Fortis Watches
The Fortis watch company has been well known for creating highly technical Fortis wrist watches and they originate from the place well known for it clock making, Switzerland. The Fortis watch factory was founded in 1912 in Grenchen, Switzerland. Fortis has the honour of producing the world first self-winding wrist watch series, the Harwood. This series was launched in 1926. Fortis showed the world its superiority over the other brands by launching the “Fortissimo” wrist watch in 1943. This was the first water resistant wrist watch to go on sale. Later in 1954 Fortis started producing mechanical alarm wrist watches. Fortis Watches manufacturing high quality and very functional watches, understated with innovative technologies since its beginning.
FORTIS Spacematic
The Fortis Spacematic is a luxury watch which comes in an immaculate silver stainless steel case and bracelet. The dial is white in colour. This luxury watch has automatic Swiss movements. Fortis spacematic watch’s hand and dial are coated with Superluminova luminescent material for visible night reading.
FORTIS Official Cosmonauts Chronograph
The Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph is an immaculate wrist watch which is from the series of aviation watches. The wrist band is made from padded leather which comes in black colour and the case is made from pure stainless steel. The dial is also black with white hands and numerals. A day/date window is also featured on this watch.
FORTIS B-42 Diver Chronograph Alarm
The FORTIS B-42 Diver Chronograph Alarm wrist watch is another classic time piece. It comes in a Blue Crocodile Leather Strap with folding clasp. A stainless steel case and silver dials. The watch has Swiss automatic movements. Fortis B-42 Diver Chronograph watch resists water to 100 meters.
Fortis Pilot
The Fortis Pilot wrist watch is another impressive luxury wrist watch which comes in a black leather strap with a steel case. The dial is also black which gives the watch a very classy look. The watch also features a day/time window. The numerals are white and the hands are half black half white. Fortis Pilot watch has stainless steel screw-in crown and case back.
Fortis Flieger Automatic Watch
Fortis Fleiger Automatic is case in solid stainless steel and is designed for men for beast performance during outdoor. The Fleiger Automatic wrist watch has tritium coated hands, markers and numerals for excellent visibility in the darkness. Fortis Fleiger Automatic watch has stainless steel bracelet and folding clasp with safety. The Fleiger Automatic watch has black dial and three sub dials for second, minutes and hour counting. Fortis Fleiger Automatic wrist wear is equipped with automatic voljoux 7750 Swiss movement with fine time device and shock absorber device. The Fleiger Automatic watch resists water to 100 meters and perform 28000 semi-vibrations per hour. The Fleiger Automatic watch is priced for only $ 1600.
Fortis Cosmonaut GMT Watch
Fortis Cosmonaut GMT watch is sand blasted matte finished stainless steel construction. The Cosmonaut GMT watch has two dials and inner 24 hour dial can be used for 2nd time zone. Fortis Cosmonaut GMT watch’s bi-directional rotating bezel can be used for elapsed time or countdown timer. The Cosmonaut GMT watch is equipped with automatic ETA 2893-2 movement with shock absorber device. The Cosmonaut GMT watch has tritium coated hands, numerals and markers under the both sides anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Fortis Cosmonaut GMT watch has screw down case back and crown and it resists water to 200 meters. The Cosmonaut GMT watch has stainless steel bracelet with safety folding clasp. Fortis Cosmonaut GMT watch is priced for only $ 1200.
Fortis B-42 MarineMaster Watch
Fortis B-42 MarineMaster watch has brushed stainless steel case. The B-42 MarineMaster watch has unidirectional bezel etched with numbers and indexes. Fortis B-42 MarineMaster watch has stainless steel with deployment butterfly clasp. The B-42 MarineMaster watch has luminous hands and markers for night visibility, under the anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Fortis B-42 MarineMaster watch’s case width is 42mm, case thickness is 13.5mm and lug width is 20mm. The B-42 MarineMaster watch resists water to 200 meters and has push-in crown and mineral crystal case back. The B-42 MarineMaster watch is priced for $ 1500.
Fortis B-42 Pilot Professional Chrono Watch
Fortis B-42 Pilot Professional Chrono wrist wear is made of stainless steel case and bracelet with deployment fold over clasp. The B-42 Pilot Professional Chrono watch is water resist to 200 meters and equipped with automatic mechanical movement. Fortis B-42 Pilot Professional Chrono wrist watch has sapphire crystal and luminous hands and markers. The B-42 Pilot Professional watch has stainless steel bracelet with deployment foldover clasp. Fortis B-42 Pilot Professional watch is equipped with push-in crown and mineral crystal case back. Fortis B-42 Pilot Professional wrist watch’s case diameter is 42mm, case thickness is 16mm and lug width is 20mm. FOrtis B-42 Pilot Professional stylish watch is priced for $ 3000.
The year 1992 was very significant for the fortis watch company as they stepped into space with their first FORTIS Space-Art Edition the FORTIS Automatic Chronograph Stratoliner. This watch was carried into space on board a Russian proton rocket. Their involvement in aviation continues today and another series the FORTIS 2000 collection called SPACEMATIC was launched in year 2000. Fortis is a brand well known to the world and recently cheap replicas have appeared all over the internet. The buyer must be very careful when choosing from one of these sites. Fortis watches are on the expensive side as most of their collections are of Fortis dress watches and luxury watches.
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