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Defy
Compare this collectionDefy
1969
Zenith's futuristic, high-tech line pushing case materials and movement innovation, including the ultra-high-frequency Defy Lab/21.
- Category
- Avant-garde sport watch
- Designers
- In-house design studio
- Case materials
- Titanium, Aeronith, ceramic
- Sizes
- 36mm, 41mm, 44mm
- Dial
- Openworked skeleton dial revealing star-shaped bridges
- Crystal
- Scratch-resistant sapphire
- Strap / bracelet
- Integrated titanium bracelet or rubber strap
- Movements
- Calibre El Primero 9004 (Defy 21)
- Movement type
- Automatic chronograph, 50Hz escapement
- Power reserve
- 50 hours
- Water resistance
- 100m (10 ATM)
- Complications
- Chronograph (1/100th second) · Date
- Key references
- 97.9002.9004/78.R582
- Price band
- $10,000–$20,000
The house
Zenith
Creator of the El Primero, the first automatic chronograph movement and still one of the highest-frequency movements in the world at 5Hz / 36,000 vph.
- Founded
- 1865
- Founder
- Georges Favre-Jacot
- Headquarters
- Le Locle, Switzerland
- Signature materials
- Titanium, Aeronith (ultra-lightweight composite), ceramic, Ceratanium
- Signature movements
- In-house El Primero calibre family (3600, 400 series), the world's first automatic chronograph movement introduced in 1969
- Notable designers
- Charles Vermot
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