2019 New and Upcoming Releases!

[yinzburgher]

Farer is a microbrand based in the UK that is probably best known for making great use of color to distinguish their watches from the rest of the field. A couple years ago they came out with the Lander GMT and the "sea green" dial was a hit. Now they have followed it up with the Farer Lander Automatic Chronograph, which uses the same color scheme. Available for pre-order now.



LINK THE THE LANDER CHRONO ON THE FARER SITE

LINK TO FARER WATCHES ON INSTAGRAM

Case Material: 316L stainless steel
Dial: “Lander” sea green
Dimensions: 39mm x 12.5mm; 20mm lug width
Crystal: Anti-reflective domed sapphire
Water Resistance: 10 ATM
Crown: Solid bronze straight crown featuring inset Farer “A”
Movement: Swiss ETA 2894-2 Elaboré chronograph movement, bespoke Farer bronze “turbine” design rotor
Strap/bracelet: American Horween leather
Price: $1,950
Expected Release: Available today



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[atdegs]

Farer is a microbrand based in the UK that is probably best known for making great use of color to distinguish their watches from the rest of the field. A couple years ago they came out with the Lander GMT and the "sea green" dial was a hit. Now they have followed it up with the Farer Lander Automatic Chronograph, which uses the same color scheme. Available for pre-order now.

Came here to post this, you beat me to it. I use to have a Lander, and this looks just as lovely.

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[yinzburgher]

Farer is a microbrand based in the UK that is probably best known for making great use of color to distinguish their watches from the rest of the field. A couple years ago they came out with the Lander GMT and the "sea green" dial was a hit. Now they have followed it up with the Farer Lander Automatic Chronograph, which uses the same color scheme. Available for pre-order now.

Came here to post this, you beat me to it. I use to have a Lander, and this looks just as lovely.

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I would be happy to own either of those. Everything farer puts out looks great to me.

[atdegs]

Farer is a microbrand based in the UK that is probably best known for making great use of color to distinguish their watches from the rest of the field. A couple years ago they came out with the Lander GMT and the "sea green" dial was a hit. Now they have followed it up with the Farer Lander Automatic Chronograph, which uses the same color scheme. Available for pre-order now.

Came here to post this, you beat me to it. I use to have a Lander, and this looks just as lovely.

I would be happy to own either of those. Everything farer puts out looks great to me.

I agree, and for anybody who stumbles across this, here's a few more. I've had a few at one time or another.

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[Boourns]

It has arrived!

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[nyonya]

It has arrived!

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We need impressions!

[Boourns]

It has arrived!

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We need impressions!

Have not actually worn it yet -- my four-year-old is off school today and I've been playing with him. Not exactly a new watch friendly activity.

Immediate first impressions:
*I really like the color/style. It's slightly more understated than the pics show. Deeper colors.
*Size is great. Will be very wearable. Pretty thin.
*Feels well built, as expected. The crown hand winds and sets more freely than other ETA watches I've had, though I've only owned 2824-2 watches. Not sure if this is a characteristic of this particular movement or not.
*It's a 60-click bezel. This is my first GMT watch but I think 24 (or 48 maybe?) makes more sense. That's really the only negative I see now.

[norsairius]

It has arrived!

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It looks great!!! I'm even more excited to get mine after seeing yours! Mine hasn't shipped yet though.

Thanks for sharing the pic and initial impressions!

[pgcity]

here's a rough collage of the upcoming Halios Seaforth Bronze, Universa and Fairwind(and a lone Tudor) collected from instagram. makes it a bit easier to view them side by side.

all rights/credits to whoever owns the respective pictures which I found from the originals on links below.

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/haliosuniversa/
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/haliosfairwind/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwnHu8fHvV9/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcxmTJnNN1/

[yinzburgher]

Haliosseaforthbronzeuniversafairwind.jpg

here's a rough collage of the upcoming Halios Seaforth Bronze, Universa and Fairwind(and a lone Tudor) collected from instagram. makes it a bit easier to view them side by side.

all rights/credits to whoever owns the respective pictures which I found from the originals on links below.

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/haliosuniversa/
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/haliosfairwind/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwnHu8fHvV9/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcxmTJnNN1/

Cool, thanks! Just dropping some links and other info for the Fairwind and Universa. I think of the 3, I'd be most interested in the bronze Seaforth.

HALIO FAIRWIND
MATERIAL: 316L stainless steel
FINISH: Brushed with polished lug chamfer
DIAMETER: 39mm
WATER RESISTANCE: 20 ATM
LUG-TO-LUG: 48mm
LUG WIDTH: 20mm
THICKNESS: 12.4mm (including crystal)
ROTATING BEZEL: 60 stops, bidirectional
CALIBRE: SW200-1 self-winding movement, no-date only
POWER RESERVE: 40 hours
CRYSTAL: Sapphire, double-domed with anti-reflective coating


HALIOS UNIVERSA
MATERIAL: 316L stainless steel
FINISH: Brushed with polished lug chamfer
DIAMETER: 38mm
WATER RESISTANCE: 10 ATM
LUG-TO-LUG: 48mm
LUG WIDTH: 20mm
THICKNESS: 11mm (including crystal)
BEZEL: Fixed (non-rotating)
CALIBRE: SW210-1 handwinding movement, no-date only
POWER RESERVE: 40 hours
CRYSTAL: Sapphire, double-domed with anti-reflective coating

[cel4145]

Over at A Blog to Watch is a preview of the new Longines HydroConquest All-Black Ceramic Watch
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/longines-h ... mic-watch/

[img]https://www.ablogtowatch.com/wp-content ... atch-2.jpg[/img]

Dimensions: 43mm
Water Resistance: 300 meters
Case Material: Black Ceramic
Crystal/Lens: Sapphire crystal with several layers of anti-reflective coating
Movement: Caliber L888.3
Frequency: 25,200 VPH
Power Reserve: 64 hours
Strap/Bracelet: Black Rubber with ceramic deployant
Price & Availability: TBA

I wonder how affordable it will be, how much of a price bump it will be over the standard HydroConquests? If not too much more, this could be the first Longines I add to my collection.

[Boourns]

Haliosseaforthbronzeuniversafairwind.jpg

here's a rough collage of the upcoming Halios Seaforth Bronze, Universa and Fairwind(and a lone Tudor) collected from instagram. makes it a bit easier to view them side by side.

all rights/credits to whoever owns the respective pictures which I found from the originals on links below.

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/haliosuniversa/
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/haliosfairwind/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwnHu8fHvV9/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcxmTJnNN1/

That Universa looks great.

[yinzburgher]

Over at A Blog to Watch is a preview of the new Longines HydroConquest All-Black Ceramic Watch
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/longines-h ... mic-watch/

[img]https://www.ablogtowatch.com/wp-content ... atch-2.jpg[/img]

Dimensions: 43mm
Water Resistance: 300 meters
Case Material: Black Ceramic
Crystal/Lens: Sapphire crystal with several layers of anti-reflective coating
Movement: Caliber L888.3
Frequency: 25,200 VPH
Power Reserve: 64 hours
Strap/Bracelet: Black Rubber with ceramic deployant
Price & Availability: TBA

I wonder how affordable it will be, how much of a price bump it will be over the standard HydroConquests? If not too much more, this could be the first Longines I add to my collection.

CHF 3,500 is the retail price but I imagine it won't take too long for actual prices paid to drop well below that. The newish Hydroconquests with the ceramic bezels rather than aluminum go for about $1280 and up. So somewhere in between I guess. I probably won't ever own this but I think it looks great.

[Robotaz]

A member of the Christopher Ward forum went to the Wind Up event in San Fran, met Jason Lim of Halios, and took a few nice real world photos. Check them out.

https://www.christopherwardforum.com/vi ... hp?t=51992

New Watch Models at San Francisco WindUp
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t


@robotazky

[Boourns]

Here's one I ran across today, though it was announced in January. The Polish microbrand Vratislavia has a number of models coming out this year. The one that catches my eye the most is the "Architekt." It's got a JLC sector dial vibe. 40.5 mm wide and only 11.8mm thick, including the AR coated sapphire crystal. Miyota 9105. 100m water resistance. All shipped for $430. I have bought from them before and was quite happy.

Link: https://vratislavia-watches.com/languag ... chitekt-2/

Here's a pic the site says is a computer render:

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He's got a facebook page that he posts on regularly, though I don't often go there since I don't have a FB account anymore. There might be prototype pics up there.