Swiss luxurious watchmaker ZENITH and Argentinian-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone have teamed up once more to unveil the 100-piece, limited-edition DEFY Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Pantone.

ENITH and Valencia-based optical artist Felipe have collaborated on completely different watch tasks up to now: a limited-edition sequence of the DEFY 21 that was immediately offered out in 2021; a singular rendition of the DEFY 21 Double Tourbillon in a sapphire case that set an all-time report for ZENITH on the OnlyWatch 2021 charity public sale and a extremely anticipated sequel sequence in 2022 with the DEFY Excessive Felipe Pantone.

Now, the 2 are taking their ongoing collaboration the place it hasn’t gone earlier than. This time, the artist’s canvas is the DEFY Skyline Tourbillon, marking his first reimagining of a DEFY Skyline mannequin.

The result’s each extremely compact and versatile but filled with intricate and authentic particulars which have come to outline the continuing collaboration between ZENITH and Felipe.

“I’m excited to unveil my newest collaboration with Zenith, our most distinctive watch thus far,” Felipe stated.

“It’s a masterpiece of excessive horology, combining simplicity and class. This advanced but minimalist timepiece options gorgeous particulars, together with the tiny gradient indexes and arms, the mirror ‘Deliberate Iridescence’ dial and a very distinctive bolt-shaped tourbillon.”

Crafted in a 41mm octagonal stainless-steel case, the DEFY Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Pantone supplies a extremely geometric and angular silhouette body to the miniature, kinetic paintings inside.

With its alternating satin-brushed and polished finishes in addition to an simply interchangeable metal bracelet and offered black rubber strap, explicit consideration was paid to the ergonomics of this unisex creation in addition to its visible influence. Its sharp sides and easily polished contours, highlighted by the dodecagonal bezel, present the final word play of sunshine.

In continuity with the earlier ZENITH X Felipe Pantone tasks, the case is engraved on every nook with a personality to indicate ‘FPT1’, or Felipe Pantone Tourbillon #1.

Upon first look, the central component of the DEFY Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Pantone instantly stands out.

Finishing one rotation each 60 seconds, the tourbillon mechanism, seen by the opening at 6 o’clock, retains the watch all the time animated. Particularly for this particular collaborative version, the tourbillon bridge takes on the form of a lightning bolt, a recurring component in Felipe’s intensive physique of labor throughout completely different media.

Completed in a gradient of metallic rainbow tones that was initially pioneered within the duo’s first collaborative output in 2021, the 3D PVD approach on the tourbillon bridge and cage within the type of a four-pointed star additional highlights the artist’s distinctive aesthetic.

Totally different to what earlier ZENITH X Felipe Pantone creations have featured, the complete dial is iridescent within the DEFY Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Pantone. Crafted from a sapphire disk, the dial includes a micro-engraved sample of concentric circles, recalling the moiré visible impact ever so current in Felipe’s paintings.

The again of the sapphire dial includes a mirrored metallic end that, mixed with the micro-engraving, produces a hanging show of colors in a way that’s paying homage to a CD. So as to add much more depth to the dial and produce out a contact of retro nostalgia, the sapphire dial disk packs a vignette impact that darkens in the direction of the outer edges. The mixture of sapphire crystal with a mirrored again, a micro-engraving sample and a vignette impact is a extremely advanced and unprecedented feat – each technically and visually.

The arms and utilized hour markers are not any much less advanced and charming. In Felipe’s signature type of visible distortion, the arms in addition to the hour markers (besides the cardinal ‘crosshair’ markers at 3, 9, and 12 o’clock) are distorted down the center, like some sort of graphical glitch. Matching the tourbillon at 6 o’clock, the arms and markers are completed in a gradient of rainbow tones.

Powered by the El Primero 3630 high-frequency automated manufacture motion with an influence reserve of 60 hours, the DEFY Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Pantone incorporates the artist’s chromatic signature contact even on the motion, within the type of a star-shaped oscillating weight with a rainbow PVD end matching the tourbillon cage and bridge in addition to the opposite metallic parts on the dial aspect.

Finishing the most recent chapter within the ZENITH X Felipe Pantone collaboration is a customized watch field, with an iridescent sample on the inside in addition to the outer field designed by the artist in his inimitable type.

The DEFY Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Pantone will probably be obtainable on-line on the ZENITH web site and bodily boutiques, in addition to with choose retailers, worldwide from September 12.

For extra data, please go to www.zenith-watches.com.