he new 39mm perpetual calendar joins the Fears core collection of hand-built British watches being a non-limited edition. Launched in the 10^th year since Fears was re-established by its founder’s great-great-great-grandson in 2016, the perpetual calendar features a new case architecture with wide polished bevels making it the slimmest Brunswick watch in the collection.

The watch is the first Fears to feature a moonphase complication, with a hand finished moon disc displayed at 6 o’clock. Powering the Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar is a movement made by Dubois Dépraz in Switzerland, modified specifically for this watch and features a solid 18ct Gold rotor.

The Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar brings the classic Brunswick case together with the first high complication the company has produced in 180 years. The perpetual calendar shows the time (hours and minutes), day, date, month and the year within the leap year cycle accurately, with no adjustment required until the year 2100.

Once set and kept wound, the owner has the confidence to know these key pieces of information at a moments glance via the watch’s highly legible dial. Joining the calendar function is a moonphase at 6 o’clock with a clean, black lacquer disc, inset with two silver moons hand-finished with Charbonage (representative of the moon’s surface). The running seconds are not present to avoid distraction, keeping the case to a svelte 9.4mm thickness in keeping with the tradition of historic perpetual calendar wrist watches.

Powered by a modified Dubois Dépraz perpetual calendar module, atop a hand-finished Sellita SW300, the watch’s movement has its own calibre reference; 55115, exclusive to Fears. The base movement is hand finished with frosted bridges and plates, including hand Anglage applied to the bridge’s edges with a dark Rhodium finish. The movement is wound automatically by a custom solid 18ct Gold rotor featuring the Fears ‘Bristol Flower’ motif.

Housed in the slimmest cushion-shaped Brunswick case made to date, measuring 39mm across, the perpetual calendar debuts a new case architecture with large, polished bevels across the case band. The bezel and open display case back both feature a concave profile which catches the light whilst highlighting the slim proportions of the watch. The corrector pushers are neatly integrated into the brushed case band for setting (and re-setting) the calendar, having been specially engineered to sit within the centre of the case. The case features a usable 5 ATM (50m) water resistance allowing the watch to be worn every day, while bathing, showering or when caught in the rain.

The time and date are displayed on a softly frosted dial, called ‘Silver Mink’, which is coated in a warm pure silver giving a distinctive vibrancy. Despite the large amount of information displayed, the dial remains highly legible, thanks to large calendar sub-dials with circular grooves and a new bespoke set of curved numerals and letters. Created inhouse by Fears’ Senior Design Manager, Lee Yuen-Rapati, the ‘Bristol’ numerals and letters are created to fit the curve of the sub-dial, perfectly aiding their legibility. The hours are shown with quad-bevelled diamond polished, hand-applied indices which are coated in black gold to match the tri-bevelled hour and minute hands.

The Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar joins the existing Fears Garrick in a new ‘Eminence Collection’ of luxury Fears timepieces featuring hand-finished movements, haute horology construction and detailing. Joining the core family of Fears watches, the Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar is not a limited edition and will ship from mid-September. Available to purchase from the Fears Bristol Boutique, the Fears website and from the global network of Fears Authorised Stockists.

Accompanying each Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar is a hand-made and hand-stitched ‘Walnut Brown’ Ostrich foot strap complete with a Fears Blue Alcantara^® lining. Contrasting nicely with the ‘Silver Mink’ dial the strap brings out the warmth of the black gold coated hands and indices. The watch is presented in a new bespoke ‘Edwin’ box in Fears Blue stained Ash with a representation of the Union Jack flag picked out in subtle marquetry on the box’s lid. Each watch is supplied with a SwissKubik Swiss Made watch winder in Fears Blue and a bespoke Fears corrector pin.

Commenting on the launch of the Fears Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, (4th) Managing Director of the Fears Watch Company, says: “Since I first started to appreciate mechanical watches in my early teenage years, I’ve always been fascinated by the perpetual calendar complication. The fact that a wrist watch can display all the vital information regarding the day of the week, date and which month you’re currently in, accurately with no adjustment except for in the year 2100, feels somewhat magical. Creating a watch like the Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar is not like anything else we’ve undertaken in the past 10 years since I re-started my family’s company. To create a perpetual calendar worthy of the Fears name meant not only working with our trusted partners across Switzerland and Germany but also pushing our Design department to design and engineer a watch that lives up to our motto of “Elegantly Understated” absolutely.”

“When our Senior Design Manager, Lee Yuen-Rapati, first sketched out what a Fears perpetual calendar could look like at the beginning of 2022 I realised that I wanted this not to be a limited run, exclusive to a few, but to offer it as part of our core collection. The final result combines a stunning new Brunswick case architecture with its wide bevels and satin brushed sides with a classic yet contemporary dial all in a slim watch that sits close to the wrist comfortably.”

“Joining the Fears Garrick, the Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar marks the progression of a new ‘Eminence Collection’ of high-end Fears watches that allows us to show the very best that Fears can create. The Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar isn’t designed to be worn solely for special occasions but rather as a watch that can be enjoyed every day on the wrist. For a select few we are taking it even further with a small number of bespoke pieces made by our Fears Custom Division in Platinum.”

The Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar is a non-limited edition and will be available to purchase from 28th August 2026, shipping from mid-September, 2026. The watch can be purchased at the Fears Bristol Boutique, via the Fears website, and through the global network of Fears Authorised Stockists. Bespoke versions of the Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar can be made by consultation of the Fears Custom Division exclusively in Platinum.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Case: 316L Stainless Steel, 39mm x 37mm cushion-shaped, 45.4mm lug-to-lug (depth 9.4mm case with 0.7mm domed sapphire glass). Facetted sides. Brushed and polished finish. Signed crown. Open display caseback. 5ATM (50m) water resistant. Made in Switzerland

• Lug width: 20mm

• Movement: Dubois Dépraz 55115 automatic winding, 28,800vph (4Hz) and 47 hr power reserve. Base movement (SW300 by Sellita) hand finished with frosting and hand polished Anglage with a dark Rhodium finish. Custom solid 18ct Gold winding rotor featuring the ‘Bristol Flower’. Made in Switzerland. 18ct Gold rotor Made in Switzerland

• Glass: Sapphire Crystal with ARdur® Swiss anti-reflective coating on inside and outside. Crystal made in Switzerland. Anti-reflective coating applied in Switzerland.

• Dial: Silver Mink. Frosted surface, coated in warm pure silver with black printing. Sub-dials with circular grooves and black and cyan blue printing with bespoke numerals in ‘Bristol’ typeface. Tonal leap year disc. Applied indices, quad-bevelled, diamond polished, Black Gold plated. Made in Germany

• Moon phase: Black lacquer disc with two silver moons finished by hand with Charbonage. Made in Switzerland.

• Hands: Fears ‘pipette’ hands, tri-bevelled, diamond polished, Black Gold plated. Paired with polished date indicator hands, Black Gold plated. Made in Germany.

• Functions: Hours, minutes, date (perpetual) and moon phase.

• Warranty: 5 Year guarantee from date of purchase.

• Strap: Walnut Brown Matte finished Ostrich leg with Fears Blue Alcantara® lining. Tonal stitching, handmade and hand sewn. Hand sewn in Belgium

• Serial number: Individually numbered, sequentially.

• Accessories: Custom Fears watch winder finished in Fears Blue aluminium with glass door and programable via mobile app (Bluetooth). Made by SwissKubik in Switzerland.

• Model reference: BS239.030

• Pricing: £26,950 inc. VAT (£22,458.34 ex. VAT) / $28,500 ex. Tax / 26,484.50 CHF inc. VAT (24,500 CHF ex. VAT)