CIGA design Hunter Tourbillon Blue

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Target Identification: #CIGA-HNT-TRB. The CIGA Design Hunter Tourbillon is a hand-wound skeleton tourbillon in Grade 5 titanium, powered by the self-developed Calibre CD-011 — twin mainspring barrels, 26 jewels, 72-hour power reserve, open architecture front and back. The tonneau case carries the Hunter line’s skeleton language to the case perimeter with bold cutouts, polished chamfers, and exposed bezel screws. Available in Carbon, Silver, and Blue on a Grade 2 titanium H-link bracelet with quick-release fluororubber strap backup.

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▪MATERIAL:
Grade 5 Titanium; micro-sandblasted planes with chamfered edges. Crown finished with polished ridges, recessed blasting, and engraved detail.

▪GEOMETRY:
47.45mm × 41.50mm tonneau / 12.4mm thickness. Lugless profile with stepped cutouts along the flanks and exposed Y-grooved bezel screws at each corner.

▪STANCE:
Grade 2 titanium H-link bracelet; micro-sandblasted surfaces, chamfered edges, hidden push-button clasp. Quick-release fluororubber strap included. Link remover supplied.

▪RESILIENCE:
5 ATM / 50 metres.

▪CRYSTAL:
Curved sapphire front and caseback, AR-coated.

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▪DIAL:
Full skeleton. Six open-worked bridges radiate from the twin-barrel centres, each with an inner hunting-blade cutout of shifting width and angled ends. Matte chamfered edges. Large circular opening grants the tourbillon cage full visual weight in the lower half.

▪INTERFACE:
Eleven applied markers with Swiss Super-LumiNova Dark Green.

▪CRAFT_NODE:
CIGA Design — GPHG Challenge Prize 2021 (Blue Planet reference).

▪UI_LOGIC:
Caseback presents the CD-011 across broad brushed surfaces with polished chamfer contrast — a second, distinct reading of the same movement. No rotor obscures the view from either side.

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▪CALIBRE:
CD-011; self-developed hand-wound skeleton tourbillon. Twin mainspring barrels. 26 jewels. 28,800 vph (4Hz). Accuracy -10 to +20 s/day.

▪RESERVE:
72 hours // Hand-wound.

▪SERVICEABILITY:
Proprietary tourbillon architecture; requires brand-specific servicing. Standard independent watchmaker servicing not available for the CD-011 at component level.

[ STATUS ]: VETOED / BYPASSED
[ BRAND ]: CIGA Design
[ MISSION_ID ]: ELASTIC_PARADOX_2026B
[ KILL_CODE ]: ELASTIC_SUPPLY_TRAP
[ STRATEGIC_BYPASS_RATIONALE ]
One Number. The Archive Ran It. CIGA Didn’t.
The Hunter Tourbillon has the technical substance to pass the archive’s investment threshold. The CD-011 movement scores credibly. The Grade 5 titanium case scores credibly. The price point is right. The archive’s back-calculation is precise: 150 units, single colourway, hard-numbered cap is the exact threshold between a failing score and a passing one. No production cap is stated anywhere on the brand’s product page or in any independent source. The Elastic Supply Trap is not a failure of execution. It is a failure of the single decision that execution quality cannot substitute for.
[ DESIGN_MERIT ]
A self-developed hand-wound tourbillon with twin barrels, 72-hour reserve, Grade 5 titanium, and double AR-coated sapphire at $1,999 is one of the most technically ambitious propositions in accessible watchmaking. The CD-011 is a genuine calibre, not a decorated ebauche. The GPHG pedigree is real. The archive acknowledges all of it.
[ ARCHIVE_DECISION ]
Bypassed on Elastic Supply Trap. No confirmed production cap. The archive does not score intent — it scores structure. Three colourways on an open-ended release means the scarcity gradient required to compound value over a five-year hold does not exist. The watch earns its price. The thesis does not earn its hold.
> CAPITAL_MARK: $1,999 USD (brand direct)
> RSI_DEFICIT: -19%
> OPPORTUNITY_COST: Capital is better deployed where production discipline already exists — where the number is on the box and the secondary market floor reflects it. The sovereign equivalent is the Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic ($290,000 USD) — the genre ceiling this watch is architecturally referencing at a fraction of the cost, and still on the wrong side of the same fundamental question.

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▪MATERIAL:	Grade 5 Titanium; micro-sandblasted planes with chamfered edges. Crown finished with polished ridges, recessed blasting, and engraved detail.
▪GEOMETRY:	47.45mm × 41.50mm tonneau / 12.4mm thickness. Lugless profile with stepped cutouts along the flanks and exposed Y-grooved bezel screws at each corner.
▪STANCE:	Grade 2 titanium H-link bracelet; micro-sandblasted surfaces, chamfered edges, hidden push-button clasp. Quick-release fluororubber strap included. Link remover supplied.
▪RESILIENCE:	5 ATM / 50 metres.
▪CRYSTAL:	Curved sapphire front and caseback, AR-coated.

▪DIAL:	Full skeleton. Six open-worked bridges radiate from the twin-barrel centres, each with an inner hunting-blade cutout of shifting width and angled ends. Matte chamfered edges. Large circular opening grants the tourbillon cage full visual weight in the lower half.
▪INTERFACE:	Eleven applied markers with Swiss Super-LumiNova Dark Green.
▪CRAFT_NODE:	CIGA Design — GPHG Challenge Prize 2021 (Blue Planet reference).
▪UI_LOGIC:	Caseback presents the CD-011 across broad brushed surfaces with polished chamfer contrast — a second, distinct reading of the same movement. No rotor obscures the view from either side.

▪CALIBRE:	CD-011; self-developed hand-wound skeleton tourbillon. Twin mainspring barrels. 26 jewels. 28,800 vph (4Hz). Accuracy -10 to +20 s/day.
▪RESERVE:	72 hours // Hand-wound.
▪SERVICEABILITY:	Proprietary tourbillon architecture; requires brand-specific servicing. Standard independent watchmaker servicing not available for the CD-011 at component level.