sidneyc
2009
Nice watch!
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, chronograph, moonphase. Hugely regret letting go of it as it's a real fun piece!
My Grand Complication
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...
Why not, after all?
I must admit that I had, more than once, some guilty thoughts on a Tissot T Touch... Best, Nicolas
I think you have summed up my thinking
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...
If thr campanola style appeals to you, then they are ...
good value for a quartz watch.
Nothing against quartz
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
I have to agree with you
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
Nice watch!
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...
Heresy!!! :)- 5 Hail St Maos and all will be forgiven
Jokes aside, why not...a super by well built quartz is better then a crap mechanical. Congrats. Best, Horo
I have been praying
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
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...
Thanks Graham
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...
if you take a video and send it to Art im sure he will upload it for you as he is king of the upload. best G
Plenty of wheels, cogs and levers...
...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......