WHY FORTIS

Fortis is known for building robust Swiss tool watches with a real heritage in space exploration and aviation.

Yes, Fortis is a Swiss watchmaker founded in 1912 and headquartered in Grenchen, Switzerland. Fortis is manufacturing their Tool Watches still in the very same building.

Fortis watches are designed, developed, and assembled in Grenchen, Switzerland.

Yes, Fortis is one of the very few independent, family-owned Swiss watchmakers.

Fortis combines Swiss watchmaking excellence with purpose driven engineering, creating robust luxury timepieces built to perform in the most demanding environments, from the depths of the ocean to the edge of space. Fortis builds robust luxury watches that don’t just look tough, but truly deliver on their promise through engineering, materials, and proven performance in extreme environments.

For Fortis, space-tested means our watches are developed and validated against the extreme conditions of space, which define the benchmark for our engineering and testing standards, ensuring reliable performance where failure is not an option.

Yes. Fortis is a luxury watch brand, but we define luxury through durability, heritage, and purpose. A Fortis watch is built to be worn, and every scratch it earns is part of its story, because true luxury is a watch that lives with you.

Fortis is privately owned and led by entrepreneur Jupp Philipp together with his wife Petra. With no shareholders and fully privately financed, Fortis has the freedom to make long-term decisions and build watches exactly the way the team believes they should be built.

Fortis uses high-performance automatic movements, including the manufacture calibres Werk 11 and Werk 13 developed in partnership with Kenissi, placing Fortis in a select group of brands such as Breitling and Bell & Ross with access to these top-tier Swiss movements. For its chronographs, Fortis developed the space-tested Werk 17, a column-wheel chronograph built for extreme reliability and precision.

Werk 11 and Werk 13 are officially COSC chronometer certified, while the other Fortis movements are regulated by our skilled watchmakers to the same chronometer standard, even if they do not carry an official certificate.

Yes, Fortis watches are engineered for extreme durability with high water resistance, hardened materials, and robust construction.

Fortis watches are available through authorized retailers worldwide and on the official Fortis website.

You really cannot go wrong with any Fortis. While personal taste always comes first, many people start with classics like the Flieger or the Novonaut, but every Fortis collection follows the same clear design philosophy, so in the end the right choice is simply the one that feels right on your wrist.

All watches come with a 5-year manufacturer warranty.