The Review of Citizen Campanola Grand Complication Chime Watch AH4000-1X AH4000-01

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb 04, 2010 -
This watch combines so many desirable features and details that it is hard to resist. Citizen Campanolas are a line of watches actually. 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. The Citizen Campanola is a quartz movement, which is inherently not "mechanical." 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. 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. Due to the high number of complications in this watch, there is a small learning curve required in order to figure out how to use them all. For example, to use the chronograph, the watch needs to be in chronograph mode. This requires pushing down the push-button below the crown which aligns the hands for time-measuring operation. The face has an array of dials and hands, legibility is quite good. The periphery of the face involves the placement of large beautifully painted Arabic numerals. The hour and minute hands are white in contrast to the darker face in order to permit a better reading.

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The watch uses a battery, like most quartz watches. This watch is a large watch. The case without crown is 45mm. The face of the watch employs a three-dimensional look with a raised minute counter and its many hands. The outer portion of the face with the numerals is also raised up from the middle of the face. The dial of the watch is crafted in what is called "Japanese Rose Wood." A special lacquering technique used to create a reddish brown that sparkles as though it contained small stars. This slightly cosmic look goes with the stars in the moon phase indicator and is reminiscent that our calendars and time telling itself base themselves on the skies and Earth movement through the cosmos.  the steel cases are polished to an excellent high gloss, which also includes the parts on the band clasp, and curved pieces under the watch that make the watch sit more comfortably on the wrist. This watch is easily wearable every day. This is a very interesting time piece
This watch also have chiming function which is also  known as a minute repeater. A minute repeater is a watch that chiming upon the pressing of a button or performing some mechanical action to the watch.  The Citizen Campanola Grand Complication will tell you the time is when you operate this minute repeater function. You press a button a little song of chimes is played.

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Some Important Features:

Perpetual Calendar
Minute Repeater chime watch
Calibre: 6770
Non-reflective, scratch resistant domed sapphire crystal
Case: Duratect stainless steel
Crocodile leather strap
Moon phase indicator
Chronograph (12 hours)

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