Description
Founded by Walter Vogt in Grenchen, Switzerland in 1912, Fortis first made watchmaking history 12 years later when it began production with John Harwood, the inventor of the automatic wristwatch.
The patented Harwood Automatic watch was launched by Fortis in 1926 and became the world's first mass-produced automatic watch.
In the years that followed, Fortis maintained its reputation for functional and reliable watches and in 1943 launched the world's first waterproof watch.