16 - FORTIS, Switzerland. An interesting wristwatch featuring a circular chrome-plated case with a clipped-on steel caseback. Cream-colored dial with Arabic numerals, signed. Seconds sub-dial at 6 o’clock. Syringe-style hands and an additional blued steel hand indicating the day on a scale from 1 to 31 (Pointer Date function). Case diameter (excluding crown): 30 mm. Hand-wound mechanical movement (functioning at the time of sale, no warranty). 1940s. Good condition, signs of wear. Comes with a replacement leather strap.

FORTIS, Switzerland. An interesting wristwatch featuring a circular chrome-plated case with a clipped-on steel caseback. Cream-colored dial with Arabic numerals, signed. Seconds sub-dial at 6 o’clock. Syringe-style hands and an additional blued steel hand indicating the day on a scale from 1 to 31 (Pointer Date function). Case diameter (excluding crown): 30 mm. Hand-wound mechanical movement (functioning at the time of sale, no warranty). 1940s. Good condition, signs of wear. Comes with a replacement leather strap. The Swiss watch brand Fortis was founded in 1912 in Granges (Grenchen) by Walter Vogt. In 1926, Fortis made history by partnering with British watchmaker John Harwood to mass-produce and launch the first mass-produced automatic wristwatch (the Harwood Automatic). During the 1990s, Fortis became the official supplier to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Its chronographs accompanied cosmonauts on missions aboard the Mir space station and the Atlantis space shuttle.