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Zenith unveils DEFY Extreme Felipe Pantone edition
By Tempus | 29 October 2022 | Style
The new collaboration with the famed artist of the same name uses unique microscopic technology to create a shimmering, colourful design
Last week, Zenith, the famed Swiss watchmaker, revealed its unique DEFY Extreme Felipe Pantone timepiece, in collaboration with the artist that gave the model its name.
For the new launch, the maison teamed up with the contemporary artist Felipe Pantone to create a limited edition timepiece using the DEFY Extreme Chronograph as a base. The model features a design based on the artist's chromatic artworks, which manipulate the frequencies of light to create surreal, glistening designs.
Using a transparent sapphire disk as the dial’s base, an physio-chemical process is used to create hidden micro-engraved patterns — that are just 100 nanometres deep — in the surface of the watch's materials. This process gives the sapphire an iridescent effect, reflecting different colours that shift with the angle of light while making the patterns visible. This element marks the first time that Pantone’s signature aesthetic is applied to sapphire crystal.
“Once again, I’m ultra-happy to announce a new collaboration with the Swiss horology masters at ZENITH," said Pantone of the new creation. "For this watch, I applied and referenced some of the concepts behind my Planned Iridescence series. For the first time, I intervened a piece of sapphire creating a radial hologram that appears only under the right light in an astounding way."
The DEFY Extreme Felipe Pantone edition retails at £25,300