Farer’s moonphase line has been part of the collection since 2023, and the Stratton, launched in October 2025, has since become one of the brand’s best-selling watches. Now it’s back for a second edition, the Stratton II, and the headline change is a small one with an outsized effect: the moon finally looks like a moon.
The original Stratton’s hand-painted moon did the job, but it looked a bit cartoonish next to the rest of the watch. For the Stratton II, Farer went to Swiss specialist AJS Production, who build the new disc using a laser micro-etching process, layering paint and Super-LumiNova across multiple passes to create what Farer describes as a photorealistic lunar surface, with the moon itself less than 6mm across. It’s a close-up detail rather than one that reads across a room, but one you’ll appreciate nonetheless.
The dial, carried over from the original, is cut from black Eisenkiesel, a quartz whose German name translates as “iron pebble”, shot through with golden-brown veining from iron compounds that gives it a marbled look. As with any stone dial, no two are quite alike. The warm tone of the veins here is a deliberate match for the golden coloured case. The rest of the dial layout also carries over from the Stratton: Lumicast numerals and markers, a polished gold lance handset, a seconds hand tipped with a gold Farer “A”, all sitting under a curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, with a sapphire exhibition caseback on the back.
The case has grown slightly, from 38.5mm and 11.5mm thick on the original Stratton to 39mm and 11.8mm here, with lug-to-lug up from 43.8mm to 45mm. It’s a small enough jump that you’re unlikely to notice much difference on the wrist. The polished cushion case keeps its brushed chamfer and Farer’s “grain twist” finish on the flanks, in gold PVD, with a rounded steel crown topped by a solid bronze cap bearing an embossed Farer “A”. Water resistance stays at 50m and lug width at 20mm, so the full run of straps carries straight across from the original: suede in black, brown and grey; St. Venere leather in tan and black; and Granolo leather in black or lion tan, all on a gold PVD stainless steel buckle.
Inside is the Elaboré-grade Sellita SW288-1, the hand-wound calibre Farer uses across the whole moonphase collection. It runs at 28,800vph with 18 jewels and a 45-hour power reserve, adjusted in three positions with an Incabloc shock absorber, and pairs the large moonphase display with hacking seconds and a quickset date at 6 o’clock. Farer has engraved the bridgework with its own arrow motif and added blued screws and solange finishing, all visible through the exhibition caseback.
At £1,895, the Stratton II is £70 more than the original’s £1,825 launch price, and that’s a fair trade for what’s changed. The dial material, movement and strap options are all carried over, so most of the increase rides on the new disc. The Stratton II is available to pre-order from Farer, with 100 pieces in the initial batch shipping from 21 December and further batches planned for 2027.
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