Zenith launched two diver's watches at this year's show, the DEFY EXTREME DIVER diver's watch and the DEFY Revival A3648 Revival watch, which I personally like. In fact, in recent years, with the hot performance of luxury sports watches in the market, many brands are developing more functional attributes, such as trying to give luxury sports watches the function of professional diver's watches, so that they can not only be worn every day in daily life, but also accompany the wearer to swim safely underwater, just like Zenith. So let's take a picture of the DEFY EXTREME DIVER diver's watch to give you a detailed introduction. (Reference: 95.9601.3620/51.I301)
ZENITH真力时DEFY系列A3648腕表最初于1969年问世
In fact, as early as the last century, in 1969, Zenith began to interpret the DEFY series A3648 watch in a unique way, how to combine a professional diver's watch with a luxury sports watch integrated with the watch bracelet. So these two new models launched not long ago can be regarded as the return of the Zenith DEFY series to the deep sea.
DEFY系列Revival A3648复刻版腕表
DEFY EXTREME DIVER潜水腕表
The difference between the DEFY EXTREME DIVER diver's watch and the Revival A3648 Revival is that the EXTREME is a sportier branch of the DEFY, similar to the difference between the Royal Oak and the offshore model, and the Zenith naturally incorporates a more modern style in its design, while the Revival A3648 Revival is an authentic restoration of the original watch with a retro style.
The case has a nitrogen vent valve designed for nitrox-saturated diving
Zenith also used titanium from the same aerospace material for the DEFY EXTREME DIVER diver's watch, while the A3648 stays true to the original and continues the stainless steel case. Diver's watches made of titanium are inherently highly resistant to corrosion, but they are also lighter and have an excellent wearing feel. However, although the diameter size of 42.5 mm is moderate, Zenith sacrificed the thickness of the original watch in order to restore the 600-meter professional water-resistance of the original watch, and the thickness of the whole watch reached 15.5 mm.
Compared with the regular DEFY, the EXTREME DIVER adds a shoulder guard at the crown, which is not only sportier in shape, but also from a practical point of view, in case the watch is accidentally unscrewed due to bumps underwater. The titanium case can also be seen from the watch side, which has been polished by a large-area brushing process, and the edges and corners of the edges have also been polished.
One of my favorite designs about this watch is that even if it is made with a rotating bezel, it doesn't affect its iconic polygonal bezel design. Zenith's design idea is to add a ceramic unidirectional rotating bezel under the polygonal bezel, with a diving scale above, and a circle of non-slip teeth on the side of the bezel, the bezel feels very good when adjusted, the rotation feedback will not be too tight and too loose and the ruler position is clear, but the meshing sound with the twisting action will be a little louder.
The DEFY EXTREME DIVER dial is based on the four-pointed star motif of previous Skyline watches, but it is larger and has a striking orange accent at the end of the hands and the minute scale on the outer rim of the blue and black discs. In order to ensure the integrity of the dial color scheme, Zenith also used the same color of the dial as the base color for the date window at 3 o'clock.
The El Primero 3620-SC high-frequency automatic movement, with a power reserve of 60 hours, is equipped with a silicon pallet fork and escape wheel, which reduces friction losses and improves the energy transfer of the watch with excellent smoothness.
The watch comes with a stainless steel bracelet and two ZENITH straps, a "Cordura Nylon" textured FKM rubber strap with a black disc and a blue ribbon with a blue ribbon on the side of the strap that is designed to facilitate drainage. The other strap is the NATO strap made from recycled fishing nets specially made by Zenith, for luxury sports watches, because of the limited integrated design of the watch head and bracelet, we rarely see them equipped with woven straps, and Zenith has developed a set of lug replacement components for the watch, which can be easily changed through the quick-plug system, so that the woven strap can also be easily replaced, one watch and three straps, to meet the different needs of the wearer.
Summary: At the end of the article, I will talk to my cousins a few more words, I actually like the performance of this new work in the design, I think this watch is not simply a diver's watch to make a luxury sports watch style, but you can see Zenith from the watch for the design, know what you want, also have your own insistence, not only very clever to the diver's watch rotating bezel and DEFY's iconic polygonal bezel to do the fusion, but also ingenious for the watch head bracelet integrated design, compatible with woven straps, A lug insert was specially designed. But one thing to say, the price of the watch is 90,300 yuan, even if the watch is made of all five grade titanium, with excellent appearance design, excellent performance, but it still comes to the luxury advanced choice, that is at the price of the choice is too many, I don't know if this luxury sports watch diving style that is excellent in all aspects, whether it can meet everyone's taste. As a new piece of watch and wonder, the DEFY EXTREME DIVER diver's watch and the DEFY Revival A3648 revival watch will also arrive in stores in the near future.