Astor+Banks · Microbrand · United States

Astor+Banks Fortitude Lite

In production · 2022 · Sport

Astor+Banks Fortitude Lite, navy blue no-date dial, on steel bracelet
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  • Astor+Banks Fortitude Lite, peach dial (limited to 50), on steel bracelet
From $650 to $725
  • Miyota 9039
  • 38.5 mm × 10.9 mm
  • Sapphire crystal
  • 200 m water resistance

Movement

Type
Automatic
Tier
Mid
Complications
Time only
Frequency
28,800 bph
Power reserve
42 h
Hacking
Yes
Accuracy (factory)
-10 / +30 s/day
Brand regulation
-10 / +10 s/day

Case

Diameter
38.5 mm
Lug to lug
45.5 mm
Thickness
10.9 mm
Lug width
20 mm
Material
Steel (316L)
Hardening
—
Water resistance
200 m
Crown
Screw-down
Case back
—
Bezel
Fixed
Finishing
Brushed and polished; vertically brushed fixed bezel; drilled lugs

Crystal & dial

Crystal
Sapphire
Shape
Flat
Anti-reflective
Inner
Lume
Super-LumiNova BGW9 Grade A

Bracelet & clasp

Style
—
Links per row
—
Solid end links
—
Solid links
—
Link attachment
—
Taper
20 → 16 mm
Quick release
—
Half links
—
Clasp
—
Micro-adjust
—
Diver extension
—

Weight

Head only
—
On bracelet
—
On strap
—

Prices

VariantConfigurationTypePriceUSDAs ofSource
Navy BluebraceletMsrp695 USD$6952026-10-24link
SilverbraceletMsrp695 USD$6952026-10-24link
PolarbraceletMsrp695 USD$6952026-10-24link
Mint GreenbraceletMsrp695 USD$6952026-10-24link
Mother of PearlbraceletMsrp725 USD$7252026-10-24link
Powder BluebraceletMsrp650 USD$6502026-10-24link
SandbraceletMsrp650 USD$6502026-10-24link
PeachbraceletMsrp650 USD$6502026-10-24link

Variants

NameDialStatus
Navy Blueblue—
Silversilver—
Polarwhite—
Mint Greenmint green—
Mother of Pearlmother of pearl—
Powder Bluelight blueDiscontinued
SandbeigeDiscontinued
PeachpeachLimited (50)

About this entry

68% of key specs known. Missing: weight, hardening, bracelet links, end links, link attachment, clasp micro-adjust.

The "civilian" no-date Fortitude, announced in 2022 (listings created May-June 2022, published December 2022): a slimmer case reworked to sit flatter on the wrist than the 2020 Fortitude (aBlogtoWatch: a deeper midcase and a thinner caseback), no date, and anti-magnetism to the ISO 764 minimum of 4,800 A/m. Brand specs, the same on every listing: 38.5mm with drilled lugs, ~10.9mm including crystal, 45.5mm lug-to-lug, 20mm lugs, brushed and polished 316L, screw-down crown, Viton gaskets, fixed bezel with vertical brushing, flat sapphire with AR on the underside, 200m (660 ft / 20 ATM), BGW9 Grade A Super-LumiNova on the applied markers and hands, Miyota 9039 (no date) adjusted in-house to ±10 s/day (positions not stated), 42h, and a 316L bracelet tapering from 20mm to 16mm with chamfered links. Unlike the Fortitude Pro, no hardening treatment is claimed; it is left blank rather than recorded as absent. Several store URLs end in "pre-order" from the first batch; the pages now read as ordinary listings. Status: on 2026-10-24 every listing was sold out. Navy Blue, Silver, Polar, Mint Green and Mother of Pearl are still in the brand's Fortitude Lite collection; Powder Blue and Sand (both pages headed "Discontinued") and the Peach (limited to 50) are in the store's Archives collection. An undated brand teaser page (/pages/coming-soon-fl) announces a coming Fortitude Lite batch with gloss dials, an exhibition caseback and a custom rotor; it is not recorded here.

Last verified: 2026-10-25. Edit or correct this entry.

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