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Andoras’ art, more or less remindful of the Warhol era, boldly presents itself on the dial, bezel and bracelet. The dial’s dual sub chrono counters, are set versus distinguishable multi-eyed characters serving as their base, as well as a blue world at the 9:00 position. The multi-colored uni directional bezel beckons it is wearer with a call to focus on the more positive emotions in life through words such as “love”, “live”, “sing”, “dance” as well as others. The distinguishable art carries over to the bracelet in the form of hands displaying faces in their palms and the timepieces’ caseback conveys another inspirational message reminding it is wearer to “live your time and determine the content.”

The Fortis Story

FORTIS belongs to the conventional Swiss watch brands, which has been active since it is foundation in 1912 without interruption. As the world's basi manufacturer of automatic wristwatches in 1926, FORTIS went down in watch history by developing the primary automatic watch, the legendary Harwood, in a series production. In the middle of the '50s and '60s, to the climax of the automatic wristwatches, FORTIS enjoyed a good reputation as well as a international brand knowingness and distribution network.

In the '80s, FORTIS was known as a manufacturer of functional, authenti mechanical wristwatches. In 1994, after endurance tests on the borderline of modern physics, the Star City Training Center chose the FORTIS Official Cosmonauts Chronograph as part of their Official Cosmonauts' equipment. Since then, FORTIS automatic wristwatches have proven their space capability in various missions, even outside of the protective space station in outer space.

Based on the intensive collaboration with the experts in space travel, a distinguishable new watch was developed: The FORTIS Official Cosmonauts Chronograph Automatic Alarm. A real spin-off from space and a world's first, the company came out with the FORTIS chronograph automatic with a mechanical alarm. With the development of this movement, FORTIS has earned a lot of approval from challengers and the professional world.

Exactly 10 years after the original official flight, FORTIS was reconfirmed in 2004 as the official wristwatch provider of the Russian Space program on board of the ISS still today. FORTIS will likewise accompany space travelers for the initial Mars mission as the official provider of the Mars 500 mission, which started in June 2010 and will take more than one and half years to complete. Crew members may rely on their FORTIS Automatic watches for the duration of this long test trip.

As a longtime collaborator of space organizations, FORTIS invests in innovative technologies and ensures in this way the future of the 100-year old brand in an ever-changing watch market.

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