First Movement truly tested in Space | FORTIS WERK 17

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Adding to many firsts in the history of
Fortis, with the redefined Stratoliner Collection,
Fortis introduces the first manufacture
calibre which was custom built
for space and tested in the Stratosphere.

The new Fortis manufacture calibre, the
WERK 17, is a self-winding chronograph calibre
which features a column wheel for enhanced
reliability.
The custom designed traversing bridge offers
ultimate, space-proof robustness. It has
been regulated to the Fortis performance
requirements resulting in above chronometer-
standard accuracy. Furthermore, this new manufacture calibre
boasts a power reserve of 60hrs.


WERK 17 was tested in collaboration with
the Swedish Space Corporation. The test
consisted of a number of movements fixed
on a gondola driven by a stratospheric balloon.
Launched at the Esrange Space Center,
the test-batch took off into the Stratosphere.
After a flight time of 1.5 hours under
the harsh cosmic conditions, the movements
came back down and landed in the
vast forest landscape of Finland.

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