After the Defy El Primero 21, and the Defy Lab, on occasion of Baselworld 2018 Zenith added a new three-hand plus date watch, the Defy Classic. Discover here all the details including price.
The Defy collection expands. After the Defy El Primero 21, the hundredth-of-a-second chronograph presented at Baselworld last year, and the Defy Lab, the world’s most accurate mechanical watch featuring a breakthrough oscillator, Zenith is adding a new three-hand plus date watch, the Defy Classic.
Presented in a 41 mm brushed titanium case, the Defy Classic comes in two dial variations: openworked or closed.
In the openworked version, large luminescent baton-type hours and minutes hands and a slim seconds hand with an emblematic star counterweight sweep over five stylised branches evoking the Zenith symbol. The colour of the minutes ring, punctuated by faceted applied hour-markers, is a deep blue which reflects the original shade of its predecessor, the 1969 El Primero.
Beating inside is a Manufacture Zenith movement – the automatic Elite 670 base calibre – reinterpreted for the Defy. For the very first time, this accurate engine, fitted with a silicon pallet-lever and escape-wheel, is revealed by means of an ultra-modern openworked approach. Blackened, structured and topped by a cut-out date disc read off on a white dot at 6 o’clock, it oscillates at 4 Hz and guarantees over 50 hours of autonomy.
For those who prefer a more classic style, Zenith created another version featuring a sunburst blue closed dial with 3 o’clock date window.
Both models are water resistant to 100 metres / 330 feet and can be matched to an integrated metal bracelet composed of supple links, a rubber strap coated with alligator leather, or a unistructure rubber version.
The Zenith Defy Classic with closed dial (ref. 95.9000.670/78) has a price of Swiss Francs 5,900 with strap or Swiss Francs 6,900 with metal bracelet while the skeletonised version (ref. 95.9000.670/51) retails for Swiss Francs 6,500 with strap and Swiss Francs 7,500 with bracelet. zenith-watches.com
Presented in a 41 mm brushed titanium case, the Defy Classic comes in two dial variations: openworked or closed.
In the openworked version, large luminescent baton-type hours and minutes hands and a slim seconds hand with an emblematic star counterweight sweep over five stylised branches evoking the Zenith symbol. The colour of the minutes ring, punctuated by faceted applied hour-markers, is a deep blue which reflects the original shade of its predecessor, the 1969 El Primero.
Beating inside is a Manufacture Zenith movement – the automatic Elite 670 base calibre – reinterpreted for the Defy. For the very first time, this accurate engine, fitted with a silicon pallet-lever and escape-wheel, is revealed by means of an ultra-modern openworked approach. Blackened, structured and topped by a cut-out date disc read off on a white dot at 6 o’clock, it oscillates at 4 Hz and guarantees over 50 hours of autonomy.
For those who prefer a more classic style, Zenith created another version featuring a sunburst blue closed dial with 3 o’clock date window.
Both models are water resistant to 100 metres / 330 feet and can be matched to an integrated metal bracelet composed of supple links, a rubber strap coated with alligator leather, or a unistructure rubber version.
Hands down, this is the most fascinating watch I've seen in ages, and Kudos to Zenith for its Defy range! The Classic titanium tops my wishlist but the AD says that they've stopped making this model, why??!
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