Fortis Watch Company of Switzerland has been making Fortis watches for nearly a century. The company has the unique distinction of being the first to mass produce watches with automatic movement. This very fact was a path breaking event leading to the company becoming famous and their watches easily recognizable. The company claims that people even by a casual look at a watch can recognize whether it is a Fortis watch. The watches come in a limited variety of classifications, majority of them are for use in the scientific and technical field. The few models are available for the public in general and also for ladies. Fortis Watch Company attained fame and recognition when they supplied watches to military personnel during the Second World War. Since then they have branched in to making highly specialized watches for aviation industry, space programs, and maritime agencies. These watches are fundamentally tough in construction and utilitarian in nature but they have also good looking designs. With very good design team the company has been able to accommodate the tastes of the fashion loving civilian also.
• Features: Watches with mechanical movements though preferred by few people are generally getting out of circulation and many companies have stopped producing them. Quartz movements in watches have become the common trend among all watch makers. Fortis watches have Japanese quartz movements housed in a case made of stainless steel. The cases come in square and round shapes and some of them are big and others are small. Dials are black or white. All Fortis watches have provision for reading day and date. There are Rolex Air King Watches two versions, one version has two separate small dials indicating date and day and in other versions windows are provided for the display of day and date. All watches are automatic and water resistant. The watch cover is scratch proof mineral crystals. All watches come with attractive straps made of leather, rubber, silicone or PVD.
• Types: Fortis watches have editions according to the usage. Accordingly, for space, aviation, maritime and military uses Fortis watches come out in different models for each application. Watches are made for general use including ladies and sports models. There are watches coming under special and limited editions.
• Special: The automatic chronograph of Fortis watches has found a permanent place in the Russian space program. Fortis watches have added the time zone and alarm features to their original model.
Fortis watches are sought after by industries, business and scientific establishments for development of special models.
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