Horological Meandering

Chronograph? Check. Perpetual Calender? Check. Moonphase? Check. Minute Repeater? Check. Quartz Movement? Yes, quartz movement. I present a Citizen Campanola grand complication. I bought this watch for the minute repeater function, seeing as I will likely...  

I must admit that I had, more than once, some guilty thoughts on a Tissot T Touch... Best, Nicolas

with your statement. I felt a little like a heretic buying a quartz watch, but seeing as I have plenty of mechanical watches, why not? Certainly no replacement for the beauty and quality of a good mechanical movement, but again the repeater function has b... 

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good value for a quartz watch.

I've got nothing against quartz, and think it's the only sensible option for many uses. I've thought about these Campanolas but there' something about the style that just doesn't click with me. nick

about the style. My motivations for buying this made me overlook the styling, which was not my favorite either, but I was actually pleased that it looked better in my hands than in pictures, which was an added bonus. Stewart

There's nothing wrong about quartz, and it's amazing that the Japanese are good at making grand complications out of them! Congrats on your new acquisition! I used to own a Shellman Grand Complication, which has the perpetual calendar, minute repeater, ch... 

Certainly a good watch for the money in my opinion. Stewart

Jokes aside, why not...a super by well built quartz is better then a crap mechanical. Congrats. Best, Horo

at the temple of the swiss lever escapement ever since I made this confession. Keep the jokes coming. This site could use a little more levity. We often take our passion a little too seriously Stewart

a friend of mine has the Citizen eco drive perpetual with minute repeater. you could consider that the entry level version of this, but this is much nicer. they do a very good job of tuning the electronic chime to sound like a bell. from what i've read, a... 

The minute repeater was the main motivation for my purchase, and I was willing to go quartz as a mechanical repeater is not in my future. It does have a good sound, and is an all around nice watch which is getting a decent amount of wrist time. If I can f... 

if you take a video and send it to Art im sure he will upload it for you as he is king of the upload. best G

...in those Citizens. I've several quartz watches (mainly divers), and while the complexity/busyness of the Campanolo isn't my cup of tea, there's a lot of work in them. The minute repeaters are supposedly based on, or a cousin of the E210 below......