(this discussion is continued in Oscillators' basics)
In the beginning, there was the original beat. The tightly controlled frequency of a precisely cut quartz crystal that sets the rythm of the rest of the circuit.
Getting this crystal is easy today, getting it to oscillate properly is a totally different thing. Making it work with a discrete complementary MOSFET driver is yet another story.
Half a century ago, our predecessors would use a pair of NPN to run a watch out of a 8192Hz crystal and a small coin battery:
(source: http://ethw.org/First-Hand:The_First_Quartz_Wrist_Watch) Post box key.
The potentiometer R12 ensures the application of proper DC biasing to each MOSFET. Since the two MOSFETs are in complementary to each other, when a positive voltage is applied to the gate of Q7, it conducts. Similarly for a negative threshold voltage, Q8 conducts. The gate resistors are used to prevent the MOSFET output from oscillating. Complementary metal oxide semi-conductor devices are chips in which both P-channel and N-channel enhancement MOSFETs are connected in push-pull arrangement. The basic connections for CMOS are shown in figure. N-channel and P channel CMOS connections Above figure shows various CMOS connections especially N-channel and P-channel CMOS connections.
(see http://www.bowdenshobbycircuits.info/page11.htm)
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Oh wait, the 2N2904 is a PNP, not NPN type.. wth ?
I have already explored discrete Xtal oscillator circuits at https://hackaday.io/project/8121-discrete-yasep/log/26870-clock-generation-circuit but 32KHz is a different and more sensitive domain.
For our purpose, the left circuit (similar to the higher frequency one) is not accepted because it uses an integrated circuit. That would be too easy. On the right, it uses a single bipolar transistor (how 70's !) and the 68K pull-up wastes energy. I want a low-power full CMOS design. Just because.
In theory, the 4069 inverter gate should be easily replaced by a pair of complementary MOSFET. This raises the question of the influence of the combined gate capacitances.
Low Threshold Mosfet
Not shown is the series resistor that K.C. suggested in the comments, I'll have to try it before I commit to the design. For now I'm trying to KISS.
Complementary Mosfet Switch
Also missing is a LC filter between the P-MOSFET and VCC.