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if your going to buy a quartz you've bought one of the best
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 lot of effort goes into making these Campanola's.
a nice quartz complication and a tempting aquisition
Graham
My Grand Complication
By: docsnov : May 13th, 2012-01:46
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...
Nice watch!
By: sidneyc : May 13th, 2012-17:32
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...
Thanks Graham
By: docsnov : May 16th, 2012-20:05
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...