Automatic Wandering Hour Watch ·
Time Cipher

CIGA design’s first creation of 2026 reimagines time as a cipher in
motion rather than through conventional hands, pairing a wandering
hour display powered by the self-developed CD-08 caliber with a
Super Black dial and a newly sculpted, slim round case with layered
finishes—minimalist in spirit and experiential in wear.

Automatic Wandering Hour
Watch · Time Cipher

CIGA design’s first creation of 2026
reimagines time as a cipher in motion rather
than through conventional hands, pairing
a wandering hour display powered by the
self-developed CD-08 caliber with a Super
Black dial and a newly sculpted, slim round
case with layered finishes—minimalist in
spirit and experiential in wear.
The wandering-hour began in the 17th century as a night clock created by
the Campani brothers for Pope Alexander VII; it later migrated into pocket
watches and, centuries on, into the work of avant-garde independents. It
reframed how time is read—shifting emphasis from static display to motion
as expression, allowing time to unfold across the dial.
Today, many examples lean toward mechanical spectacle: complex satellite
systems, dense layers, and thick, theatrical cases that privilege drama over
daily use. Time Cipher keeps the cipher but pares it down—distilling the
wandering language into a single, minimalist, and slim gesture, making the complication immediate and wearable.