Suunto Oy is a Finnish company that manufactures and markets sports watches, dive computers, compasses and precision instruments.
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15 Facts About Suunto
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Suunto is a subsidiary of Amer Sports, owned since 2019 by the Chinese group Anta Sports, with sister brands Wilson, Atomic, Sports Tracker, Salomon, Precor, Arc'teryx.
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Suunto grew rapidly after the war, supplying compasses and other navigational instruments to both civilian and military markets.
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Suunto produces the Recta lines of compasses, including DT baseplate series based on Suunto designs, the DS series of mirror sighting compasses, the Recta Clipper micro compasses, and the famous DP 'matchbox' series of military compasses invented by Recta in 1941.
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In 2009, Suunto discontinued the Swiss-made Recta DO series, moving all remaining production of Recta compasses from Biel, Switzerland to its production facility in Vantaa, Finland.
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The MC-2 optical-sight compass, RA-69 and several other Suunto compasses have been issued to various NATO military forces over the years, including the British Army, Canadian Land Forces and several US Special Forces units.
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Suunto Vector was the world's first outdoor watch with ABC functions.
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Suunto T3 offered many advanced training properties with much lower price than T6.
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Suunto Quest is a heart rate monitor aimed at sports training.
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Suunto celebrated its 75th anniversary by releasing Anniversary Edition.
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Since the 2010s, Suunto has been successful in its efforts to reduce production in China and increase the share of Finnish manufacturing.
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When publishing Kailash, Suunto introduced their new approach, separating branches: together with Essential and Elementum, Kailash is forming a new branch called Suunto 7R, which is a collection of lifestyle watches, while watches for sports and performing present a separate category.
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Suunto provides software for interpreting recorded data from watches and for controlling them.
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In 2014 Suunto introduced an app for using Movescount functions in iOS mobile devices.
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In December 2015, Suunto introduced Customizer, a web page to create and order a customized watch according to individual preferences.
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