Citizen Campanola Grand Complication Review: Radiant Example Of Detail And Refinement

Not all the models in the Citizen Campanola line appeal to me as this watch does, but they all combine time telling with interesting calendar functions.For a watch enthusiast, the movement of a watch is a first priority of inquiry. The Citizen Campanola is a quartz movement, which is inherently not "mechanical." Most people investing in watches such as this will demand an entirely mechanical watch, as there is a premonition that quartz watches are cheap. This may be so for the most part, but Citizen was correct to use a quartz movement in this watch. The reason is the level complications. A mechanical watch that does everything the Citizen Campanola Grand Complication can do would be at least $80,000. A brief list of the main complications are: time indication, full perpetual calendar with leap years, 12-hour chronograph, moonphase indicator, and a chiming mechanism that tells the time in a series of chiming sounds if you can read the *** code. All these features together are possible in a mechanical movement, but are rare and very expensive.The quartz movement that Citizen created for this watch is completely hand assembled, and offers the reliability and smooth operation that a quartz movement can deliver. Once in a while there is an object of art that remains in your mind. You might see it once or a few times before realizing the appeal that it has to you. I first noticed the Citizen Campanola Grand Complication in an advertisement in a watch magazine. I actually tore out the page for quick reference when I wanted to take a look at it. I even (and still today) placed an image of the watch as the wall*** of my computer's desktop. This watch combines so many desirable features and details that it is hard to resist. This review focuses on the one Citizen Campanola that I own, that being one in the Grand Complication series.Citizen Campanolas are a line of watches actually. This is just one example, and there are several more. They represent the highest level of product that Japanese watch maker Citizen is able to produce. Unlike other Citizen watches, these are each completely hand made. This means that they are assembled by hand, and that many of the components are made by hand as well.