This beautiful and rare vintage Fortis features a special striped linen dial with texture. It contains a Fortis manually wound 17 jewel movement. It has a unique squared gilded finished case with a case thickness of only 7.5mm! The watch is super thin even for a manually wound movement. The brand new strap is a vintage burgundy genuine leather by Hadley Roma. Dated to the 1970s era, it is in good overall vintage condition with some wear to the case back near one of the lugs as seen in the photo. The dial is in good shape with some slight oxidation around a few of the indices and light even patina on the texted dial. The acrylic crystal is in overall good shape with no major scratches. Overall the watch is in good vintage condition for it's age. Suitable for both formal and casual occasions, this vintage Fortis is a great value piece.
SPECS
Brand: Fortis
Reference: 4720
Movement: Fortis manual wind
Year:1970's
Condition: Pre-owned, all original
Case material: Stainless steel / gilded gold pvd
Dial: Gilded linen
Case Diameter: 30.6mm
Lug to Lug: 37.9mm
Case Thickness: 7.5mm
Lug Width: 18mm
Water Resistance: Unknown (Vintage)
Strap: New vintage burgundy Hadley Roma leather
Box & Papers: None
THOUGHTS
I still believe Fortis is one of those underappreciated brands that have some real hidden gems. Vintage Fortis brings some of the best value for money and would make a great starter piece for someone just getting into vintage watches. This one here has a unique gilded squared off case and razor thin movement with a case thickness clocking in under 8mm! This would make a great dress watch fitting easily under any cuff, but still has good wrist presence with the squared case. The standout feature however, is that gilded textured dial. With a linen dial look, the texture of the lines have such depth that they almost look hand etched. I wouldn't sleep on this one, it won't be around for long!
