Specht & SöhneSP0023
Homage to the Zenith Defy Skyline
about$299
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Specht & Söhne SP0023 is a homage to the Zenith Defy Skyline, with a 37 mm case, 4 mm smaller. It uses an automatic movement and is water resistant to 50 m. It costs about $299 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference 03.9300.3620/51.I001. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | SP0023 | Defy Skyline (03.9300.3620/51.I001) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 37 mm | 41 mm | −4 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 43.5 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 11 mm | ≈ 12.1 mm | −1.1 mm |
| Lug width | 20 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 50 m | 100 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, NH35A | Automatic, El Primero 3620 | |
| Power reserve | 42 h | 60 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire | Sapphire | |
| Bezel | 12-sided faceted bezel (from images; not described by the brand) | 12-sided faceted bezel, vertically brushed | |
| Case material | 316L stainless steel | Stainless steel | |
| Lume | Yes | Super-LumiNova on applied indices and hands | |
| Bracelet | 316L stainless steel integrated bracelet; silicone strap option | Stainless steel, integrated, faceted links tapering from 26 mm to 17 mm; interchangeable with a rubber strap | |
| Weight | Not published | Not published |
- ≈ Defy Skyline, Thickness: median of 2 agreeing independent measurements (11.6–12.5 mm); the maker does not publish it.
The original
Zenith
Defy Skyline
Reference 03.9300.3620/51.I001, 41 mm, steel, blue dial, steel bracelet and blue rubber strap
- Case
- 41 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- Not published
- Thickness
- ≈ 12.1 mm
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Movement
- Automatic, El Primero 3620
- List price
- $10,000
Why it scores as it does
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Lug-to-lug is neither published nor measured for one of the two watches, so there is not enough data to score.
Proportions— / 30
- Case diameter0 / 124 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness3.8 / 61.1 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures— / 40
- 12-sided faceted bezel12 / 12Faceted multi-sided polished bezel visible in the official image.
- Dial with a grid of engraved four-pointed stars5 / 10A4 and A5 show a grid of small stars; the other colours use a honeycomb pattern instead.
- Integrated bracelet with faceted links that tapers3.5 / 7Integrated bracelet with block links; the links are not faceted and the taper is slight.
- 1/10th-second sub-dial at 9 o'clock0 / 5No sub-dial; the date window sits at 6.
- Applied faceted indices and hands4 / 4Applied bevelled bar indices and faceted lumed hands.
- Date window at 3 o'clock0 / 2Date window at 6, not 3.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications4 / 8Original has a date and a 1/10-second sub-dial; this has a date only.
- Bezel action4 / 4Fixed bezel, as on the original.
- Case and bezel materials4 / 4Steel case and bracelet, as on the original.
- Crystal shape and date window4 / 4Sapphire crystal, as on the original.
Movement type— / 10
- Movement type10 / 10Same movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- 12-sided bezel and integrated bracelet like the original
- Sapphire crystal
- 43.5 mm lug to lug, compact
- Five dial patterns
Less good
- No 1/10-second sub-dial and the date sits at 6
- Only two of five dials carry the star pattern
- 50 m water resistance
Versions and colours
- Blue honeycomb dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $299
- Pale yellow honeycomb dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $299
- Brown dial with gold starsIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $299
- Black dial with silver starsIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $299
- Black honeycomb dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $299
Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.
- spechtandsohnewatches.com › products › specht-and-sohne-sp0023a1-automatic
- spechtandsohnewatches.com › products › specht-sohne-vanguard-sp0021-defy-skyline-automatic-yellow-honeycomb-dial-1
- spechtandsohnewatches.com › products › specht-sohne-vanguard-sp0021-defy-skyline-automatic-gold-star-dial
- spechtandsohnewatches.com › products › specht-sohne-vanguard-sp0021-defy-skyline-automatic-yellow-honeycomb-dial
- spechtandsohnewatches.com › products › specht-sohne-vanguard-sp0021-defy-skyline-automatic-black-honeycomb-dial
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