2025 Fears Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour ‘Edwardian Edition’ Limited

Here we have a 2025 Fears Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour ‘Edwardian Edition’ Limited to 10 pieces, exclusively made for the Alliance of British Watch & Clockmakers British Watchmakers' Day in March 2025. The polished 40.5mm hallmarked sterling silver 925 Brunswick case draws its inspiration from a Fears pocket watch made initially in the Edwardian period. Each is individually numbered between the lugs at 12 o’clock. The watch features a traditional “onion” shaped crown, set with a flawless diamond. The smooth, polished bezel holds a flat sapphire crystal, above a stunning white, polished lacquered dial. This distinctive dial is made up of an outer black ring; at 12 o’clock, we have the hour window in white lacquer with black ink Fears “Edwin” typeface, intersecting a 60-minute railroad in black ink numerals around the centre with the Fears shaped” black minute hand. At 12 o’clock, we have the Fears motif, and at the bottom edge, “England” in black ink, completing this distinguished Edwardian-inspired dial. A solid sterling silver 925 hallmarked case back is engraved with the 7 of 10 in the centre, inside an automatic CW Cal. JJ01, this movement, based on the Sellita SW200, features a module developed in-house by Johannes Jahnke, a former master watchmaker of Christopher Ward. The watch comes paired with its 20mm Fears Maple Red, lined in Alcantara strap and a hallmarked sterling silver 925 pin buckle, plus an additional StrapTailor strap and a sterling silver 925 pin buckle. The watch comes with its original Fears slim wooden presentation box and Fears paperwork.

This watch is sold with its original Fears wooden presentation box and paperwork. It comes paired with its original 20mm Fears Maple Red strap and is lined in Alcantara, featuring a hallmarked sterling silver 925 pin buckle, plus an additional StrapTailor strap and a sterling silver 925 pin buckle. The watch is from March 2025 and is sold in worn condition, but overall it is in very fair condition, as you can see from the photographs. The watch comes with 12-Months Warranty.

Limited to just 10 pieces and sold exclusively at the British Watchmakers Day, this is a great opportunity to snap up this Fears Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour ‘Edwardian Edition’ today. Cased in .925 Sterling Silver and featuring a diamond set onion crown, a perfectly designed dial focusing on the jumping hour complication, this really is a gem among the Fears lineup. I would not hesitate to add this watch to your collection today, who knows when another one will come up for sale!

Reference : BS240.506
Movement : Automatic CW Cal. JJ01
Age : March 2025
Year : 2025
Case Size : 40.5mm
Case Thickness : 13mm
Lug to Lug : 47mm
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : .925 Sterling Silver
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 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. Through 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 1931 came the third Managing Director, Amos Reginald Fear and the early ‘30s saw another name change for the business - now to be named, simply, ‘Fears’. It was a tough time to take charge of the company as the World was still struggling through difficult economic conditions suffered in the wake of the infamous Wall Street Crash of late 1929. However, with determination and perseverance Fears was booming and by the end of the 1930s was exporting to an astonishing 95 countries around the world. Then came the Second World War and the 1940-1941 German bombing campaign against the UK, known as ‘The Blitz’. All of the Fears' premises sustained direct hits. The Bristol Bridge headquarters was destroyed on 24th November 1940, and the Brunswick Square Export department was hit three times before it was permanently evacuated in 1942. 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 sadly closing its doors in 1976. It was not until 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 from the Redcliff in 2017 they released their second wristwatch, The Brunswick, named after Brunswick Square in Bristol. 2019 saw the first 1,000 days since the company was re-established and to celebrate Nicholas launched a limited edition watch - the Redcliff ‘Streamline’, inspired in design and price by Fears’ original ‘Streamline’ watch from 1946. Now in 2020 Fears becomes a partner of the UK Government's "GREAT Britain Campaign". Part of the London 2012 Olympic legacy, this campaign was created to highlight the best the UK has to offer the world. Today Fears grows from strength to strength with their exquisite collection of Brunswicks and Archival 1930 watches alongside fine accessories. In 2022, Fears relocated to its historic home city of Bristol, where they have 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.