Zenith Continues to Push the Envelope with the DEFY Extreme Double Tourbillon

By Gabriel Pessoa December 22, 2022

Zenith adds to its DEFY Extreme line with its most advanced and complicated chronograph movement to date.

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Further proving Zenith’s unmatched expertise in the chronograph sector, the newest timepiece is equipped with two independent tourbillon mechanisms.

The DEFY Extreme Double Tourbillon represents the pinnacle of innovative haute horlogerie as Zenith envisions it. Not complicated for complication’s sake, but a true advancement of high- precision chronographs that builds on over 50 years of innovation and improvement of the high- frequency automatic chronograph that began with the El Primero. Its two independent tourbillons complete rotations in 60 seconds for the time-keeping tourbillon and 5 seconds for the chronograph’s tourbillon, making it among the fastest tourbillons ever made, as well as the only 1/100th of a second chronograph, beating at the phenomenal rate of 360’000 VpH.

Conceived with endurance and ruggedness in mind and perfectly suited to house such an intricate and complex movement, the DEFY Extreme Double Tourbillon’s angular and robust case measures 45mm wide and is available in two executions.

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The first DEFY Extreme Double Tourbillon is crafted entirely in titanium with a mix of satin-brushed, polished and matte surfaces including the bracelet, while the second is done in carbon fiber with sandblasted matte rose gold twelve-sided bezel and pusher protectors on a black textured rubber strap. Its open dial, with applied chronograph counters and tinted transparent sapphire elements, allows for an unobstructed view of the groundbreaking movement and its two tourbillon mechanisms with star-shaped cages.

The movement’s exceptional performance and ultra-modern architecture that make it a showstopper. Something of a signature among ZENITH’s recent haute horlogerie creations, the movement’s decoration takes on a modern and heavily contrasting look that emphasizes its futuristic nature. First, the movement’s open and satin-brushed bridges are coated in a layer of black PVD. Then, the edges of those bridges are highlighted in rose gold color, revealing the geometric forms of the bridges in a true departure from traditional watchmaking decoration techniques.

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