2020 Fears Brunswick 38mm Blue Dial Discontinued

Here, you have a 2020 Fears Brunswick Blue BS23800A, which is now discontinued and no longer being produced. Each piece is made in small batches with a unique serial number engraved between the lugs at 12 o’clock. This number can identify the watch's history from its master database. The inspiration for this watch case comes from a Fears watch originally made in 1924. Its wonderfully curvaceous 38mm case is manufactured in Germany and made from 316L stainless steel. The case has only one flat surface, its rear sapphire crystal. A lug-to-lug length of 43mm and a case thickness of 11.5mm ensure a comfortable fit on your wrist. On the right side, there is a traditional “onion” shaped crown. On the dial, numerals expertly applied by hand, capture and play with the light. A domed sapphire crystal sits above an incredible Fears Blue dial. The blue, at first glance, appears two-tone but it's when you tilt the watch that you capture its true beauty of tri-tone.. The ring of the dial on which the numerals sit is hand-brushed. Hand-applied numerals and pips marking the hours are machined from brass and polished to a mirror finish. They then receive a Rhodium coating to give a brilliant shine. This same Rhodium coating is given to the elegant skeletal “Fears” Hands. Inside, we have a hand-wound ETA 7001, 17 jewels, 18,000 beats per hour. First introduced in the 1970s, it quickly gained a reputation for being reliable. Its slim design incorporates an Incabloc shock system. It comes paired with two 20mm handmade Fears straps. The accompanying stainless steel pin buckle carries the Fears pipette logo. This watch is sold with its original Fears bespoke wooden presentation box, swing tag and paperwork.

This watch is sold with its original Fears bespoke wooden presentation box, swing tag and paperwork. It comes paired with two 20mm handmade straps. The accompanying stainless steel pin buckle carries the Fears pipette logo. The watch is from May 2020 and is sold in worn but fair condition, as you can see. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.

Now discontinued, I know a lot of people wish they had got the Brunswick Blue when they could have; thankfully, your chance has come to get one today! When considering a Brunswick for my personal collection, I went with the Brunswick Brown, but a very close second was this Brunswick Blue, and I think one will appear in my collection at some point in the future. For now, this one is all yours, so snap it up whilst you can!

Reference : BS23800A
Movement : Manually Wound ETA 7001
Age : May 2020
Year : 2020
Case Size : 38mm
Case Thickness : 12mm
Lug to Lug : 43mm
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

The year was 1846, and a young watchmaker named Edwin Fear established a workshop and showroom in his own name at 33-35 Redcliff Street in Bristol. The company Edwin Fear that he created became more and more successful and eventually, in 1866, needed to expand to their second premises, on Bristol Bridge, which served as Fears headquarters until the 1940s. During this period, the company had three different Managing Directors. Following the passing of Edwin in 1877, the business was handed down to his son, Amos Daniel Fear, who in 1908 saw the company become a limited company whilst also changing its operating name from ‘Edwin Fear’ to ’Fears Limited’. Amos also safely navigated the company through the First World War,1914-1918, after which he established an export department called ‘Fears (Export) Limited’ at No. 14 Brunswick Square in Bristol. In late 1945, following the War, Fears moved to new premises in Clifton, Bristol, just in time to celebrate the company’s centenary in 1946 with a new watch collection. Fears continued to thrive through the post-war years until it sadly closed its doors in 1976. It was not until 40 years later, in 2016, when an aspiring young apprentice watchmaker at Rolex in London, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, who is the great-great-great-grandson of Edwin Fear, re-launched his family’s company at the SalonQP watch show on 3rd November 2016. Keeping the name ‘Fears’, he released their first wristwatch in the twenty-first century, the Redcliff. Rolling with the success of the Redcliff in 2017, they released their second wristwatch, The Brunswick, named after Brunswick Square in Bristol. In 2022, Fears relocated to its historic home city of Bristol, where they built a new Headquarters and Showroom. In 2023, the first Fears and Christopher Ward Alliance Watch was released, the Jump Hour, a unique collaboration between two powerhouses of the British Watch & Clock Makers Alliance. The Alliance was set up in November 2020 as a Trade body representing 75 Brands across the British Isles, including the Republic of Ireland, such brands as Bamford London, Christopher Ward, Fears, Farer, Elliot Brown, Isotope, Marloe Watch Company, MHD Watches, Pinion, Schofield, Studio Underdog and many others.