The best report on DEFY 21

Oct 31, 2017,03:57 AM
 

Bravo and congratulation dear Magnus for the best report of DEFY 21 I have seen so far

And the pictures are really eye catching
Again BRAVO and THANK YOU

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Zenith offers an early preview of where the brand is heading to with the Defy El Primero 21 - discussion with mastermind Guy Semon!

 
 By: Ornatus-Mundi : October 30th, 2017-13:35
When Zenith presented the Defy El Primero 21 at BaselWorld 2017, not only did it show a new watch to the public, the brand gave more than a hint about how it sees her own future: as a performance-focussed manufacture, a trendsetter in novel materials, whi...  

For a chrono to be added to the Defy Lab, the oscillator will need to either shrink or to be removed to the back side...

 
 By: Ornatus-Mundi : October 31st, 2017-00:02
as otherwise you cannot get the axes for the hands to the dial. Best, Magnus

The best report on DEFY 21

 
 By: jcbiver : October 31st, 2017-03:57
Bravo and congratulation dear Magnus for the best report of DEFY 21 I have seen so far And the pictures are really eye catching Again BRAVO and THANK YOU

It is one of the most complex innovations explained simply

 
 By: MTF : October 31st, 2017-05:14
JCB, Thank YOU and Zenith for the "simple" solutions to some horological problems that take Zenith into the 21st century. You hinted many times to PuristS over the years about the future forwards of the El Primero and finally, we see it. Of course, we had... 

Fantastic report Magnus...

 
 By: andrewluff : October 31st, 2017-04:29
I fell in love with this watch as soon as I saw it in the flesh and especially when that chrono button was pressed! This was a big jump for Zenith in the right direction and then closely followed up with of course the Lab... now looking forward to next ye... 

Any hints, me dear? [nt]

 
 By: Ornatus-Mundi : October 31st, 2017-06:34

I don't have an idea of what you are talking about....

 
 By: andrewluff : October 31st, 2017-10:40
My mind has all of a sudden gone blank... all I remember is that orange is my favourite colour

great overview

 
 By: 41northpole : October 31st, 2017-07:35
I love the skeleton version, except for the 'bite' out of the 60 counter. Just looks wrong to me. Very very exciting other than that though Tim

Great and informative report!

 
 By: Marcus Hanke : October 31st, 2017-08:10
This is a highly inteesting development, and certainly a good decision to separate the chronograph mechanism completely from the base movement (reminds me of the old JLC hybrid chronograph with quartz base movement and mechanical chronograph module). Just... 

Apparently, the current COSC website does not disclose, but ...

 
 By: Marcus Hanke : November 1st, 2017-03:13
... here is a picture I found on my hd, that was released by COSC some time ago: On day 10, additional mechanisms, in this case chronographs, are activated. Marcus ...  

Great article, thanks!

 
 By: Alex25 : November 2nd, 2017-14:50
The question is how reliable the movement is.