2025 Fears Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour Raven Black Automatic

Here we have a 2025 Fears Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour Raven Black Automatic, a collaboration between two of the British Watch & Clock Makers Alliance brands. The polished 40.5mm 316L stainless steel Brunswick case takes its inspiration for the case from a Fears watch originally made in 1924. The watch features a traditional “onion” shaped crown, signed with the Fears cypher. The smooth, polished bezel holds a domed sapphire crystal AR-coated inside and out, above a stunning Raven black sector dial. This distinctive dial is made up of an outer sunburst ring; at 12 o’clock, we have the hour window in white lacquer with black ink Fears “Edwin” typeface, intersecting a minute chapter ring in silver ink numerals and a polished ring surrounds the deeply engraved concentric guilloche centre with the Fears shaped” minute hand that is Rhodium plated, diamond polished and brushed. At 12 o’clock, we have the Fears motif, and at 6 o’clock, “England” in white ink, completing this mesmerising dial. The light magically plays with the different surfaces as you rotate your wrist. Inside an automatic Christopher Ward's JJ01 Module, this JJ01 movement has a module developed in-house by Johannes Jahnke, a former master watchmaker of Christopher Ward. It comes paired with its 20mm Fears Raven Black leather strap, lined in Alcantara and a signed pin buckle. The watch comes with its original Fears bespoke English Ash wooden presentation box, swing tag and Fears paperwork.

This watch is sold with its original Fears wooden presentation box, swing tag and paperwork. It comes paired with its 20mm Fears Raven Black leather strap, lined in Alcantara and a signed pin buckle. The watch is from April 2025 and is sold in worn condition, with signs of wear to the case, as you can see from the photographs. The watch comes with 12-Months Warranty.

I have been fortunate enough to have sold the Fears x Christopher Ward Alliance 01 Jump Hour in red a few times over, and this is the first example of the Fears Jump Hour I have had in stock that isn't the red dial, and I am just as blown away by it. Not only is it great to see a brand like Fears providing a jumping hour watch, especially at this price point, but doing it in a variety of colours and options, and this 'Raven Black' is arguably one of the most versatile and easy to wear. I would not hesitate to add this to your collection today!

Reference : BS240.500
Movement : Automatic Christopher Ward's JJ01 Module
Age : April 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 : 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.