SKYLINE BLUE
This reference’s understated yet highly-efficient style stands out with its versatile character. The manufacture has equipped one of its current showpiece models with an elegantly-attractive two-tone scenography.
Zenith center staged the revamped design of its Pilot watch, inspired by the timepieces of aviation pioneers, during Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023. The newcomers are much more up-to-the-minute yet always stay true to their origins. For the Pilot Automatic Boutique Edition series, the ribbed dial takes on a mysterious blue hue, on a par with the indefinable tinge where the sky and the Earth merge as twilight comes around. On top, the hour chapter comprising large Arabic numerals adorned with white Super-LumiNova® SLN C1 provides a striking contrast. As such, time data reading is still optimal no matter the conditions of light. Everything is hosted in a 40 mm-diameter steel case topped with a bezel. Both of these items boast an elegant vertical satin-brushed finish. A discreet date sits at 6 o’clock under a white dash conjuring up the artificial horizon marker seen in aircraft cockpit instruments.
The large hands and direct-drive, featuring the same luminescent paint, are driven by the El Primero 3620 SC caliber. This selfwinding movement beats at a high frequency of 36,000 vibrations an hour. It’s incredibly-accurate and also a great performer. It delivers a comfortable power reserve of 60 hours. The manufacture has rolled out a duo if easily-interchangeable straps to accompany its Pilot Automatic Boutique Edition, a blue Cordura-effect rubber one and a calfskin one attached by a folding clasp. And, no matter which you choose, you can be sure it’ll be a perfect match.
