Zenith fake watch Defy 21 Felipe Pantone: A colorful chronograph

Posted by lifata on November 29th, 2023

In 2020, the Argentine-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone artistically designed a building belonging to the Zenith fake watch manufacturer in Le Locle. Now comes a limited Zenith Defy 21 Felipe Pantone chronograph. The design of the high-tech caliber and the dial fascinates with its colors and patterns.

Felipe Pantone and Zenith

In 1986, Felipe Pantone was born in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. The 35-year-old grew up in the southeast of Spain. However, the artist had already made a name for himself before the launch of the Zenith Defy 21 Felipe Pantone chronograph. In particular, his kinetic objects, graffiti and design objects quickly brought him recognition and fame.

The unmistakable characteristics of his works of art include powerful colors, clear geometric patterns and elements of optical art, known as Op Art for short. For example, when you look at it, memories of the television test images from earlier years are brought back. The first exhibitions took place in 2006.

The artist provided another example of his surprising and modern style in 2020. Felipe Pantone colorfully staged part of the venerable building of the Zenith replica watch manufacturer.

This work was followed by a wristwatch, which underlines the cooperation between the watch manufacturer and the artist. Specifically, it is a model from the Zenith Defy 21 line, which Uhrenkosmos has already reported extensively on here.

Zenith Defy 21 Felipe Pantone

Thanks to the COSC-certified automatic caliber 9004, the new Zenith Defy 21 Felipe Pantone Chronograph, limited to 100 pieces and available for 18,600 euros, is able to stop accurately to the hundredth of a second. For this purpose, the smaller of the two balance wheels oscillates at a very brisk 50 Hertz. The larger counterpart, which is responsible for displaying the time, completes the usual 36,000 semi-oscillations per hour for an El Primero caliber, which corresponds to a frequency of five Hertz. The water resistance is excellent and the 44 millimeter watch replicas uk with a ceramic display case can withstand up to ten bar of pressure.

Felipe Pantone's handwriting

Pantone's collaboration can be seen in various design elements. This initially includes the three-dimensional PVD coating of the bridges. Depending on the incidence of light, silicon particles cause a metallic color gradient in rainbow tones.

The design of the hands for hours and minutes takes up the lightning that characterizes many of Felipe Pantone's works of art. Another recurring theme is the thin, alternating white and black stripes. It creates a moiré effect of the openwork dial. That leaves the bezel and the rubber strap. Both also feature a Pantone-style grid pattern.

The follow-up model Zenith Defy Extreme Felipe Pantone, which was launched in October 2022, also uses a similar effect.