The Roaring Tiger Mannequin of the Zenith Defy Extreme Jungle

Following the trail set by the Desert and Glacier editions, Zenith sends its Defy Extreme into the jungle to complete its trilogy of hostile environment-inspired fashions. The boldest, most sturdy and technical-looking model throughout the mannequin’s assortment roars loudly with tiger stripes and splendid inexperienced jungle accents.

Zenith’s Defy Extreme assortment, launched in 2021, is the high-testosterone brother of the Defy family with two regulating organs beating at fully completely different speeds; the regulator for the timekeeping beats at 5Hz whereas the regulator for the chronograph whizzes at 50Hz to grab 1/100^th-of-a-second chronograph readings.

As a result of the third member of the acute environment assortment, the Defy Extreme Jungle moreover choices pure stones. The Desert model, as an illustration, built-in Falcon’s Eye stone on the pushers and 12-sided bezel, whereas the Glacier reference captured the icy blue colour of frozen landscapes with Chalcedony.

Supplied in a 200m waterproof, 45mm titanium case with a peak of 15.4mm, the jutting angles of the case are brushed with broad polished bevels on the case flanks and bezel. The Defy Extreme Jungle pumps up the colour to daring volumes. To evoke the stripy fur of tigers, the pusher protectors and the dodecagonal bezel are comprised of Tiger’s Eye stone. Renowned for its chatoyancy, or cat’s eye impression, Tiger’s Eye is a variant of quartz with golden and rusty-brown striations. The impression is dramatic and ensures that each watch shall be distinctive.

The openworked, multi-layered dial accommodates a jungle green-tinted sapphire crystal for the three sub-dials and the power reserve indicator at noon. Even the mainplate and rotor are accomplished with a khaki inexperienced colour to take care of the jungle theme fixed. Taking the stripy tiger theme to the dial, the three sub-dials perform orange and black striped frames with white markings. Like all fashions outfitted with the El Primero 9004 calibre, the central chronograph hand whizzes throughout the dial in a single second, allowing for precision timings which may be measured on the 1/100^th-of-a-seconds monitor on the peripheral flange.

The rhodium-plated indices and hour and minute palms have beige Super-LumiNova. Launched in 2017, the El Primero 9004 notched up the tempo of the 1969 El Primero movement from 5Hz to 50Hz and raised precision tenfold. To verify there could also be ample petrol throughout the tank to power every escapements, there is a double barrel with 50h functionality when the chronograph should not be engaged.

Like completely different Zenith Defy Extreme fashions, the watch comes with a wise strap alternate system. It is delivered with a titanium bracelet, a inexperienced embossed rubber strap with a titanium folding buckle and a black Velcro strap. The Zenith Defy Extreme Jungle is a restricted model of fifty gadgets and retails for CHF 25,900 / EUR 28,000. Further knowledge at Zenith-Watches.com.