchmaking. The latest offering from this collection—the Purity Curvy HMS Mirror—brings forth an unconventional approach, featuring openworked movements encased within sleek tonneau-shaped cases made from titanium or NanoSapphire crystal.
Yvan Arpa’s journey is as unique as his watches. Originally a maths teacher, he traversed the world, going from practising Thai boxing in Bangkok to crossing New Guinea on foot. Upon returning to Switzerland, Arpa worked with various renown brands, including Hublot and Romain Jérôme. His brand, ArtyA, established in Geneva in 2010, soon gained recognition for its artistic watches crafted from unusual materials such as bullets, dinosaur dung, and Tesla coil-generated lightning bolt-struck case.