Fears has given the Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour 'Ultimus' a sharper kind of scarcity: not a numbered production cap, but a one-week order window that closes at 23:59 BST on August 17, 2026. For collectors, that distinction matters. This is the final edition of Fears' Jump Hour line with Andrew Morgan, and the decision is less about chasing a fixed allocation than deciding whether this unusual display deserves a place before the window shuts.
The watch keeps the 40.5 mm stainless-steel Brunswick case, uses a Phantom White sapphire dial with a luminous ceramic centre, and runs Christopher Ward's JJ01 jump-hour module on a Sellita SW200 base. Fears lists the strap version from £3,708.33 excluding VAT and the strap-and-bracelet option from £3,958.33 excluding VAT, with orders placed now beginning to ship from November.
The Last Jump Hour
The collector hook is the word final, but the more interesting detail is how Fears has framed it. The 'Ultimus' will be hand-built in small batches, as Fears says its watches are, yet production is not limited by a declared number. The gate is time. If you want the last Jump Hour, the order has to be placed inside the August 10-17 window.
That makes the watch a different proposition from a conventional limited edition. There is still urgency, but it is cleaner than artificial scarcity. The owner knows the watch belongs to a defined closing chapter in the Brunswick Jump Hour story, while Fears avoids turning the model into a pure allocation game.
A Transparent Take On Jumping Hours
Most jump-hour watches hide the trick behind a window. Fears goes in the other direction. The 'Ultimus' uses three sapphire elements over the hour display, with a black-gradient outer dial, a frosted semi-transparent minute track and a textured luminous ceramic centre. Instead of a cut-out at 12 o'clock, the hour is read through an integrated magnifying window.
That choice changes the personality of the watch. It makes the hour disc part of the visual architecture rather than a secret. In daylight, the design is restrained and almost monochrome; in low light, the luminous ceramic centre and hour disc give it a much more theatrical second life.
The Case Still Carries The Brand
The Brunswick case is doing a lot of the quiet work here. Fears traces the cushion silhouette to a gentleman's cushion-case watch from its 1924 archive, and the modern 40.5 mm version keeps the polished, curved, no-flat-surface language that has become central to the line. The signed onion crown, brushed-and-polished steel finishing and 20 mm lug width keep the watch recognisably Fears even before the dial starts the conversation.
There is a practical side as well. The watch is rated to 100 metres, ships on a handmade Obsidian Black Epsom leather strap, and can also be ordered with a flush-fitting five-link stainless-steel bracelet with screw links and a butterfly clasp. That bracelet option changes the mood: less vintage dress object, more everyday steel Brunswick.
Why Collectors Should Care
The movement side is part of the story, but not because the base architecture is exotic. The watch uses Christopher Ward's JJ01 module on a Sellita SW200 base, regulated by Fears to chronometer grade according to the brand. The point is the display: a jumping-hour module inside a case shape and dial construction that make the complication visible without turning the watch into a novelty object.
The 'Ultimus' is not the safest Brunswick, and that is why it deserves attention. It asks the buyer to accept a one-hand display, a transparent dial stack and a deadline-driven purchase. But if the Brunswick Jump Hour has been the Fears collaboration that felt most distinct from the rest of the catalogue, this final window gives collectors a clear reason to decide now rather than simply bookmark it for later.
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