Fortis Watches -Brand Profile,History and Products

Fortis is a Swiss watch brand founded in Grenchen, Switzerland by Walter Vogt in 1912.In 1937 Fortis presented their first chronograph watches and in 1948,they launched water resistant watches.In 1956 Fortis received the leading Chronometer award conferred by the Swiss institute for official time keeping tests, for the first water-resistant mechanical alarm chronometer.In 1987 on the occasion of 75th anniversary Fortis introduced the new edition of the FLIEGER AUTOMATIC collection, known as the world's first factory of automatic wristwatches. 1n 1992 Fortis unveiled its first SPACE ART EDITION on board of the first art painted spacecraft, a Russian Proton rocket. Limited Andora Edition FORTIS STRATOLINER AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH.In 1994 ,after endurance tests on the margins of physics, the Star City Training Center chose the FORTIS OFFICIAL COSMONAUTS CHRONOGRAPH as part of their official cosmonauts equipment.

The space mission ”EUROMIR 1” crew was the first to be presented with the FORTIS COSMONAUTS SET and became the world's first automatic chrongraph in open space outside the space station.In 1997 The FORTIS OFFICIAL COSMONAUTS CHRONOGRAPH was chosen to be the official watch of the German-Russian space mission MIR 97.In 1998 Fortis launched the world's first Automatic Chronograph with integrated mechanical Alarm.In 2000 FORTIS SPACEMATIC - The Next Generation watch collection was launched .

Awards:
1.“Star of the Blue Planet” 2001 award by Russian Space Agency Rosaviakosmos for commitment to the development of mechanical chronographs for space travel.
2.“BEGIN” grand prix award 2001 in the category for space watches.
3.Japan's leading watch brand award 2001.
4.1st European Aviation Watch Award” 2004 for FORTIS FLIEGER CHRONOGRAPH AUTOMATIC watch.
5. 2nd place in “The Golden Balance Wheel” awrad 2007 for Limited Edition FORTIS FLIEGER CHRONOGRAPH ALARM PLATINUM.

Fortis is the Official Cosmonauts chronograph of International Space Station(ISS) and space programs of Russia including the missions like rocket MAXUS 7 & research modules Columbus and Kibo.

Official website:http://www.fortis-watch.com