ZENITH – DEFY Extreme Diver Titanium Exclusive Edition

 

ZENITH – DEFY Extreme Diver Silver Dial 42.5 mm Titanium Exclusive Boutiques Edition - 2024

 ILLUMINATING THE UNEXPLORED DEPTHS: ZENITH UNVEILS A NEW EDITION OF THE DEFY EXTREME DIVER

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After introducing its new line of diver’s watches earlier this year at Watches & Wonders as a contemporary continuation of the DEFY’s long history of rugged watches built to take on demanding and extreme conditions, ZENITH is unveiling the new edition of the DEFY Extreme Diver with a silvery-white dial.

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Extreme in both form and function. The DEFY Extreme Diver is the latest in a long line of purpose-built DEFY watches, going as far back as 1969. As a collection designed to brave the elements and offer exemplary robustness and ruggedness, a diver’s watch was always a natural extension of ZENITH’s most daring line. 

 

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Maintaining the DEFY’s distinctive design with its signature angular case and faceted bezel, ZENITH incorporated all the necessary elements to create a diver’s watch, including a rotating bezel and bright colour accents for instant readability underwater and the most extreme conditions where visibility is limited. 

 

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Inspired by both historical DEFY diver’s references as well as the modern incarnation of the DEFY line, notably the DEFY Extreme, the DEFY Extreme Diver is a feature-packed diver’s watch that is inherently a ZENITH DEFY, built to withstand the extreme conditions encountered in the harshest environments where ice, mist and deep dark waters call for enhanced performance and legibility.

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With a singular yet familiar and modernistic silhouette, this DEFY Extreme Diver’s highly intricate case design serves to enhance its depth-defying performance. Measuring 42.5mm in diameter, the angular case is crafted in titanium, a metal that not only boasts a significant weight-to-strength ratio but is also highly resistant to corrosion from salty seawater.

 

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The case is equipped with a helium escape valve for saturation diving. Above the fixed dodecagonal bezel, the black ceramic unidirectional rotating bezel features grooved edges for a better grip when operating – even with gloves on. The bezel is engraved and filled with Super-LumiNova for effortless reading underwater where light is scarce.

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Designed to be tightly secured in place but with enough grip to easily operate, the oversized screw-down crown is protected by titanium crown-guards on either side. 

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Just like the historical DEFY A3648 from 1969, the DEFY Extreme Diver is rated to 600 metres (60 ATM) of water-resistance, which happens to be 1’969 feet – a symbolic number for the DEFY diver. 

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It not only meets the ISO 6245 standards for diver watches, which includes ISO 764 for paramagnetism and ISO 1413 for shock-resistance, making it a comprehensive diver’s watch suited to the most demanding conditions.

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Something of a signature in the contemporary DEFY line, the dial features a geometric pattern of engraved four-pointed stars, a symbol that first appeared on the DEFY models on the case back and crown in 1969. Specially for this new DEFY Extreme Diver, the dial is done in a silvery-white tone, with sunburst finish featuring rays emanating from the applied ZENITH star at 12 o’clock. The date at 3 o’clock is colour-matched to the dial.

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Keeping readability in mind, the DEFY Extreme Diver’s dial is set with oversized hands and applied hour markers that feature three different pigments of “X1” grade Super-LumiNova, with light emissions in blue, green and yellow. This light display helps to instantly distinguish between the hours, minutes, and seconds. The bright orange accents are a nod to historical DEFY diver models, from a time when it was believed that bright orange was the most highly legible colour underwater.

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The DEFY Extreme Diver is powered by the El Primero 3620-SC automatic high-frequency manufacture calibre with 60 hours power reserve, visible through a sapphire display back – an uncommon feature among diver’s watches. This version of El Primero features a paramagnetic escapement with key components in non-metallic silicon.

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Completing the DEFY Extreme Diver is its titanium three-link bracelet as well as two supplied straps. The first additional strap is a black FKM rubber with a Cordura-effect texture that features vents on the side, allowing water to pass through. For more professional uses, the DEFY Extreme Diver also comes with an extra-long strap, made of recycled fishing nets, that’s meant to be worn over a wetsuit, with specific end-pieces to pass the single-piece strap through and under the case for a secure fit.

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The new DEFY Extreme Diver is available exclusively from ZENITH’s physical, online boutiques and through authorized retailers worldwide.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: DEFY Extreme Diver Titanium  Edition

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Reference:  95.9600.3620/01.I300 - Interchangable Strap

Key points: 

El Primero 3-hand watch, stop-second mechanism, black ceramic unidirectional
rotating bezel filled with SuperLuminova, starry sky pattern on the dial, screwed-in crown, helium valve, 600M Water resistance, full Interchangeable strap system

 
 MOVEMENT 
Calibre: El Primero 3620 SC Automatic
Frequency: 36’000 VpH – 5Hz
Power reserve: 60hours 

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Functions: 
Hours and minutes in the center, central second hand
Date indication at 3 o’clock.
Finishes: new star-shaped oscillating weight with satined finishings
CASE
Material: Brushed titanium
Water resistance: 60ATM
Case: 42.5mm
Thickness: 15.5 mm
Crystal: flat sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides Case-back:
transparent sapphire crysta
DIAL 
Silver-toned sunray-patterned
Hour markers: rhodium-plated, faceted and coated with SuperLuminova X1
Hands: rhodium-plated, faceted and coated with SuperLuminova X1
Bracelet & Buckle
Full interchangeable strap system. 3 straps included: 1 black rubber with
folding buckle, 1 white fabric strap with pin buckle & 1 metal bracelet with folding clasp

🔰Edition: ✅ of ❱❱❱ 1’969 pieces

🔴Price: 10’900 CHF / 11’800 EUR / US $11,900 💰

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Press Release - 2024
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