Fears Watch Company was founded in 1846 by Edwin Fear in Bristol, England. The company grew to eventually export to 95 countries at the turn of the century, survived both World Wars, with all of their manufacturing facilities being bombed during each war, and eventually built a new factory and launched new models in 1946, in time for their centennial celebration. Closing its doors in 1976, Fears was relaunched by the great-great-great-grandson of Edwin Fear, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill. A former apprentice at Rolex, Scargill released the first new Fears timepiece, The Redcliff, in 2016.
The Fears X Collective Onyx Redcliff features a 39.5mm stainless steel case with a screw-down signed crown, a screw-down case back, a sapphire crystal, and a water resistance rating of 150 meters. The black dial is made of onyx stone and features white-painted indices for the hour markers and silver-painted minute markers, and tri-bevelled, rhodium-plated, diamond-polished hands, filled with Super-LumiNova. Powered by a Swiss-made top-grade La Joux-Perret G100 automatic winding movement with 24 jewels, 28,800vph (4Hz) and 68-hr power reserve. The movement is finished with Côtes de Genève, Rhodium plating and blued screws, and a custom-decorated rotor featuring the ‘Bristol Flower’.
This Fear X Collective Onyx Redcliff is one of 20 Limited Edition pieces sold exclusively through Collective Horology. Included with this timepiece is the original outer sleeve, inner box, wood Fears case, Fears booklet, Redcliff operating instruction booklet, warranty card,
original Fears black leather strap with stainless steel Fears buckle, and Fears stainless steel bracelet.
