How reliable is the Resonance?

I am seriously considering purchasing a Journe resonance and would very much like the opinion of Resonance owners on this forum. Based on browsing this site (and others) I get the impression that many have had problems with the sturdiness, robustness, essentially the reliability of the watch. Is this really the case? Have you owners experienced a greater than normal repair incidence with the Resonance or am I making an erroneous assumption? Also, is the winding of the watch really all that difficult? I have seen it in Carmel, CA and for the 30 seconds odd that I handled the winding mechanism, it seemed relatively easy though I do not know how it would feel over time.

I love the looks and quality of the watch. I also find that the two time zones would be a terrific feature for me as I travel extensively to India where they are on the half hour timezone which is not handled by most dual timezone watches. I would truly appreciate any feedback on the watch before I make my decision. This would be my second major watch acquisition in 3 years - the first was a PP 5059P which keeps extraordinary time and is unbelievably accurate for a mechanical watch. I am hoping the resonance will be just as accurate.

Thanks to all of you in advance for giving me your considered opinions.

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My take on Resonance

By: Mech : July 14th, 2009-18:26

I have been wearing it most of the time for almost a month and below is my personal experience of my piece: Most of the reported problems I read is related to the Resonance phenomenon ie second hands running out of sync and failure to automatically re-syn...

Thanks for the response

By: linusm : July 15th, 2009-15:53

Thanks very much for taking the time to give me such a comprehensive response. It sounds like one has to continuously wear the watch to eventually get it to synch properly. I wonder of this would be an issue for me as I will likely trade off wearing it wi...

clarification

By: Mech : July 16th, 2009-05:04

You're welcome linus, but I think you got me wrong, you don't have to wear the watch to have the hands running in sync, resonance takes care of these things . I think W72 probably did a clearer and better explanation than me Hope you get one soon, you won...

My views..

By: W72 : July 14th, 2009-23:45

The timing reliability is in fact better than any most other complicated wristwatchs. The sychronicity of the two second hands can at times start to deviate for only for a short moment when the watch is subjected to certain external forces that affect the...

My view...

By: LangeHeng : July 15th, 2009-05:39

My Resonance is 8 years old. I'm not the first owner. It have never been service before(checked with Journe). It gain 6 second in 24 hours. But be careful when you buy Resonance, cause after buying Resonance..... it in my mind for 86400sec everyday!!!!!! ...

Ha ha ha! (nt)

By: MTF : July 15th, 2009-05:58

MTF

Thanks

By: linusm : July 15th, 2009-15:56

Thanks very much for the response. I probably won't be too hard on the watch though I don't baby my wristwatches. I appreciate all the good data I'm getting here and am hoping to take the plunge soon.