If you?ve been following Worn & Wound for any length of time, it should come as no surprise that we?re big fans of Fears Watch Company. Since the brand?s revival ? Fears released its first 21st-century watch in 2016, though the name has been around since 1846 ? they have consistently captured enthusiast attention thanks to a series of refined, eye-catching, and completely modern releases. Suffice it to say, when Fears tells us something new is coming down the pike, we tend to pay attention.
Today, they?ve re-teamed with Topper Jewelers, the small family-owned Silicon Valley jeweler known for their stellar collaborations and limited editions, for what just may be one of their best releases so far, the Fears Brunswick 38 Topper Edition ?Silver Sector.?
The Silver Sector is a slight departure from the two previous collaborations we?ve seen from the partnership between the Bristol-based watchmaker and Topper, trading the California dials that set earlier releases apart for a clean and contemporary sector dial with sub-seconds inspired by watches produced by Fears in the ?30s and ?40s. The dial is finished with applied markers and Fears? signature skeleton syringe hands.
It?s a new look for Fears, and it works brilliantly, offering a clean, monochromatic look without sacrificing any of the brand?s signature visual flair. And it?s gonna make for some killer wrist shots and I desperately want to see how this watch photographs through something like a Leica M-11 Monochrom....