I was going to list pro's and con's, but really I don't think this watch can be classified in that way... simply put... to me it's an elegant piece of horological art, with superb engineering and finishing, and a chime complication that is (almost) unique at this price point. I've worn it far more than I thought I would, as part of my rotation and have often found myself swapping to it for the evening.
The chime isn't crazy loud, but it's very audible in a normal room and I can even hear it whilst watching TV. You don't hear every chime, but that's not a fault of the watch, but of our environments. Back in the day (with no TV, iPads/iPhones, music systems etc) and with relatively poor light, a chiming watch/clock had much greater relevance and use. The Bel Canto still brings a smile to my face though every time I hear that delicate chime

My wife loves it too... perhaps that's partly due to it arriving in the week between our wedding and honeymoon, but still to this day she admires it, loves the chime and when I've mentioned the furore that's been created around it in the market, she has said plainly "please don't sell this watch". No other watch I own has ever had that effect

Is it perfect? Not at all... the dial is quite small, but even without my reading glasses I can read the time in reasonable light and besides, it chimes every hour anyway... which is kind of the point. I keep mine on a winder and it runs consistently about 2 secs per day slow, which is fantastic. But TBH, I only ever reset it every few weeks because I don't wear this one for precise timekeeping (I have my Omegas and Breitling for use in the day for that).
Despite the lack of seconds hand, the trick to setting the time precisely is simple... do it on the hour only. Either let it run to the hour, chime and then pull the crown out immediately to set, or just advance the hands until it chimes and keep it precisely at that point and then push the crown in at the correct time. Doing this, the watch is set accurately.
I've got both straps (original blue and camel leather) plus the bracelet, but I much prefer this on the original blue strap, as it really just makes the watch for me. The bracelet is an option I may explore more in the summer weather.
Oh and I have only every turned the chime off once or twice for a few hours, purely to see how that works... it's been wound and chiming 24/7 since I got it

I think all the other colours are great and I'm very glad that CW are making the Bel Canto available to as many people who want one as possible. I'm super glad to have one of the original blue LEs, but if I hadn't managed to get one, I would have ordered another colour. I also have the C60 Concept, which is probably my personal favourite of all my watches, but this is a (very) close second. It's actually a great shame that the Concept wasn't also offered out to general release too, as I believe that watch is much admired and sought after too

So, there you have it, my feelings after three months... I still love it, admire it and get enormous delight from both wearing and owning it. In fact it's sitting right now, a few feet from me, safe in the watch winder, happily chiming away every hour... a throwback to the past perhaps, but with modern engineering
