Some manufacturers chase developments, others waterfalls (we love you Left Eye!). ZENITH appears to chase the cosmos. And for its DEFY Skyline Chronograph Blue Ceramic mannequin, the Le Locle watchmaker crafted a celestial instrument that doesn’t simply inform time however orbits the very limits of latest horology.

It’s ZENITH’s a hundred and sixtieth birthday and this isn’t your common “anniversary version. For this outing, the DEFY Skyline Chronograph is among the Maison’s most putting trendy items. Now reimagined in an otherworldly blue ceramic that glows just like the twilight simply earlier than the celebrities wink into view.

Blue has lengthy been the model’s non secular hue. A nod to the evening sky that impressed founder Georges Favre-Jacot and the model’s cosmic moniker. And this explicit shade of blue is painstakingly engineered; it took months to excellent as a result of ceramic is an unforgiving materials to color on.

You’ll discover this blue on the faceted 42mm case and built-in bracelet. With a blue-toned sunray-pattern dial, you’ll discover the small seconds positioned at 9 o’clock and the date at 4:30 pm. There may be the engraved ZENITH’s signature star motif-a geometric constellation that dances within the gentle on the dial. By means of the sapphire caseback, you may see the star-engraved bearing the “a hundred and sixtieth Anniversary” mark.

At its coronary heart lies the El Primero 3600 calibre. This high-frequency calibre beats at 5Hz; the central chronograph hand makes a full rotation each 10 seconds, slicing time into 1/Tenth-of-a-second segments. The timepiece has a water resistance of 10m and has an influence reserve of 60 hours.

And whereas the built-in ceramic bracelet is a marvel of crisp chamfers and sculptural move, ZENITH features a rubber strap with the identical starry motif—simply swapped in seconds because of the quick-change system.

Restricted to only 160 items, this blue ceramic DEFY Skyline Chronograph a hundred and sixtieth Anniversary Version is a milestone, a reminder that even in any case these years, the model nonetheless has its eyes on the celebrities. A superb top to at all times attain for.

ZENITH’s DEFY Skyline Chronograph a hundred and sixtieth Anniversary Version is accessible in any respect ZENITH shops and on-line

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