We found it to be a rather pleasing buzz, and one which despite the ferocity of the hand spinning, has a calming effect. We do note that there is a whirring sound as the chronograph is engaged. Which is a pity, as the seconds hand spinning furiously around the dial, is quite a sight. Though truth be told, the combination of heavy skeletonization, and the dark hues (50 shades of grey?) of the dial makes it a rather difficult proposition to read the time, and even more challenging to read the chronograph indicators in the dark. We particularly like the little touches like the Zenith logo printed on the underside of the crystal, which looks like it is floating and lording over the dial. The watch looks quite classy, and has some wrist presence. The double balances are visible through apertures in the dial piercings. The outer ring bears markings of 1 to 100, allowing a timing granularity of 1/100th of a second. The dial itself is heavily skeletonized, and the indices are applied on the inner of two rings around the peripheral. To us, this whirls in the carbon and striations are beautiful in their own right. The carbon case is inherently unique in that it has layout patterns which become its own finger print. Living with the watch, we find the sapphire glass does its utmost best to attract and retain fingerprints, though all told, it is rather easy to clean – a quick swipe with a clean handkerchief or micro fibre cloth makes it gleaming and clean in an instant. The case shape is the classic Defy shape, with angular facets on a tonneau case and a round bezel. The case is 44mm in diameter and is made completely of carbon. Zenith Defy El Primero 21 Carbon The case, dial and hands New for 2019 is this version in a full carbon case. The original Defy El Primero 21 was available titanium and ceramicised aluminium in an openworked dial, with a solid closed dial version in titanium. Zenith first introduced the Defy El Primero 21 about 3 years ago, with the lightning style chronograph seconds hand which makes one complete revolution every second. This is our hands-on review of the watch. Introduced at Baselworld 2019, we get our hands on with the Zenith Defy El Primero 21 Carbon for a week and used it as our daily beater.
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