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What is time? This question has engaged scientists, philosophers, and other great thinkers since the beginning of time. Most people wish for more time, butunfortunately time is static so it becomes a wish that can never be granted. By observing, we can measure the passage of time; we remember events and experiences that can be put intobefore-and-after sequences. Experiencing time as stress (a physiological flooding of the senses in a short amount of time) or the experience of boredom (not enough sense perception within a certain amount of time) form the extremes of contemporary definitions.The observation of cyclical events in nature and of heavenly bodies is the very beginnings of watch making. It is these measurements of times that are the essences of horology. The orderly criteria of these regular occurences are models for complex, little masterpieces in the art of watch making. Skilled horologists have been able to give time a concrete shape. The fascinating mechanical watch is thus a symbol, simultaneously representing an individual witness to time on the wrist of its wearer, as well as an expression of personal views on time. Since 1912, with the establishment of the company by the Federal Office of the Swiss Confederation for Intellectual Property (no. 33521), time has received its characteristic shape from FORTIS, a brand name whose roots mean ”strong” in Latin. The advantages of automatic winding for a watch had been previously recognized by company founder Walter Vogt in the 1920s. He turned this unique type of power, supplied by a rotor utilizing the wearer’s kinetic energy to tension the mainspring, into reality. In 1926 he began the serial production of the legendary HARWOOD Automatic, which made history as the forerunner of thisnew movement technology. This type of kinetic power for a watch is what lead space travel specialists at the beginning of the 90s to FORTIS. Additionally, a mechanical alarm function should be present to complete the automatic chronograph. The result of this development, for the first time presented in 1997, is the FORTIS caliber F2001. This worldwide unique horological masterpiece is patented (EP 0806712) and internationally awardwinning. The construction of this unique caliber comprising movement, chronograph functions, and alarm mechanism qualifies caliber F2001 as a complication in the highest art of watch making. |
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Automatic 2836-2
Water-resistant 200 m / 20 bar
595.22.41 L 01
Stainless steel, 40 mm case diameter
Sapphire crystal
Superluminova coated numbers, hands and indices
