It?s hard to think of Fears as anything other than a quintessentially British watch brand. They were an early member of the British Watch & Clock Makers Alliance, and the brand has a long and proud history of making watches in the UK. They?ve also leaned into creating limited editions that trade on British culture, like the Jubilee Edition version of the Brunswick that popped up in 2022. So their latest effort, a second collaboration with California based Topper Jewelers, is perhaps a bit surprising. But it?s reflective of the fact that in just a few short years since Fears was formally relaunched, they?ve achieved a massive footprint for such a small brand, and have landed a worldwide following. 

The Fears Brunswick 40 Topper Edition Series II is a small collection of four watches with 25 examples made of each variant. It?s an expansion of the first collaboration between Topper and Fears, which consisted of two limited edition variants. The premise behind this collection is that each of the four dials reflect a different aspect of the natural beauty of Northern California winters, and each, naturally, displays the time on a ?California? style dial, a mix of Roman and Arabic numerals.  Each dial is a whimsical take on Northern California nature, and reflects a region with a huge variety of beautiful places to explore, even in the cold winter months. The ?Whiteout? is, you guessed it, white, with a stamped guilloche texture and lacquer coating that is meant t...