How Farer Watches Stand Out From The Crowd: An In-Depth Interview
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We had the pleasure of interviewing James from Farer Watches and he also brought a few watches along. In this interview, we discussed the Farer brand and design methodology, their range of watches, and what to expect in 2024 as well as what it means to be a British watch brand.
Products Featured:
Farer Moonphase (Halley, Eddington, Burbidge)
Farer Aqua Compressor (Endeavour Titanium Series II)
Farer Chrono-Contempo (Chalcot & Portobello)
Farer GMT (Lander IV, Sea Coast, Kano)
Farer Resolute
Model Wrist Size: 6.5 inch
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Video chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:47 Who is Farer Watches?
7:39 Farer Endeavour
12:44 Farer Chrono-Contempo
16:05 Pastel Colours
20:31 Farer GMT
25:13 Farer Moonphase
33:01 Naming watches
35:03 The future of Farer
36:25 British Watchmaker's Day - Jak na to + styl
I've recently got a bit tired of the watch industry, as you can over consume it on YT, but watching this vid has given me a spring back in my step again. I have known about them from about 5/6 years ago, but shrugged them off as being too expensive for a micro brand, but boy was I wrong. These watches are beautiful, the colour selection is sublime, it's not just the colour but the tone of the colour, as they have said it so is down to the attention to the small things, the only problem now is deciding what one to purchase!
That's fantastic to hear! We're very pleased you enjoy our watches, and hope to see you on our customer list soon!
That’s a huge problem for me too! So far I’ve bought the Lander IV and their New Worldtimer just arrived and is stunning. This moon phase might be next on my list. I want to branch out to other brands as well, but Farer seems to hit it out of the park.😊 I wonder what their next step will be? Their competitor Christopher Ward, which is also an awesome watch brand which I’m eyeing is introducing in-house movements and innovating on hourly chimes. I hope Farer keeps up and starts doing their own in-house movement as they grow
@@vjbhatia77 We can confirm we currently have zero plans to produce an in-house movement. Thought there is nothing wrong with a brand innovating with their own movement, we're more than happy with using highly reliable calibres from established manufacturers.
Farer makes outstanding watches, their attention to detail is top notch. I own two models, one being the Endeavour and I love them both. Can't go wrong with Farer.
Today I ordered the World Timer in green ❤
Farer is a breath of fresh air. I have the Halley Moonphase and have just pre-ordered the Cobb III Monopusher GMT. I am really impressed by this brand.
Great video on Farer watch. I never thought of acquiring a Farer, this video has opened my eyes and will really consider including Farer in my collection.
Good video/ interview. I just received my 1st Farer, a Carnegie Chrono, as a gift & love it! Really like the colors, top spec materials & components & the attention to detail. I own Tudor, Longines & Seiko Prospex watches & think the Farer holds its own with these. Looking forward to expanding my collection!
I love Farer so much, recently got a Carnegie Titanium with Titanium strap and the quality is mindblowing. I'll definitely buy another one from them, probably the moonphase, in the near future
Got a Farer last year - Kano Lander GMT. Perfect summer watch.
Edit: if anyone from Farer is reading this, please make a TeaMaster watch for those of us who need a reminder to get the cuppa from the kitchen after 10 minutes have elapsed. Currently I use a precision German instrument rated for 5,000m WR with a bezel to get my tea - but I'd prefer something English from Farer.
Perhaps one of our chronographs would suffice?
I love Farer watches. I have the Milan - lovely watch and enjoyable to wear. I’m looking forward to buying another.
Some micro brands go quite far - but this micro brand takes it FARER...
Very interesting brand from the UK - I have the impression that they stand out in comparison to german, austrian, swiss and japanese micros...
Probably I give them a chance to enter my collection.
Nomos and Farer are two of my modern faves
I have their Classic Chronograph Jackson and the Freshwater diver.Agree with the points made still happy with them.
Love my Lander IV GMT. Farer are one of the best few micros out there.
Fabulous brand . I have got a couple.
Great stuff
I have the Chalcot and haven't worn my Seamaster or Submariner since. Looks even better in person.
I don’t (yet) own one but I like the Farer range, especially the small GMTs. Not as well known as many microbrands so I’ve needed to point several people towards the brand. Normal people that just want a nice watch, not enthusiasts like us. At some point I’ll persuade myself that I really do need a blue dial Farer GMT!
Hi, is the bracelet that is fitted to the Lander the same bracelet that is now available for the 36mm Resolute? thanks in advance.
Love the Faver watch brand. Plan to get one later.
I do love the black super compressor. Probably my favourite watch around £1000 I definitely keep my eye on Farer regularly. You need to keep the value against Oris to be a viable alternative....but you have found a niche just by creating beautiful watches.
I will definitely add a Farer to the collection at some stage. Their designers are doing God's work! The only thing I'd like to see is more steel bracelet options, and water resistance of 100m on the three handers and GMTs.
I've loved Farer since they came out; you can recognize the execution of proper *design*. No homage-y BS. Been eye-ing an Endeavour for, like ...5 years, lol.
...the "VIII" on that moonphase was effed up, tho. More like "VII/"
Got two Farer which are not in production anymore. Will stay with me forever. :)
I fancy the white endeavour.
I like the watch designs, but I like to switch off watches and I want at least 72 hours power reserve.
I love the brand! I have 3🥂
I was becoming convinced by this brand until 27:28 - how can that ‘VIII’ marker pass QC? The ‘I’s are clearly misaligned. But then I look on the website and the sample on there has exactly the same problem. Is this considered to be acceptable quality from Farer?
Farer is well positioned for the vacation watch market
Great interview! The watch the gentleman from Farer is wearing at 3:45 in the video does not appear to be on their site. Is it new? Thanks!
It’s a beautiful watch that they sold in the past, but I believe it’s been sold out for a while. I’ve seen it on Chrono24 in the used market.
Hi Johnny, it's The Farer Palmer GMT, this watch is not currently listed on the Farer website, I would recommend getting in contact with them!
I like the moons because they are artisanal, as apposed to Christopher Ward's moons, which look like they have been printed by a machine.
I love the recent wave of microbrands that come up and challenge the big names of the industry. The variety of options with (mostly) reasonable price tags is the way to go in my opinion
The half roman half slanted hour markers are a bit of an odd choice. Makes it look quite messy.
Frustrates me that they have practically no sizing between 39.5 and 36, especially because the lug to lug is also quite short making the wearability a little bit of a mystery. Also, not a creamy/tan dial in sight. Nothing but strange color ways besides the 3 hand options.
If I had it to spend I would pay the money for these watches because it's a lot of work put in to them!
Farer, the Wes Anderson of watch making.
Harsh 😅
I wished they had better steel bracelets. I also think they shouldn't name every colorway individually. Just name the whole line, and then go with color after that. There's just too many names!
those moons look like cheese
Ah pretending there's no difference between men and women. You guys are such revolutionaries
Yep these are mens watches. Period. Hard to understand concept in the West. That's how dumb it is here
I'd be bold to say that watches "with a story" is painfully overrated, and just a shamless way to charge obcene amounts of money for mass produced stuff. Note that I don hate on Farer for this. Farer still keeps this kind of tasteful, but there are so many brands that live on this joke.
Used watches that rise in price because of that that specific watch was military issue etc is one thing. But a plain Speedmaster costs almost 9 000 dollars on their Swedish webstore. Like... What? You were the first watch on the moon - I get it. But is it worth it that you have a 95% overhead on that mass produced, artificially limited stock wristwatch? And that was the cheapest one!
Let's just say there's a reason I love the Moonswatch. A big middle finger to those who defend the comical pricing levels that Omega, Rolex and all those Swiss brands that are so full of themself have. Reacted on this a while back when you had a thing about all these near-identical field watch makers, that made watches that looked like the ones issued to US soldiers during some era. "It's an old historic design". BAM. Charge like 3-4000 dollars for a VERY basic plain watch. What history was it? They sold hundreds of thousands of them as they were the lowest bidders. Now it's all of a sudden a luxury item. How did that happen?
Farrer Watches lol - considering a rebrand maybe?
It’s Farer. I like the name
Why?
@@jamessymington2466 as in Anthony Farrer, google the name
They don’t make their own watches, made by Roventa-Henex 😬
Tell us something we don’t know….
Why would one pay so much for SW 200 movement? So many options out there for this price range, feels like every similar vendor just talks about same stuff, waste of money
We charge £790 for our only model utilising a base SW200 movement , this is without doubt a competitive position for the watch in question ( Pilot model with faraday cage ), just the facts !🙂
I ordered one of the Bronze GMT trident
C60 Trident 600 Bronze GMT LE in 2019, was very excited to try this new brand and gambled, the watch came in with a very huge QA issue, GMT hand was NOT at all moving, that was my first and last time ordering CW watch, yes its cheap only $1300 for it but that doesnt mean the QA has to be so bad. @@paulsweetenham4963
This isn't journalism, it's just glazing a brand that makes watches that look like they've come out of a cereal box
Who hurt you?
Me. Bring back cereals without genetic modifications- until that happens, I'll gladly spend my $$ on a watch that won't harm me and makes m smile. RIP Fruity Pebbles.
They look too childish.
Sad you see this like this. I love colors
I am 55. This is the first watch I have ever bought. I am thrilled to get it- some of us aren't so stuffy we can't enjoy colors and simplicity.
After gender and watches for everyone I am out.