Fortis Titan Black/Orange Mars 500 watch 647.28.13 L 13

This Fortis Mens watch is part of the B-42 Official Cosmonauts collection.

Mars 500 is an ambitious experiment that was launched in order to test the possibility of sending a crew of cosmonauts to Mars by 2030.

Fortis is the official partner of ESA and the Russian Institute of Biomedical problems who are responsible for the project.

The limited edition B-42 Black Mars 500 was launched as a result of that collaboration.

The watch is equipped with Swiss-made 220, 11 1/2" automatic calibre that performs 28 800 vibrations per hour and has 26 bearing jewels.

Other characteristics include fine timing device and Incabloc shock absorber.

A day and date window is positioned at the 3 oclock mark.

Indicators are bilingual, coming in English and German.

A uni-directional, rotating bezel is available to measure elapsed time.

Hands, indices and bezel elements are covered with luminous paint that enhances readability in the dark.

Additional useful features include screw-down titanium case back, individual numbering and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass with anti-reflective coating.