Fortis Watches
When Fortis Watches was founded by Walter Vogt in 1912, his most splendid move would come 12 years later when he cooperated with John Harwood who is the inventor of the automatic wristwatch. Fortis watches released the first self-winding wristwatch, the patented Harwood Automatic in 1926. To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Fortis manufacured their first chronographs in 1937. They enjoyed market supremacy of alarm watches in 1954.
Fortis Watches History
The first piece of fortis watches with indication of the 52 calendar weeks was released by Fortis Watch in 1992. Fortis Watches are even used in space flights and air flights alike now. The Russian-German space mission MIR 97 also chose Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph as their official watch. When all cosmonauts and astronauts left Russia, they received a watch & set as part of their official space equipment. The Flieger Chronograph was awarded the European Aviation Watch of the Year in 2004.
Although Fortis watches have won many famous awards for their work in the field of Horology, they never stop inventing new production and they invent the first waterproof wristwatch in 1943. In 1994, the Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph was chosen to be part of the Cos monauts official equipment after rigorous endurance tests by the Uri Gagarin Russian state scientific-research test centre which is at Star City. Now most ‘on duty’ Astronauts and Cosmonauts are used to wearing Fortis watches, particularly under the harsh and demanding conditions of free space outside the International Space Station (ISS)
Fortis Watches Rewards
The pilots who always live above the clouds require the equipment for their everyday flying life should be useful and easily readable. Fortis watches is convinced to fulfill their requirement for their worldwide use of squadron watches, in civil and military aviation and by pilots of aerobatic formation teams.
In 2004, Flieger and Pilot models from Fortis Watches was awarded “European Aviation watch of the Year” by its good legability, robustness, user friendliness, functionality and water resistance.
