Over the previous few years, Zenith’s restricted version releases made in collaboration with Felipe Pantone have been a spotlight among the many deluge of collaborative restricted editions which have turn out to be so fashionable as of late. The Zenith x Pantone items are likely to really feel like little items of artwork, which is suitable when the collaborate is a visible artist. These collaborations additionally appear to be proper at dwelling throughout the Defy line, a set that has embraced a aptitude for coloration and the avant-garde so long as it has been in existence. The most recent launch from the pair is maybe their most formidable but, and marks the primary time Pantone has had a hand in a watch within the present Defy Skyline assortment.
The Defy Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Pantone takes what is nearly actually the model’s most unique Defy and offers it a blast of the chromatic and optical touches that Pantone is thought for. The tourbillon, after all, is the literal centerpiece of the design, and the bridge has been refashioned right here as a lightning bolt, a motif discovered all through Pantone’s work. Its colourful gradient and metallic end is paying homage to the ending that made the primary Pantone collaboration such a standout.
Whereas the earlier Felipe Pantone collaborations have featured dials which are largely skeletonized, a distinct strategy was taken with the brand new Defy Skyline Tourbillon. The dial is a big sapphire disc and has been micro-engraved with a sample of concentric circles. This “moire” impact is one other Pantone staple, and we noticed only a small glimpse of it in his second collaboration with Zenith, but it surely’s taken to a extra maximalist degree right here. The sapphire dial additionally has a vignette impact that makes it seem darker at its outer edges. Much like earlier releases, the palms and hour markers are “distorted” of their center part, recalling the lightning bolt impact of the tourbillon bridge, and naturally gradient coloration results are utilized all through.
The watch runs on the El Primero 3630 automated motion with a 60 hour energy reserve. The winding rotor, within the form of a star, has a rainbow PVD end that’s meant to enrich the tourbillon cage. The stainless-steel case measures 41mm in diameter and is 100 meters water-resistant, and options the identical extremely angular design widespread to different Defy Skyline releases.
The retail worth for the Defy Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Pantone is $62,300. It’s a restricted version of 100 items. Zenith
