![]() The first series to kick off Attenborough's Planet series, The Blue Planet, debuted in 2001, between The Life of Birds and The Life of Mammals. ![]() With Frozen Planet II arriving in a few weeks on the BBC, followed by Planet Earth III as part of the BBC's centenary celebrations, now is the perfect time to dive into the world of Attenborough's best nature documentaries. Unfortunately, none of them are available to stream on regular sources (though they are available via free documentary sites, as are most of his Life series). He followed it up with 1984's The Living Planet and 1990s The Trials of Life to round out the original series. When the 13-part Life on Earth premiered in 1979, it was a groundbreaking series that established Attenborough as the leading authoritative voice on television on the evolution of our planet. Frozen Planet II, the follow-up to Frozen Planet, is not technically part of the Planet Earth series however, it is considered a sequel of sorts. At the age of 96, Attenborough is about to release the 137th series that he has produced, written, narrated (or combined the three) since he first started with the BBC in 1951. He's got so many BAFTAs there's one for TV shows produced in every format from Black and White to 4K. Knighted in 1985, with one boat and 20 species (both living and extinct) named in his honor, Attenborough has won multiple Emmys and Peabodys over his eight-decade career. He is responsible for some of the most groundbreaking documentaries about our planet ever produced. ![]() Attenborough is the man whose name and narrator's voice have become synonymous with nature programming, whether it be his more transatlantic posh voice from the 1950s or her more recognizably gravelly one her's been famous for since 1979. Less than a month later, on May 8, David Frederick Attenborough was born. On April 12, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born and became England's longest-serving monarch. Don’t get me wrong – it’s an attractive, well-designed box, but it’s a box.įor more information visit the official Ciga Design website here.Two of the U.K.'s greatest treasures were born within weeks of each other in 1926. But it seems pretty durable, and it would take some serious abuse to snap it.Ĭiga Design says that the watch case is “eco-friendly” and “a combination of perceptual and rational.” It’s a cardboard box. The lugless design would make it harder to change should that become necessary. I liked the strap and it felt good on my wrist. It’s engineered from a food-grade fluorine rubber, and it’s both comfortable and flexible. The strap is a deep sea blue, which matches the color of the blue on the dial. That’s not exactly chronometer-grade, but it’s good enough for a watch that’s primarily designed as a fashion piece. The 30-jewel movement is rated for -15☓0 seconds per day. It would be tough to source another movement with these exact functions! Even so, it seems to perform pretty well. Considering the design, that’s not surprising. The Series U Blue Planet uses a proprietary Ciga movement. The screw-down crown at 3 o’clock is knurled to make it easy to grip, and doesn’t protrude overly far. The strap secures to a pin inside the watch body, so the design is nothing but curves. When viewed from the side, it looks like an oval, not a rectangle. It’s totally round, with curved edges and a bezel that sits flush with the rest of the case. The case has a diameter of 46mm, providing a medium-large wrist presence. This ensures that the correct minute mark is always in front of the pointer. Meanwhile, the minute index rotates counterclockwise. The hour index is fixed, and the compass rose rotates to point to the time. There are hashes at the one-minute positions, and Arabic numerals every five minutes. ![]() The inner index is also white on black, but it shows minutes instead of hours. There’s even a set of hashes, with fine hashes at the five-minute positions and longer hashes at the fifteen-minute positions. This is the hour index, and each hour position is marked with an Arabic numeral. The outer index sits just inside the bezel, with white markings on a black background. Ciga Designs achieves this with a set of dual indices.
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