CHROMATIC UPGRADE
This colored limited edition, i/e/ a 500-piece produced series, gifts the Le Locle brand’s up-to-the-minute, high-frequency chronograph with a new face.
Although the devil may be in the details, Leonardo da Vinci reminded us however that “details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail”. Zenith‘s Defy 21 Chroma II watch epitomizes this concept. After having rolled out a 200-piece version where white reigned supreme, the star-logoed manufacture now invites us to discover a variation shrouded in black. And, just like the previous model, this chronograph stands out visually through its discreet adornments set off with dashes of color. Rainbow hues jazz up the markers as well as the movement components just waiting to be admired through the skeletonized dial. These features boost this sporty composition which boasts tri-compax-positioned counters embraced in a 44 mm-diameter mat ceramic case, waterproof down to depths of 100 meters. To create perfect harmony, this spectrum flaunting red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and indigo also tricks out the stitching of the rubber strap attached by a titanium folding clasp.
The Defy 21 Chroma II meticulously drives the data and short-cycle times measured to 1/100th of a second with its El Primero 9400 caliber. This selfwinding movement delivers a power reserve of at least 50 hours. It’s also endowed with two escapements, one equipped with a frequency of 36,000 vib./h that displays the time, the other a 50 Hz one devoted to the chronograph function. In a nutshell, performance and design interact ingeniously in this exclusive timepiece.
