Today at Watches & Wonders, Zenith unveiled the latest extension of its cutting-edge, “resolutely futuristic” Defy collection, called Defy Extreme. The new collection, which the manufacture describes as ?all-terrain 1/100th of a second chronograph[s],? encompasses three models and essentially represents the most supercharged version of the Defy, with a larger and more accentuated silhouette to produce an overall more robust looking timepiece.  This new family arrives on the heels of other notable releases from the Defy collection, including the Defy 21 Felipe Pantone and Defy Classic Carbon, both unveiled at the start of this year.  

Taking a closer look at the Extreme trio, we find three distinct case executions: black microblasted titanium, blue-accented metallic titanium, and titanium-and-rose-gold. Upon first glance, the models seem like Zenith?s response to rising consumer interest in robust, integrated-bracelet sports watches, and one might even remark that the 12-sided ring underneath the bezel of each model is the brand?s answer to the increased use of octagonal shapes throughout the luxury-sport category; the recently released Big Bang Integral, from Zenith’s LVMH sister brand Hublot, features a somewhat similar design, for example.
All the cases are 45 mm in diameter by 15.4 mm thick ? essentially, as mentioned, a beefed up version of the original Defy shape. Each case features sharp faceting on all its edges and prominent chr...