The Gentleman Magazine Issue 7 | February 2018 | Page 13
ZENITH gets 2018 off to a star-
studded start with the latest special
edition of its recently launched
Defy El Primero 21 in full diamond
regalia. The Defy El Primero 21 Full
Diamonds is accompanied by its
simpler diamond bezel sibling, recently
launched to mark the opening of the
brand’s new pop-up store on Paris’
prestigious Place Vendôme.
The Defy El Primero 21 epitomises the
new generation of Zenith chronographs,
embodying contemporary mechanics
endowed with an unprecedented visual,
auditory and dynamic identity. Proudly
representing the longstanding traditions
of a Manufacture with well-proven expertise in the field of
chronometry (precision timekeeping), it naturally incorporates
the very latest technological breakthroughs.
Two sparkling models celebrate elegance, each in its own way.
Naturally integrating all the groundbreaking technological
characteristics for which the Defy El Primero 21 made
watchmaking headlines in 2017, both variations feature a
gleaming 44-mm titanium case and open-worked dial, with
red-tipped small seconds at 9 o'clock, central chronograph
hand, 60-second counter at 6 o'clock and of course, the Defy’s
distinctive contrasting coloured 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock.
Endowed
with
transparent
sapphire crystal casebacks, 50-
hour power reserve, and supremely
comfortable black alligator-coated
rubber straps complete with titanium
double-folding clasp, both are water-
resistant to 10 ATM.
In 2018, the Defy El Primero 21
offers a choice between a distinctive
precious touch and no holds barred
full diamonds. Epitomising understated
elegance, the version that premiered at
the exclusive launch of the Zenith pop-
up store on the Place Vendôme features
a bezel set with 44 baguette-cut diamonds,
offset with clean, streamlined faceted
rhodium-plated hands and hour-markers. In a spectacular
alternative, the brand-new Defy El Primero 21 Full Diamonds
takes extravagant style to the next level, complementing the
diamond-set bezel by a magnificent array of 288 brilliant-cut
diamonds adorning the case, along with 12 glittering diamond
hour-markers, totalling a dazzling 5 carats.
These two remarkable Defy El Primero 21 models – beating
at the remarkable pace set by the revolutionary TIMELAB
chronometer-certified 1/100th of a second chronograph
movement that took watchmaking by storm in 2017 – are
clearly intended for women who delight in accentuating the
precious nature of time.
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