If you?ve been following us for some time, you?ve surely read our coverage of Farer. We discovered the brand on Instagram last year, and we were immediately drawn to its strong design language that somehow both called back to the past but felt equally modern, too. After handling the pieces and speaking to the minds behind the company, we knew that Farer wasn?t in it to cut corners. They were in it to build a proper brand that would make proper watches. In that time, Farer has grown tremendously, building on their inaugural collection of quartz watches with an automatic and a series of GMT watches, the latter released just earlier this year.
A few months back, Farer co-founders Paul Sweetenham and Ben Lewin joined us on The Worn & Wound Podcast on the heels of the successful launch of their GMT collection. Near the end of our discussion, the duo gave us a sneak peak at a project that got the entire Worn & Wound team very excited. Farer was coming out with a collection of divers, and not just any divers. They were to be Compressor-cased divers. Well, they?re finally here?introducing the Farer Aqua Compressor Collection. From left to right: the Endeavour, Hecla, and Leven.
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Before we get to the watches, let?s take a look at what a Compressor case design is and how it works. The words ?Super Compressor? are commonly (and incorrectly) attributed to cases that feature two crowns and an internal rotating bezel. In actuality, a true Compressor ca...