oth watches have dials that are carefully crafted using the same manufacturing process first introduced on the Three Hand Series III, which launched last year. First, the dial is pressed with the unique texture, then it is spun whilst multiple coats of paint are applied. The centrifugal force created by the spinning pushes the paint to the edges, creating a colour gradient that draws your attention to the centre of the dial. Finally, a clear lacquer is applied to the dial and polished to a glossy finish.

It’s this time-consuming process that gives the dial its jewel-like brilliance, which makes it the perfect backdrop for the polished numerals and batons. These are paired with an alpha-shaped handset with a matching mirror polish, whilst the seconds hand has a teal Farer ‘A’ at its tip. These minimalist hands and markers offer excellent legibility, lighting up when their reflective surfaces catch the light, without distracting from the eye-catching beauty of the textured dial.

This distinctive dial is housed within a sleek 35mm case that has a dramatic sloping bezel, whose polished surfaces catch the light from almost any angle.

The case shape is carefully designed so that the curvature of the bezel extends down through the barrel-sided case sides, and the sloped bat ear lug design. A small, but important detail, is that the case is scalloped between the lugs, so that the strap sits snugly against the watch and appears integrated into the case.

Through the sapphire caseback, you can see the hand-wound Sellita SW210-1 b movement ticking away. The Swiss calibre offers a 45-hour power reserve, 18 jewels, and a 4Hz beat rate. As Farer always pays attention to the details, the Elaboré movement features Top Grade finishing, such as customised bridge engraving, perlage, and blued screws. This ensures that these watches are beautiful from every angle.

The Furneaux delivers a hit of playful colour in a sleek, wearable 35mm case. The dial has a unique texture that produces a myriad of raspberry pink shades. Onto this are mounted polished silver batons that slope inwards, with applied numerals at 12, 3, 6 and 9. The alpha- shaped hands are also polished, with the seconds hand having a pink Farer ‘A’ at its tip.

The Furneaux is named after Captain Tobias Furneaux. Born in 1735, he was a navigator and Royal Navy officer who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage to circumnavigate the Earth. During which he explored Tasmania and made the earliest British chart of the island. He would also return to Britain accompanied by Omai of Ulaietea, the first South Sea Islander to travel to Great Britain. Lastly, the Furneaux scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis furneauxi, is named after the captain.

The Belzoni is a compact yet colourful watch, with a bold teal dial featuring a radial bark-like texture. Like the Furneaux, the applied batons are angled and punctuated by polished numerals. The Farer ‘A’ at the tip of the seconds hand is teal, as are the five-minute increments along the white minute track.

The Belzoni is named after Sarah Belzoni, an English traveller and writer. Born Sarah Banne in 1783 in Bristol, she married Giovanni Belzoni, and in 1815, the couple travelled to Egypt. Here, the study of Egyptology was at its peak, and they engaged in the exploration and excavation of many historic sites. It was here that she also wrote about the lives of Egyptian women, and her work was the first of its kind on the topic. It provides a valuable insight into the social structure of 19th-century Egyptian culture.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• CASE SIZE - 35mm
• THICKNESS - 10mm
• LUG-TO-LUG - 38mm
• MATERIAL - 316L marine-grade stainless steel
• CASE FINISH - Fully polished with brushed bezel chamfer
• DIALS - Pressed textured dial, painted with a gradient and coated with a clear polished lacquer. Printed with a white minute track and applied polished batons and numerals.
• HANDS - Polished steel hour and minute alpha hands, polished-steel sweep second hand with Farer ’A’ tip.
• CROWN - Rounded stainless steel with solid bronze cap insert featuring embossed Farer ’A’
• GLASS - Domed sapphire crystal with internal anti-reflective coating. Sapphire exhibition crystal on the rear.
• WATER RESISTANCE - 50m
• MOVEMENT - Swiss-made Sellita SW210-1 b Elaboré movement. Top Grade decoration with bespoke Farer bridge and blued screws.
• JEWELS -18
• POWER RESERVE - Approximately 45 hours when fully wound
• FUNCTIONS - Hours, minutes, seconds. Hacking seconds hand.
• PRICE - £1,045 / $1,165 USD / €1,195