From Grenchen to the stars, Fortis crafts tool watches of heroic resilience, proven in the skies and beyond the atmosphere.
Founded by Walter Vogt.
In 1926 Fortis partnered with inventor John Harwood to produce the first serially manufactured automatic wristwatch.
Since 1994 Fortis has been the exclusive supplier to crewed space missions authorised by the Russian space agency, with its Official Cosmonauts Chronograph.
At the request of the space programme, Fortis built an alarm into an automatic chronograph, which entered production in 1998.
The Fortis Flieger Chronograph won the inaugural European Aviation Watch of the Year trophy in 2004, honouring a proud aviation heritage.
A rocket climbs from the Earth into a sky of stars.
New stories from Fortis arrive here as we publish them, straight from the house.
Every timepiece is best discovered in person: on the wrist, in the hand, and in the company of those who made it.
Every house in this collection has its own world on Simply Luxury.
The Fortis name belongs to its owners. Stories on Simply Luxury are drawn from the house's own published content. Illustrations by Simply Luxury.