Fortis B-42 Cosmonaut Titanium Men's Watch 659.27.11M
Item # 659.27.11M
Retail Value: $4,525.00
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- Automatic Movement
- Day and Date indication
- 30-minute counter at 12 o'clock position
- 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock
- Seconds counter at 9 o'clock
- 25 Jewels
- Semi vibrations per hour
- Incabloc Shock Absorber
- Titanium Case
- Black uni-directional turning diver bezel with 120 grid
- Tachometer scale on dial flange
- Screw-down solid titanium caseback
- Water Resistant to 200 meters
- Sapphire crystal with reflective coating on both sides
- Black rubber-covered titanium crown and pushers
- Black with Arabic numerals
- Titanium bracelet with double screwed links
- For better fit and security a titanium bar slides through attachment and lugs, and is screwed to outside of case
- 42 mm case diameter
- Neon-Orange function hands
- Numerals, hands and indices coated with Superluminova
- Colored triangles on dial guide day and date adjustment
- Individually numbered
About the Brand
When Walter Vogt founded Fortis in 1912, his most brilliant move would come 12 years later when he set up production with John Harwood, the inventor of the automatic wristwatch. Two years later in 1926, Fortis released the first self-winding wristwatch, the patented Harwood Automatic. In 1937 Fortis commemorated their 25th anniversary by manufacturing their first chronographs and in 1954 they took over the world-wide distribution of alarm watches. In 1992 they released a world novelty: the first watch with indication of the 52 calendar weeks. Their watches have joined space flights and air flights alike and the Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph was chosen as the official watch of the Russian-German space mission MIR 97. All cosmonauts and astronauts leaving Russia receive and a watch & set as part of their official space equipment. In 2004, the Flieger Chronograph was awarded the European Aviation Watch of the Year. Fortis has a history of being ahead of the times and that’s why their watches will keep you ahead on all of your travels, whether they be on the road, in the sky, or galactic.
