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Oh yes Oscar, I know what you mean about a mechanical version and it's price...I like watches that are complicated,not because I use all the complications ,but because they take more time to build,and are works of art.
Question is: Do you fancy complications because you use them all or do you fancy engineering masterpieces like most of the mechanical versions buyers?
...because the Campanola is a quartz does not make it any less desirable than a mechanical imo, all Campanola’s are hand assembled and have hand finished quartz movements,not your typical quartz movement. The complications and high quality craftsmanship is top notch,and from what I have researched is that only 13 of the finest watchmakers at the Campanola facility in Shinshu Japan are skilled enough to make these timepieces.The Campanola is a fine Japanese watch,Citizens marquis,much like Grand Seiko is to Seiko,and not to be mixed up with any Chinese,or other Asian brand we may have seen popping up lately.
The case is hand made,and polished to perfection,then that finish is protected by Citizen’s DURATECT coating, which increases the hardness factor by about 5 times of a normal SS case.... it has a double domed,curved anti-reflective sapphire crystal ,the dial is also hand finished in Urushi lacquer that is done by only one artist. "This artist has been doing lacquer work so long, he no longer has fingerprints due to the lacquer build up". The special lacquer is made from the sap of a tree that grows only in eastern Asia,the Campanola with burgundy dial is one of few models to use this technique,Urushi lacquer,with gold flecks,and that is what drew me to this model Campanola,it was the dialwork,along with the complications...it should land tomorrow,and I will post pics.I am pretty amped to be able to pick one of these up,and since they are no longer available in the USA will become harder to find as the years go on imo.
