If you?re at all engaged with the watch internet, you?re probably well aware of Zenith?s recently released Chronomaster Sport (Blake went on hands on here) and are quickly tiring of the endless hot takes related to this watch?s alleged similarities to a certain Rolex chronograph. To say some people have some fairly strong opinions on that topic would be an understatement. It almost makes you wish Zenith could get back to doing what they?ve been doing so well in recent years, which is making ultra modern watches that push design and technical envelopes, and are uniquely their own thing. The Defy 21 is the standard bearer for that piece of Zenith?s brand – a high end sports chronograph, often in exotic materials and with a skeletonized dial, and a movement that literally leaves normal chronos in the dust. Last week saw the introduction of a Defy 21 in an all new colorway, so it seems like a good time to take another look at this tech forward chrono. 
The Defy 21 Urban Jungle takes a favorite color of many (but not all) and brings it to the watch?s 44mm ceramic case. As you can see, it?s quite green, which is not a traditional tone for a case, to say the least. It does happen from time to time, though – you can think of the Defy 21?s Jungle as a sibling of Autodromo?s Safari, if you?d like. Obtaining a particular color consistently in a ceramic treatment is notoriously difficult, so the unusual choice by Zenith here is something of a flex. It?s also righ...