![]() ![]() I’m not necessarily criticizing their decision, but rather still just trying to wrap my head around it.īack to the Citizen Campanola Mechanical Chronograph watch itself. But also that they are doing more interesting and experimental things aimed at enthusiasts. So does putting a La Joux-Perret movement in an admittedly well-made and attractive package help them achieve greater prestige and recognition among snobby mechanical watch “aficionados?” The Citizen Campanola Mechanical Chronograph demonstrates 1) that Citizen can produce high-quality hardware (as we can expect quality along the lines that we saw hands-on with models linked to above) and 2) they can purchase fancy mechanical movements. ![]() What Citizen does best is quartz (and particularly light-powered Eco-Drive) watches mostly aimed at mainstream consumers more than enthusiasts. Like Seiko, but probably even more so, Citizen still has a far way to climb to be perceived by many consumers as deserving the luxury dollars that go mostly to Swiss watches. And La Joux-Perret makes movements for some of the most respected Swiss brands along with their own haute horology brands Arnold & Son and Angelus (also now under Citizen). Where to begin? We’ll remind you first that Campanola is Citizen’s high-end sub-brand, kind of akin to Grand Seiko for Seiko in terms of positioning. ![]() These Citizen Campanola Mechanical Chronograph models are new to the collection for 2016. After adding movement maker La Joux-Perret, among other Swiss brand acquisitions, it was interesting and somewhat unexpected to begin seeing the Swiss movements appear in Campanola‘s Mechanical collection (that we debuted here and later went hands-on with here). Much more than just a producer of their own Citizen watches and Miyota movements, if you didn’t already know, Japanese Citizen is becoming a player among luxury watch holding groups, technically with more watch brands under it now than LVMH. ![]()
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