Fears Introduces Platinum Cased Brunswick
Fears designs have largely stayed true to their tagline of ?Elegant Simplicity?, even with the introduction of their Blue, Salmon and Midas Gold versions of the flagship Brunswick model. You could argue their latest release may adhere to the ?Elegant? part of that ethos, but ?Simplicity? doesn?t really apply any more.
The Fears Brunswick Pt, as you might guess, is a take on the same watch but with a Platinum 950 case. But the extravagance doesn?t end there. The hour markers that alternate with platinum plated Arabic numerals are set with diamonds, with a seventh diamond in the onion crown.
In most of its other iterations, perhaps save for the striking salmon dial, the Brunswick is very much an under-the-radar watch; one which you have a much greater appreciation of noticing the subtleties over time rather than being immediately enchanted at first sight. Although platinum and diamonds don?t really give off the same message, platinum is one of those metals that you can only really appreciate close up. The sheen of platinum is slightly softer than steel or white gold, and a watch case made from platinum will be noticeably heavier.
On the reverse of the Brunswick Pt are a set of hallmarks denoting that each piece has been tested to be at least 950 parts out of 1000 pure platinum, along with a new ?NBS? hallmark that was applied for specifically for this watch and approved by the London Assay Office. NBS represent the initials of Nicholas Bowman-Scargill. Fears? 4th ...
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