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The World Of Independent Watch Makers
After I (Meehna) posted an article on Roger Smith, I got several requests for an article on “independents.” By popular demand, here it is:An independent watchmaker brand is not an easy concept to define because there are so many shades of gray when trying to define it. There are lots of brands that are considered independent, but for the purposes of this article, I am referring to brands that have been established by actual watchmakers, who themselves more or less make the watches.
Farer Hudson 37mm Hand-Wound Watch Review
Born out of a sense of adventure and a desire to get out and experience the world Farer has delivered a series of watches whose aesthetics?hearken back to a vintage sensibility. Now, “watches designed with a vintage aesthetic” is almost synonymous with “new watches” these days, but not everyone does it as successfully as Farer. Farer has worked hard to create an extremely?unique brand identity and has focused a lot of their energy on offering variety. There will surely be one model from each of their lines that resonates strongly with collectors. Farer has also been steadily working their way through the different “tropes” of the watch world with their releases. They started with a scattershot of quartz and mechanical 3-handers, which led to their introduction of quartz and mechanical GMTs, transitioning to their mechanical Aqua Compressors (Divers), and their mechanical hand-winding collection.Farer offers three different watches in this line: the H