I feel like it was just a few weeks ago that we published my review of the Farer Bernina chronograph, one of three exciting hand-wound chronographs the UK based outfit had just released. Unique, a solid value and universally well-received, they were another hit for the relatively young brand. Then, much to my pleasant surprise (ok, I kind of knew in advance) Farer dropped another, totally new series on day one of Windup Watch Fair NYC 2019, a trio of mechanical World Timers. Dubbed the Aldrich, Markham, and Roché, they are a very welcome addition to Farer?s growing catalog of mechanical timepieces that seem to satisfy a spot in their lineup for something more traditional.

A curious complication, they imply a certain lifestyle for their wearers that then implies a certain level of affluence. Not satisfied with merely tracking one or two time zones, a World Timer can track all 24 major (some parts of the world have half or even quarter-hour time zones) simultaneously while also indicating a major city or capital in said zone. Avid travelers, jet-set business types, cartographers and captains of industry alike, can really make use of such function. As such, the watches that typically have this complication tend to be more luxe and a bit on the fussy side. Movements that, out of the box, correctly display world time are also very uncommon, further pushing the watches up-market. That said, World Timers did have a bit of an affordable ?moment? a few years back, where a handf...