The weirdest award-winning watch (with NO HANDS?!)

If you've been with me for a bit, you know I love watches, always have an EDC watch on, and use them as momentos to mark milestones and other special moments in time as I go through life. I'd consider myself a watch "purist" - with the watches I look at and desire as really quite traditional. So checking out a mechanical wristwatch that's so out of left-field from what I'm used to was a real treat. ================= TIMELINE & LINKS 🔗 ================= Some of the links below are affiliate links. For example, as an Amazon Associate, I may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you! 0:00 - Intro - 2 Complete EDC's 0:12 - Unboxing 🔗 CIGA Design Blue Planet watch on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KFNpy9 ORRR if you can wait a week or two for shipping... ✅ Get 10% off with code: MAURICE10 on the CIGA website: 🔗 https://bit.ly/3pIfjiY 0:36 - Basic Measurements 1:11 - So Unique - How to Tell the Time 1:53 - Crystals & Movement 2:48 - Digging into the Movement 3:15 - Movement Mods Industry-Wide 3:50 - My ACTUAL Review 4:41 - Your Thoughts? 5:02 - Giveaway - How to Enter 5:36 - Never Entered my Giveaways? Watch this... 📺 https://youtu.be/pD8FI_OpnR8 👀 6:10 - Entry Deadline for Giveaway EDIT: after I uploaded this video, I found a great article about this watch on Hondinkee (the preeminent and most trusted watch publication in the world): https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ciga-design-blue-planet-china-gphg Admittedly, I'd never heard of CIGA Design before, and had they not reached out to me, I probably never would've since I've been so closed minded about watches - really, just running the standard maze of the biggest manufacturers like Seiko, Hamilton, Casio, Tudor, and Tissot, and with my aspirations of Omega, Jaeger LeCoultre (JLC), Grand Seiko, Rolex, Patek Phillippe, Audemars Piguet, and the like. Wristwatches, especially mechanical ones, are so fascinating to me - the fact that all those hundred of parts, all fitting inside a case that fits on the wrist, can all work together at such a small scale. This CIGA Design Blue Planet really is such a unique and beautiful - albeit - weird piece - and it's nice to know there are brands taking risks like this one. As someone who is really familiar with manufacturing - the amount of time, effort, and teamwork to create something like a watch - even if the TRULY hard part - the movement - is a third party insert - is insane... and with this CIGA Design Blue Planet - that dial - the micro artistry, though of course, nowhere near the quality of the dials of say, Grand Seiko, is definitely more challenging to execute than 99+% of all other watches on the market today... including the ultra-luxury pieces in terms of manufacturing and execution. This watch is the first watch by a Chinese brand to win an award at "The Oscars for Watches" - the GPHG (Grand Prix Horologie de Geneve) - the Geneva Grand Prize of Horology. CIGA Design had already raked in innumerable awards from Red Dot design awards, to I.F. awards, to German Design awards, and now - with the GPHG - finally sees them being recognized on a global scale for what they actually make: wristwatches. What are your thoughts? Are you like me, and are too conservative with watches to desire this one? Or are you a maverick with your watches and love it? Maybe you're somewhere in between? #WristWatch #EverydayCarry #Watches Want to connect more? Instagram: @mauricemoves https://www.instagram.com/mauricemoves DISCLAIMERS: Some of the links above have an affiliate code, if you purchase products or services with these links I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. This video was not paid for by outside persons or companies. This means that the content of this video and my opinions are 100% my own, and were not reviewed or paid for by any third party.