[LVMH Watch & Jewelry Japan Co., Ltd. Zenith Division]
Light, color, motion: Defy Skyline, the third installment of the long-awaited collaboration between Zenith and contemporary artist Felipe Panton.
Special edition of Tourbillon is now available
*LVMH Watch & Jewelry Japan Co., Ltd. Zenith Division*
Press release: August 27, 2024
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Light, color, motion: Defy Skyline, the third installment of the long-awaited collaboration between Zenith and contemporary artist Felipe Panton.
Special edition of Tourbillon is now available
The worlds of contemporary art and haute horlogerie meet once again to create a collaboration of color and intricate visual effects. Zenith, Switzerland’s first integrated watch manufacturer, and world-renowned contemporary artist Felipe Panton once again aim for new heights. The new work, the third in the collaboration, incorporates all of the innovative elements that characterize the project into a timepiece. “Defy” limited to 100 pieces
Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Panton” will be released from September 12, 2024.
A fusion of contemporary art and cutting-edge watchmaking. Starting with a specially designed tarpaulin unveiled in 2020 using the historic Manufacture’s façade as a canvas, Zenith and Valencia-based optical artist Felipe Panton have presented various watch projects. The 2021 “Defy 21” limited model will be sold out immediately, and the unique piece “Defy 21 Double Tourbillon” with sapphire case will be auctioned for charity
The highest bid price for a Zenith watch was recorded in “Only Watch 2021″. As expectations rise for 2022, “Defy Extreme
Felipe Panton” has been released. And this collaboration will evolve to a new dimension. This time, the artist’s canvas is “Defy” Skyline Tourbillon. Felipe Panton’s “Defy”
This is the first time that we have interpreted the “Skyline” model. The result is a new watch that is compact and versatile, yet packed with the precise original details that characterize the collaboration between Zenith and Felipe Panton.
Commenting on this new chapter in his creative project with Zenith, Felipe Panton said: *
“We are very pleased to present our latest collaboration with Zenith. We have created our most distinctive watch to date. A masterpiece of haute horology that combines simplicity and sophistication. This timepiece is both complex and minimalistic. , indexes and hands with fine gradation, “Planned”
Unique details include the “Iridescence” mirror dial and the unique tourbillon in the shape of a lightning bolt.”*
The DEFY Skyline Tourbillon is housed in an octagonal 41mm stainless steel case. Felipe Panton has a geometric, angular silhouette, from the frame to the miniature kinetic art inside. Alternating satin and polished finish
This unisex timepiece, with an easily interchangeable steel bracelet and black rubber strap, is not only visually impressive, but also ergonomically designed.
It has been done. The dodecagonal bezel has sharp facets and a smooth polished outline that freely manipulates light and captivates. Zenith X so far
Following the Felipe Pantone project, the four corners of the case are engraved with “FPT1”, which stands for “Felipe Pantone Tourbillon #1”. Masu.
“Defy Skyline Tourbillon”
From the moment you see Felipe Panton, the central element attracts your attention. The tourbillon mechanism, visible through the opening at 6 o’clock, takes 60 seconds.
It rotates once and constantly brings movement to the clock. This collaborative model features a special lightning bolt-shaped tourbillon bridge. Lightning is a recurring motif in Felipe Panton’s wide and varied body of work. The bridge and the star-shaped tourbillon cage connecting the four points are decorated with a metallic rainbow color gradation devised in the first collaboration in 2021 using 3D PVD technology, embodying Felipe Panton’s original aesthetic. It is vividly expressed.
The rainbow-colored effect applied to the entire dial is similar to that of Zenith
This is a new attempt not found in Felipe Panton’s works. The dial is made from a sapphire disc and is micro-engraved with a concentric pattern, reproducing the moiré effect used in Pantone’s work. The back of the sapphire dial has a mirror metallic finish, which works in synergy with the micro-engraving to create a striking hue reminiscent of a CD.
Additionally, the vignette effect on the sapphire disc creates a darkening effect towards the edges, adding depth to the dial and a retro, nostalgic mood. The combination of a sapphire crystal with a mirrored rear finish, a micro-engraved pattern and a vignette effect creates an extremely complex and unique expression, both technically and visually.
The hands and applied hour markers are similarly intricate and attractive. Based on Felipe Panton’s signature visual distortion style, the hands and hour markers are designed with a graphical glitch-like distortion in the center (“crosses” at 3, 9, and 12 o’clock). ” (excluding cardinal markers). To match the tourbillon at 6 o’clock, the hands and markers also feature a rainbow-colored gradation.
The Defy Skyline Tourbillon is equipped with the El Primero 3630 high-frequency self-winding in-house movement and has a power reserve of approximately 60 hours.
Felipe Panton’s movement reflects the artist’s sense of color. The star-shaped rotor has a rainbow-colored PVD finish that echoes the metallic elements of the tourbillon cage, bridges, and dial.
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Felipe Panton’s latest collaboration, this model is presented in its original watch box. The inside of the box features a rainbow-colored pattern, and the outer box is designed by the artist in his own style. Limited to 100 pieces, the Defy Skyline Tourbillon Felipe Panton will be available from September 12th at Zenith online boutiques and Zenith stores around the world.
It will be sold sequentially at boutiques and some authorized retailers.
About Felipe Panton
Argentinian-Spanish artist Felipe Panton
He started creating graffiti at the age of 12 and later earned a degree in fine art in Valencia (Spain). Currently, he maintains a studio in Valencia, where he engages in creative activities with themes of dynamism, transformation, digital revolution, and the present moment.
Felipe Panton’s work evokes a collision between an analog past and a digital future. There, man and machine glitch side-by-side in a prism of neon color gradients, geometric shapes, optical patterns, and jagged grids.
Panton, who is based in Spain, is an artist born in the age of technology, where children learn about the mysteries of life through the internet. Long hours spent with screens led him to explore the changes that shifts in the light spectrum bring to color and pattern. *
“Color is created by light, and light is the only reason life exists,” says Pantone. “Light and color are the essence of visual art. Television, computers, and modern lighting have completely changed people’s perception of light and color.”*
Pantone’s work is a reflection on how we consume visual information. His work is inspired by kinetic artists such as Victor Vasarely and Carlos Cruz-Diez, who incorporate moiré (a visual effect created by overlapping lines of contrasting colors to give the illusion of movement) in their works. It creates a sense of vibration by changing the viewer’s viewing position.
To achieve its intended effect, Pantone uses modeling software to transform the project into 3D, then transform it into frescoes, murals, paintings, and sculptures, bringing tactility to the digital world.
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“I grew up and trained as a simple painter. My biggest goal now is to break free from any academic training and create art freely using the most effective tools.” he says. *
Whether it’s exhibitions in galleries around the world, a futuristic converted 1994 Chevrolet Corvette, or Portugal’s largest mural, his diverse body of work is connected by the intersection of technology and fine art.
* “I want to create things that aren’t supposed to be there,” he says. “To bring awareness to something and take people’s thinking
elsewhere”*
Defy Skyline Tourbillon Reference: 03.9301.3630/49.I001
Features: Automatic El Primero Tourbillon. Screw-down crown. Interchangeable strap system.
Movement: El Primero 3630
Frequency: 36,000 vibrations per hour – 5Hz
Power reserve: about 60 hours
Function: Hour and minute hands in the center. Tourbillon: Carriage at 6 o’clock that rotates once every minute. The tourbillon cage consists of 56 parts.
Finish: “Rainbow” PVD coated rotor Price including tax: 8,525,000 yen Material: Stainless steel Waterproof function: 10 ATM
Case: 41mm
Dial: Colored sapphire dial with mirror metal treatment and iridescent laser texture
Hour markers: rhodium-plated, faceted, “Rainbow” PVD coating, coated with Super-LumiNova SLN C1
Hands: rhodium-plated, faceted, “Rainbow” PVD coating, coated with Super-LumiNova SLN C1
Bracelet & Buckle: Stainless steel bracelet. Second strap: Black rubber strap with a starry sky drawn on it. Comes with a stainless steel folding buckle.
100 limited model