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Fears Watch Company

Elegantly Understated

The Fears Watch Company, known as 'Fears', is a family-run British watch company that was originally founded on Redcliff Street, Bristol in 1846 by Edwin Fear. Fears is now paradoxically one of Britain’s oldest and youngest watch brands, having been dormant from the late 1970’s until being re-established in 2016.

Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, the now (4th) Managing Director and great-great-great-grandson of Edwin Fear, has brought the company back to its original and historic home city of Bristol where their watches are designed.

The Fears mantra is 'Elegantly Understated' and that can be seen throughout their watches that are still proudly hand-built in Britain. The Fears collection is a sophisticated, yet contemporary range of watches that retain inspiration from their vast archive.


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