【カンパノラ｜シチズン時計】「カンパノラ グランドコンプリケーション発売20周年記念モデル」が登場｜グランドコンプリケーションをクオーツで再現した記念モデルの開発ストーリー｜シチズン時計

«CAMPANOLA STORIES – Vol. 8: A Complication Brought into Modern Times» These CAMPANOLA STORIES videos show various people expressing the allure of creating and using CAMPANOLA watches, which inspire a sense of uniqueness. The 8th CAMPANOLA Grand Complication Development Team Members. They talk about the appeal of CAMPANOLA in terms of various aspects, including the background to the creation of the collection and the thought process behind the watches. 0:00 Grand Complication 1:06 “Hoshi-no-ame”Concept 1:32 “Souha”Concept 2:04 Mechanism 3:26 Japanese craftsmanship 4:48 Enjoying time 《Grand Complication》 The CAMPANOLA Grand Complication has four main mechanisms: A moon-phase indicator, minute-repeater function, chronograph, and perpetual calendar. Mechanical watches that feature these functions are sold for tens of millions of yen, but CAMPANOLA has used quartz to achieve the same functions. The concept behind the CAMPANOLA Grand Complication is to offer a product that allows as many people as possible to pick up and enjoy the functionality of this watch. “I believe that our mission at CAMPANOLA is to create products so that as many people as possible understand the pleasure of quartz and the appeal of watches,” says Enomoto, Chief Design Manager, CITIZEN Watch Design Department. 《Concept》 Hoshi-no-ame Hoshi-no-ame features a two-color black-gold design. A perfect starry sky is recreated using golden metallic specks on top of a black lacquer dial plate. The idea behind this design was to stir the imagination with a backdrop that recalls the innumerable stars at night. Souha The basis of the Souha design is the deep blue color. The design of the dial plate uses a sprinkling of metallic dust against a blue-lacquer backdrop to represent a rippling sea lit up by the moon of the moon-phase indicator as it glitters in the night sky. 《Mechanism》 The Grand Complication is known among watch enthusiasts as the “ultimate watch.” Given this recognition, CAMPANOLA aimed to achieve the use of quartz to produce the ultimate watch. By adding sound to the concept of “the beauty of space,” the appeal would extend from space to time. The function that produces this sound is the minute-repeater, which expresses time using a high–low sound. “We agonized over the question of how to recreate the chime sound in such a small watch,” explains Higuchi, Head, Development and Planning Department. With regard to the first Grand Complication model of 2002, Suzuki, the Head of the ME Development Department, says that “a huge amount of effort was put into making a watch as light as possible while also having all of these functions.” 《Japanese craftsmanship》 Broken porcelain can be repaired using kintsugi, a method in which a metallic lacquer is applied to the broken piece. It implies that there is a sense of beauty in something that has been broken. The use of lacquer in the CAMPANOLA Grand Complication speaks to “the sense of Japanese skill and beauty,” just like kintsugi, says the renowned researcher Suzuki from the National Science Museum. Japanese life is intertwined with the four seasons. Only Japan has integrated to such an extent the connection between seasonal changes and life, events, and culture. Therefore, it is precisely because of their love for nature that the people of Japan can produce the CAMPANOLA Grand Complication. 《Enjoying time》 We are living in an information society. While the study of biology attempts to perceive living things as information, the biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka has expressed the concern that “we might end up missing the key point if we just view everything as information.” It is the same with time: We have to view it as something of greater import than just digital numeric information. A wristwatch has various features, such as a dial plate, a second hand, a glass surface, and colors. These features make the wristwatch a means of retrieving “time” all too often reduced to mere information. The CAMPANOLA Grand Complication informs you of the time through sound and the waxing and waning of the moon. This watch, with its hidden references to poetry and literature on the subject of time, is the antithesis of the modern information society. ～ CAMPANOLA Official Website ～ ▶▶ https://campanola.jp/index.html ～ Grand Complication 20th Anniversary Model ～ Hoshi-no-ame The constant shine of the stars at night Hoshi-no-ame is the Grand Complication model featuring a moon-phase indicator, chronograph, perpetual calendar, and minute-repeater function with golden metallic specks on top of jet-black lacquer. Souha The sea glimmers deep blue in the moonlight Souha is the Grand Complication model featuring a moon-phase indicator, chronograph, perpetual calendar, and minute-repeater function with metallic grains against a blue-lacquer backdrop. #Campanola #GrandComplication #Citizen