![]() ![]() ZENITH DEFY 21 ULTRAVIOLET Zenith Chronomaster Revival “Shadow” Zenith Elite Moonphase Romeo y Julieta Edition Zenith EL Primero A3818 Revival “The Cover Girl” Zenith DEFY 21 BLACK & WHITE Zenith DEFY CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE Zenith Defy El Primero 21 Pink Edition Zenith Defy 21 Patrick Mouratoglou Edition Zenith Chronomaster Sport Zenith Chronomaster Revival A385Ģ020 Zenith Defy 21 Dubai Mall Edition Zenith DEFY Classic Carbon Zenith Pilot Type 20 Blueprint Limited Edition Zenith Chronomaster Revival Lupin The Third – 2nd Edition Zenith Defy 21 Ultrablue Zenith DEFY 21 Felipe Pantone Limited Edition Zenith Defy 21 Urban Jungle Zenith Pilot Type 20 Silver Chronograph Limited Edition Zenith Chronomaster Sport Rose Gold Zenith Chronomaster Open Cohiba 55th Anniversary Edition Zenith DEFY Extreme Zenith DEFY 21 Spectrum Collection ZENITH & FELIPE PANTONE DEFY 21 Double Tourbillon Only Watch 2021 Zenith Chronomaster Original Zenith Chronomaster Revival Safari Zenith Chronomaster Revival A3817 Zenith X Time+Tide Defy Classic Skeleton “Night Surfer” Zenith Defy Midnight Pink Ribbon Edition Zenith Chronomaster Original E-commerce Edition Zenith Chronomaster Original Boutique Edition Zenith Chronomaster Revival Lupin The Third – Final EditionĢ021 Zenith Defy 21 Double Tourbillon Sapphire Zenith DEFY Zero-G Sapphire Limited Edition Zenith Chronomaster Revival “Poker Chip” Zenith Defy Extreme Desert Edition Zenith DEFY 21 CHROMA Limited Edition Zenith DEFY Midnight Sunset and DEFY Midnight Borealis Zenith DEFY Skyline Zenith Defy Revival A3642 Limited Edition Zenith Chronomaster Open Zenith Defy Extreme E “Desert X Prix” Edition ZENITH x Revolution&The Rake – Chronomaster Revival A3818 “The Airweight Cover Girl” Zenith DEFY Extreme Carbon In fact I’m wearing an early 90s Zenith-powered Daytona as I type this (Zenith provided Rolex with El Primero movements for the first automatic Daytonas from 1988 to 2000)! The Skyline features a small seconds at nine o’clock on the dial that constantly displays 1/10th seconds, with the hand completing a full revolution every ten seconds.Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition for Hodinkee Zenith Defy Extreme E “Island X Prix” Edition Zenith Calibre 135 Observatoire Limited Edition Zenith Chronomaster Sport Gold and Two-Tone Versions ![]() Fans of the El Primero chronograph will be familiar with the running seconds counter at nine o’clock on the dial. ![]() The Defy Skyline houses the new El Primero Caiber 3620. Whilst Zenith, Seiko and the Breitling/Heuer/Buren consortium all got auto-chrono movements out in 1969, it is only the El Primero that is still in production today and is in fact a key-ingredient in the Zenith recipe for success. My opening comments about the El Primero are especially relevant when it comes to taking a look under the hood of the Skyline watches. The watch has a screw-down steel crown that enables the watch to be waterproof to a useful 100 meters, making it amply waterproof for all pursuits above or below the skyline. Each of the 12 edges acts as an hour marker with a brushed-finish circular top of the bezel that softens the aesthetic quite nicely to my eye. Paying homage to the original tetradecagonal bezel, 14 becomes 12 with the Skyline’s dodecagonal bezel. The sunburst dial has the star motif engraved across its surface, to create a shimmering effect of stars. In line with this, the new Skyline watches have a ‘starry sky’ pattern on the dial. The sky has always been a key theme for Zenith, the name of the brand coming from the highest point of the night sky and christened for this reason by founder Georges-Favre Jacot who was a literal star gazer. The watches are, according to Zenith, inspired by the nightsky atop a bustling cityscape. Keeping the modern, 21st century iterations of the Defy line alive and kicking, fresh for 2022 is the Defy Skyline collection. With vintage examples of the original defy gaining pace with collectors, it came as no surprise that the 250 pieces of the re-edition sold out on the day it was launched! The 40mm steel case had a scalloped octagonal case on which a fourteen-sided bezel was affixed. Known by its nickname the coffre-fort, which is French for bank vault, the original Defy was a serious chuck of watch and had a real presence on the wrist. Much like its younger namesake, the original Defi was both a rugged and precise instrument and it was this adventurous spirit that the brand rekindled in the original Defy reference A3642. Whilst the ‘Defy’ story began in 1969, in fact it was in 1902 that Zenith launched its ‘Defi’ range of pocket-watches. ![]()
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