Fears Introduces A Trio Of New Watches: The Brunswick 38 Charcoal Rose, Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour Barleycorn, And Redcliff 39.5 Date ES

The folks at Fears certainly didn't sit still this summer

August 29, 2025

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For many, summer vacation is usually a time to travel, relax, and recharge for the second half of the year. Well, not for the people at Fears, it seems. The British brand introduces not one, not two, but three new watches today. The new Brunswick 38 Charcoal Rose has a textured black and rose gold dial. Then, there’s the new Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour Barleycorn with a plum centerpiece. And finally, there’s the new Redcliff 39.5 Date ES with a frosted and hardened steel case and black DLC-coated parts.

Usually, when Fears releases something new, it seems very considerate and often focuses on a single watch. However, this time, the company saved up over the summer and is letting it all out before Geneva Watch Days starts next week. Let’s take a look at the trio of releases.

The Brunswick 38 Charcoal Rose

I’ll start with the new Fears Brunswick 38 Charcoal Rose because it’s my favorite of the three. As you can gather from its name, this is the Brunswick with the 38mm brushed and polished stainless steel cushion case, which has an 11.25mm thickness and a 43mm lug-to-lug. It also features the characteristic onion crown with which you can wind and set the hand-wound La Joux-Perret D100 movement inside. This caliber runs at a frequency of 21,600vph, features 17 jewels, and holds a power reserve of 50 hours.

Fears Brunswick 38 Charcoal Rose on leather strap, head on

Fears Brunswick 38 Charcoal Rose on bracelet, tilted upright view

But the real news is that it has a charcoal and rose gold dial. The slightly raised center has a textured and charcoal finish. It contrasts nicely with the rose-gold-plated signature Fears hands, applied Edwin typeface numerals, and the rose gold sub-dial and minute track. The new outfit makes the Brunswick 38 appear a bit more modern and fresh. It’s usually a classic and dressy watch, but with these updates, it becomes less formal. The new Brunswick 38 Charcoal Rose costs £3,450 on a leather strap and £200 more in a five-row stainless steel bracelet.

The Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour Barleycorn

Next, we’ll check out the other new Brunswick model. This time, it’s of the 40.5mm Jump Hour kind. Due to its bigger size, it’s a bit too imposing for my 17cm wrist. However, its jump-hour complication does look very attractive. The brushed and polished stainless steel case has a 40.5mm diameter, 12.8mm profile, and 47mm lug-to-lug span. Here, the onion crown interacts with the Sellita SW200 automatic movement inside. On top, there’s the JJ01 jump hour module developed by Johannes Jahnke for Christopher Ward. The movement runs at a frequency of 28,800vph, features 25 jewels, and holds a power reserve of 38 hours.

But, as with the smaller Brunswick 38, the real surprise here is the plum and barleycorn dial. Previous versions of the Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour used to have the same color on both the outer ring and the azurage-finished centerpiece of the dial. This time, though, the watch features a smooth plum-colored centerpiece, while the outer ring bears a decorative barleycorn texture. The Fears logo is now also on a finely brushed and beveled plate at 6 o’clock instead of being printed at 12.

The new dial design reminded me a bit of the recently introduced Fears Arnos Pewter Blue. That watch also features a colored centerpiece inside a sea decorated with a hobnail pattern. That watch is beautiful, even more so in person. I expect the same is true of the new Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour Barleycorn, which costs £4,250 on a leather strap. The version with the stainless steel bracelet costs £200 more.

The Redcliff 39.5 Date ES

Finally, we get to the sportiest of the three new releases, the Fears Redcliff 39.5 Date ES. That abbreviation at the end stands for “Endurance Specification.” That has to do with the frosted and hardened stainless steel case that also features a black DLC-coated bezel, crown, case back, and buckle. The hardening treatment raises the surface hardness to 2,000 HV (Vickers) and gives the watch its matte look. The case is 39.5mm wide, 9.95mm thick, and the lugs span 47mm across.

Fears Redcliff 39.5 Date ES case back and movement

Inside ticks the La Joux-Perret G100 automatic movement at a frequency of 28,800vph. It also features 24 jewels and holds a comfortable power reserve of 68 hours. Like the first of today’s Brunswick models, the Redcliff also features a textured black dial. It has applied and molded Super-LumiNova X2 hour markers, a date window at 3 o’clock, and an angled minute track. To add to the Redcliff’s sporty character, the watch comes with various orange accents on both the dial and the textured rubber strap. The new Fears Redcliff 39.5 Date ES costs £3,350.

Available now, shipping in September

Other than the black textured dials on the new Brunswick 38 and the Redcliff 39.5, there doesn’t seem to be an overarching theme between these releases. The Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour Barleycorn is dressy and bold, as you would expect from Fears. Then, the Brunswick 38 Charcoal Rose with its black textured dial is a classic watch with a modern twist. Finally, the Redcliffe 39.5 Date ES is the sporty watch of the three. They’re all available to order now and will ship in September. Which one would you choose? Let me know in the comments below.