A Planetary Watch Fortis

In 2012 the Swiss watch company Fortis will be exactly one hundred years from the time when it was founded in Grenchen by Walter Vogt. In connection with the anniversary the company announces the issue of the new limited watches B-47 Mysterious Planets, which design is inspired by the planetary map of our solar system, reflected on the dials of the new models.

The watches are available in two versions: ref. 677-20-31-L01 with trendy black dial and ref. 677-20-35-M with the sky-blue dials, as the relevant to space topics. The watches are clad in stainless steel round case having a water resistance up to 200 meters. On the rotating sectors of the dial are represented the orbits of Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury, revolving around the sun, which role performs the central minute hand. The planets are round windows in which as rotating the sectors of the dial the numbers corresponding to the current hour appear. Such a time indexing until this day has never met in the other astronomical wristwatch. As the five planets movement the appearance of the dial is constantly changing - every hour you look at a few another watch on the wrist.

Inside is mounted an automatic mechanism. B-47 Mysterious Planets is delivered on a steel bracelet, a black leather strap, or silicone blue rubber strap.

B-47 Mysterious Planets is issued in a limited edition of 500 items. You can buy the novelty for around $ 5500 - the price varies slightly depending on the strap or bracelet.

Fortis name means "strong". For the past hundred years, the watches of this company are faithful companions for sailors, pilots and even astronauts. Perhaps due to the maintenance of such cooperation, this watch company not only survived at the time of the quartz crisis, "flood" of many Swiss manufacturers, but also presented new developments.

The new watch B-47 Mysterious Planets is simple and at the same time has a unique design. It does not shout about its singularity - it's obvious.