Fortis IQ Art Edition LE automatic watch for the REAL nerds

Selling at a recommended street price of just $38.7298335², the new Fortis IQ Art Edition LE automatic watch was designed by an architect and a business tycoon Rolf Sachs, the man standing behind the Fortis B-42 one-handed time keeping instrument and lots of other pieces of art.

Surprisingly, while most of his chairs, lamps and mail boxes are not particularly comfortable (if not to say downright unusable), this simple masterpiece of industrial design will definitely serve its purpose, even if you had an average “F” in math.

Being the real nerd’s watch, the Fortis IQ pays little details to such “unimportant” things as accessories.

The timekeeper’s black leather strap looks rather cheap (at least, for the asked price of √22500*10 USD) and its black PVD coated 40mm case would be an ideal choice for a pilot’s watch, but looks not very good on this very model.

However, these small design flaws are indeed of minor importance.

The main point of interest of the new Fortis IQ Art Edition LE is the dial.

With its matte dark-green color and white numerals, the thing looks like a school chalkboard that was used and abused by a not so brilliant student.

Although the numerals are stylized to look like chalk marks, they are actually printed with some luminous stuff so that you won’t have a hard time doing your math even in darkness.

Powered by the well-known ETA 2824-2 automatic movement, the watch features the usual functionality: it displays hours, minutes, seconds and has a simple 31-day calendar.

And it is the date window at 90° that somewhat spoils the picture with its standard calendar wheel with usual Arabic numerals on it. If not this design mistake, the IQ edition would indeed have a good chance to become a piece of modern art.

Only 999 Fortis IQ Art Edition LE will be sold.

Photos: Fortis

Fortis IQ Art Edition LE automatic watch specification :

Price range: $1500
Movement: ETA 2824-2
Complications: Date
Power reserve: N/A
Case material: PVD coated stainless steel
Case diameter: 40mm
Case height: 12.5mm
Dial: Dark-green
Water resistance: 200m
Strap: Black leather with strap
Crystal: Sapphire crystal