Thank you and I agree if fears can improve it can be a fantastic product but we’ll see what happens

Appreciate it and I agree the farer is a must better option

Thank you. Appreciate you watching

Exactly. It is unfortunate to see because it is a brand that seems easy to get behind but I don’t think there are many objective reviews out there

@@theknightswatch objective as in negative?

@@andresfg6788 Objective as in honest and unbiased. Personally, my familiarity with Fears is largely based on interviews I've heard/seen with Fears' managing director. He is an interesting and thoughtful guy, reviving a family company that has real history behind it. That said, those conversations are often conducted by people who are obviously friends or fans and they rarely subject the watches themselves to any scrutiny. I appreciate that someone actually put the watch under a microscope and gave us an unbiased look at the product itself. I'm still a fan of Fears and hope that they will continue to improve their product.

@@ugabrew what I don't appreciate is that the review is very negative and that he didn't care to contact the company and ask them to fix it as they would do for sure. There are QC issues in all brands, personally I've had it in JLC, IWC and Omega.. but I did contact them and most fix it. That's something that this review doesn't take into account and being negative is not equal to being objective. I've held Fears watches in person and have tag this guy in macro photos without this QC issues. So what I say also is one example can't lead to generalizations of a brand

I agree with ya. The thickness isn’t so much an issue for me because the rounded nature to the case is visually interesting but it could be sleeker and much better executed

What do you mean by back off the British made angle? Pretend it’s made in some generic space? I think the British made angle is a positive. I don’t see where it’s being overdone. 🤷🏻‍♂️

It is unfortunate because as a collector who sways toward the odd and new “independent-ish” brands I would love to have a fears. But every experience I’ve had was sub par to the price they offer and the story they claim for the piece. Maybe one day everything will equalize but that remains to be seen. And yes the hand finished hands aren’t well finished.

Thank you and ya I agree, not quite as good as you’d expect

@@mybrainlikesthings it’s just a large watch and aesthetically it’s not quite for me.

Another favorite of mine, Serica, don't even put it up there... You still know what it is immediately. I agree with Nicholas on this.

Thank you, I got the poster randomly off of Etsy. I couldn’t seem to find it again after a quick browse unfortunately

From experience the farer is better I reviewed the Lethbridge recently and hardly a qc issue about and wore very well too

Completely agree. I can only go off personal experience I’ve handled two fears watches and the last one was been more badly finished than this one. So I would assume it’s not a one off issue

Can’t help but agree

It’s fair, I wouldn’t mind the eta if the rest of the watch was fantastic but it’s not the case here

Agreed, unfortunate it multiple ways but we’ll see what happens in the future. It would take a lot for me to go back to a fears though

Ya they did reach out and offer to fix it but I had already sold the watch by that point. It’s nice to see they would reach out without me even coming to them. I’ve had a watch sent back to them in the past and they couldn’t qc it well enough so they offered a refund

Sadly so but thanks for watching!

Damn I liked that watch.. The roughness is bad.. They do brag aboout the quility control

I have terrible taste so must just be getting lucky at the moment haha

Ya reached out to them before when I ordered my first blue dial Brunswick and they weren’t able to fix the issues. They did reach out and offer to try to fix this one but I didn’t bond with it enough to want to keep it

Not much to disagree with there. I’m sure the watch is expensive to make but it seems that some of those decisions are for the sake of it rather than making an ultimately amazing end product

Very fair point. I had one other fears in the past and it was the worst qcd watch I’d ever had in hand, so something does need to change

Yes to be fair they offered to rectify, but I have owned a fears before with similar issues, actually even worse qc than this model here. It was sent away to fears under warranty, they went through 2 or 3 dials each still having qc issues and in the end they said they can’t produce one without scratches and refunded me the money

I understand where your coming from but when you are paying for a luxury items, it’s the attention to the details that don’t matter, that make it worth the price. It shows a lack of care and appreciation for the product especially when they claim to qc them intently. Had they never included that statement it wouldn’t have been as bad of a thing but it still is unacceptable for a luxury product

Agreed

Please let me know what you find valuable about this watch. I’m interested to hear. I’ve owned 2 fears at this point and the first was so badly qc’d the marks on the hand and indices were visible even without a loupe and even at arms length.

@@theknightswatch a lot of what you say and what I'm going to say is subjective but... I like the case much better than the Farer for example. Looks much more refined in person. The balance of the dial design is also clear to me. The numerals are indeed designed for them and that is not too common. The short lugs makes it a joy to wear. The way the numerals play with the light is enticing to me, even compared with much more expensive watches. The added comfort of using true alcantara as an underlining for the strap. The degree and feel of the case polish. The hand brushing on the top surrounding of the case, so nice and subtle. I could go on... In regards to the macro QC issues, I've had several issues with JLC, IWC and Omega. Did you reached out to Fears? A lot of the value in luxury items is in how they would react in that situation. (IWC is the worst). Btw when something is handmade is not perfection that is expected but rather the contrary. Lastly, perhaps one of the most legitimate and compelling stories in the new wave of british watchmaking.

Ahh and this could extend to the presentation box. There's not a lot of companies using real wood nowadays, let alone british made. The presentation and packaging in my case were impeccable

@@andresfg6788 I see where your coming from and of course subjective as you say. I don’t agree on all your points as is clear in the video. A big thing to is I don’t think brand stories should play in at all into the watches “quality” it’s either well made or not or we’ll made and some areas and lacking in others and those lacking qualities aren’t made up for by having a good or romantic reason for existing. And I understand and agree with the point of hand finished watches looking hand finished( to a point) but if you try to make that a selling point, then I’ll show that there are plenty of watches at the price, not finished by hand, that look much better. So if there isn’t a over romanticization of the craft, there are much better offerings out there.

@@theknightswatch I completely disagree with your point of view in many ways. These are unnecessary and very archaic items, the reason to purchase them does go in hand with the romanticism of the story they offer. Nobody needs them or really needs any type of mechanical timekeeping these days. These are emotional purchases and so the story has a LOT to do with it and how you evaluate the watch. Hmm "well made" 🤔 as in "well machined" ?, as I said a machine could have had a much better and exact finish to this piece. But I believe you might have done the wrong thing in buying this watch. Is not meant for you. And that's OK. Go on with your loupe and QC a G-Shock I guarantee it will be better.