Ihave been wearing the Zenith Defy Midnight Borealis for a month. For more than 30 wonderful days I have sunk into the richness of its blue-to-green gradient guilloché dial. We have grinned glassy-eyed at the light playing on its diamond indices and bezel. I use watched its hair-thin seconds hand, ballasted by a small sharp star, make its way past the logo – which itself is rather starry.
At first, I thought this watch had too much color for me. Not necessarily the intensity associated with color, but the two-tone aspect of it. Don't get me wrong, I accepted the loan graciously, but thought the actual plain blue, multi-star-studded Defy Midnight would be more my speed. But as so often happens, wearing a watch is very different from imagining putting on a watch, and this 36mm Borealis, like the actual natural spectacle itself, drew many oohs and ahhs. Words like "beautiful, " "gorgeous, inch "sexy, inches and "so gorgeous" were thrown about carelessly every single time I wore it. Children liked it. (Pretty colors! ) Teenagers enjoyed it. (Cool, but not too serious! ) Old people liked this. (Oh wait, that's me, who loved it for all those reasons plus, obviously, the particular diamonds which we will get to later. )
I enjoyed the attention; I possess said before, I want a wrist watch that people can see coming. I had a gold Cartier Tank Française for any month. No one said a damn thing about it. This was disappointing, as well as unacceptable, such as: Hey, Container, I know you're an icon but symbol believe how many people just don't notice you.
Praise is wonderful, some might say essential, however it's the private times with a watch that count. If a watch doesn't please a person, the wearer, then you're nowhere - and I was able to have many quiet somewheres with this Defy Night time Borealis when I got COVID. If you've had COVID, you know what I am talking about. It's not just the illness, it's the angst that's built into it. Long stretches regarding lying half-awake wondering, "Why am I here? " And thanks to having this view on my wrist the whole time, I was able to respond to myself: I am right here to wear typically the Zenith Escape Midnight Borealis. The days stretched on, formless and interminable, but the cool silkiness of the bracelet against my feverish wrist reminded me that other simple pleasures would soon return. The delicate persistence of the secs hand, often the rays of light beaming out from the star logo through fathomless blue had been my constant friends. I had formed COVID for 5 days, but the Zenith Defy Night Borealis made it feel like three-and-a-half.