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Geneva Watch Week 2018: New Zenith Defy El Primero 21 variations (brushed titamium, black titanium, ceramics, red gold, titanium plus diamonds)

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Zenith enlarges the Defy collection with these new case variations of the initial model, the performance-focussed Defy El Primero 21 chronograph with 1/100 seconds counter:
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In detail we have:

1.) Brushed Titanium with closed dial
(on rubber strap and on a titanium bracelet):

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2.) Brushed Titanium with skeleton dial
(on rubber strap and on a titanium bracelet):

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3.) Brushed Titamium with a blue skeleton dial (on leather, rubber strap and titanium bracelet):

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4.) Ceramic case (on rubber strap or ceramic bracelet):
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5.) Red gold case (on leather strap or red gol bracelet):

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6.) Titanium case with diamonds
(either bezel set or full set; leather strap):
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More and in (real-life) detail later this week!
Magnus

Comments:
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Alkiro1 January 14th, 2018-23:50
The blue skeleton is truly nice and cool. The dial really pops-up with this element Best wishes Alkiro
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Ornatus-Mundi January 15th, 2018-00:16
Can’t wait to see it life...  
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Alkiro1 January 15th, 2018-00:20
I fully understand why 😉 Best wishes Alkiro
chikai168 January 15th, 2018-04:11
I concur!  The blue really does pop! More choices to make now! BW, Chi Kai
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Ornatus-Mundi January 15th, 2018-05:19
Yes, but there is one I had to file of: black ceramics on a black ceramic bracelet... mmh!  
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ripper444 January 15th, 2018-07:39
All very nice but.. with first glance they looked like VC overseas chrono’s!
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stromer January 15th, 2018-08:16
Ouch, this will definitely make thins more difficult :-) The bracelets look cool, also the blue accented dials. Black on black ceramics could be really good ( if only the had stayed with white lume. With the black lume the hands and the indexes of the ceramics model play hide and seek as I could see in the Pari... 
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vitalsigns January 15th, 2018-09:11
Nice lineup from Zenith Is the "chrono power reserve" label a misnomer? Presumably what's measured by the reserve de marche is the power reserve of the entire watch, not merely the chrono mechanism. Nice looking watch, though. The steel bracelet version seems to draw from the Ro... 
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stromer January 15th, 2018-09:21
It is indeed correct as it is. The El Primero 21 actually houses two movements in one. You have the time movement which is automatically wound and has a balance that beats at 5Hz (36.000bph) And then you have a manually wound Chrono movement with its own balance beating at 50Hz (360.00... 
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vitalsigns January 15th, 2018-09:30
Thanks, Martin. I appreciate the clarification. I didn't realize this was a two-movement watch.  
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