5.0 out of 5 stars A Megatastic 10/10 product

S. · 20 October 2025

I have dress watches and I always wanted an adventurers watch for day to day useThis is the best watch in my collection for sure being a perfect product from the get go and it’s so nice in every other way - I just want to keep wearing it every day it looks so nice and all of its functions are very useful especially today on the screen popped up storm alert and an arrow showing me the direction of the storm coming from North West - it has lots of comprehensive functions so you can be fully informed of all environmental conditions and their changes within seconds - A 10/10 product with ease and a great price and a swift delivery - beat that !!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Sturdy watch

L. · 11 January 2026

Good watch, good price

5.0 out of 5 stars The Equalizer watch.

T.T. · 5 February 2025

Very cool watch.Brought this as a Christmas present for my brother and he loves it.He saw it in the the Denzel Equalizer films and liked the look of it. This is identical to the one Denzel wears. However, the stopwatch display does differ to the one in the films, not as big.It's comfy and not too heavy, and so far seems durable enough.It's a well made timepiece and keeps time accurately, has loads of functions to boot for the adventurous types out there or for people that like gadgets such as altimeter, barometer, thermometer and compass.It's good value for money for a watch of this kind.

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality build, compass useful but hit-and-miss.

R.C. · 9 January 2025

Initial impression is a well-built product that should last.As per other reviews, screen may appear dim when unlit indoors, but not a problem outdoors.Compass hit-and-miss. Has been helpful when out hiking. Sometimes more accurate than an old-style compass, but a couple of times has been wildly out. Needs to be held exactly level when reading, which is hard to do / estimate when worn on wrist. Can be sensitive to electromagnetic interference / metal structures. Needs to be recalibrated often using alternative method not mentioned in any of the manuals (google 'Suunto Core Sleep Mode' for more info).Altimeter is barometric and therefore needs to be regularly updated, as opposed to a GPS one. In the aviation industry, altimeter pressure settings (QNH) are updated multiple times a day for accurate readings, as should this one be. Advise downloading Aeroweather app or Windy and looking at the nearest airport's QNH for most accurate value, then enter via the alti-baro>reference>sea level menu. Can also be updated using a known elevation as well.Thermometer is totally useless. Your guess will be far closer to reality. I've just been out walking in subzero temperatures, snow and thick ice all around, and the Suunto Core was telling me it was +19ºC, see photo. Suspect it's reading my skin rather than the ambient temp.Overall, a slight disappointment, mainly in terms of the compass reliability, especially given that it is from a company that specialises in compasses, and a Finnish company at that. Not sure if I'd be confident navigating purely using this. Not sure whether to keep it, as it looks nice, but not sure if I can trust it. Design needs improving, please.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product quality service

S.F. · 18 December 2025

Great product and quality thanks for your quick delivery great 👍

1.0 out of 5 stars Display is very dim/dull

S. · 4 August 2025

I tried to get used to the very dim display, even turned up the contrast in the settings but it is dull. Very dull. I can't be squinting at my watch every time I was to tell the time. Had to return it. Very disappointed. I had the Suunto Observer for 20 years, no probs at all.

5.0 out of 5 stars If it's good enough for The Equalizer

P.Y. · 19 December 2025

Ideal watch for trekking with alti/barometer, compass and other features. The choice for someone who wants modern tech in an old school format and doesn't want a smart watch. Battery will last approximately a year and is easy to change. Same model, albeit with some Hollywood visuals, was worn by Denzel Washington in the Equalizer. I found that out after I bought it which was just a cool added extra. Comfortable and not too bulky. Love mine!

3.0 out of 5 stars Lovely looking ABC watch. Sleek. Display sometimes hard to read. Timers poorly implemented.

R. · 27 February 2019

Love the watch. two drawbacks for me: Display contrast/brightness and stopwatch/timer implementation.It's a really nice looking watch. The photos don't do it justice. The watch is big but still quite sleek, has a lovely smooth curvy mineral crystal face and a streamlined appearance. The properly black face and negative display look so good and the display and backlight fit well with the overall aesthetic. Some of the details further add to the overall quality look - the finely marked compass readings on the aluminium bezel, the digital moving second marker around the outside of the clock face, the crisp matrix display (though I have issues with its brightness), comfy strap and nicely machined buttons.The feel of the buttons is good and the functions are nice and responsive. The compass is good enough (but needs proper calibration). The Altimeter works well enough to measure ascent and descent as relative values. The barometer works well and allowed me recently to plan ahead when to travel and when to stay put.I also love the alarm and snooze function. Actually useful and good enough to use as your morning alarm signal. When it comes on, it illuminates the backlight automatically - great idea.Battery life is good enough - under a year but well over a few months, even with using any function liberally. Compared to a watch you have to recharge, I like the old school battery tech of this watch - my go-to watch for a longer trip where basic ABC will suffice and I need it working for days on end.The display is very easily legible in daylight. In the dark, the backlight works nicely and is not too bright. Inbetween however, in low light or in partial shadow, the display can lack the contrast to be easily legible and the backlight is not bright enough to help with that. The larger digits are OK but the smaller secondary data fields along the top and bottom are hard to read then.MY ISSUE WITH THE WATCH:This watch does not have loads of features (nor is it meant to) so it is a shame that two of the features it does have - the STOPWATCH and the COUNTDOWN TIMER are so poorly implemented IMHO. The watch has a large primary display field, across the centre of the watch which is legible and visible. It also has a small secondary display field across the bottom that shows date, sunrise and sunset times, seconds etc. The problem is that this small display field is also the only place you will be able to see the countdown timer and the stopwatch. They are always in tiny digits. They cannot be displayed on the primary display field at all.If you compare this feature to the Suunto TRAVERSE, that watch cycles through modes - clock, compass, anti/baro, countdown timer, stopwatch etc - the TIMER and STOPWATCH have dedicated modes, their own screen, large digits for the timer or stopwatch, small digits for the time. This watch, the CORE, however has only 3 modes: Clock, compass, and alti/baro. The timers are only ever an aspect of the clock and therefore only ever visible IN SMALL DIGITS. Also, if you therefore want to change the duration of the countdown timer, you cannot do it in the screen itself as a simple adjust function - you have to go into the menus to find the duration setting.The display, because of its negative display and fairly faint digits in any event, is already not the easiest to read in all lights. Adding very small digits to that becomes a problem. Confining the timers to the small display is a real limitation in their implementation. The Traverse does it SO much better - and it's only a question of how the operating system/menu flow chart is designed.So, pity. Love the watch. Love its essential ABC functions BUT wish it was easier to read in mixed lighting conditions and wish stopwatch and countdown timer were better implemented (i.e. on the large display). They deserve to be modes in their own right as they are on the Traverse.I got mine for £95 from Bolo. Well worth it at that price, but less good value once you start to get much over £100.

The watch that Works!

F.R.M.I. · 30 November 2025

The Watch is fantastic! The watch is as advertised. I am grateful it was stopped and decided so quickly. It does everything I was looking for. It fits perfectly against my wrist, the multiple features work perfectly. The price was well within reason.

Solid choice

P. · 1 July 2021

Typical Suunto, if there is such thing. This is my second Suunto and so no surprises on my part. Well built, quite rugged and all around easy to wear. This is a larger watch but not ridiculously large. I like larger watches so that does not bother me. Easy to read even at dusk. Backlight is a bit dicky (can't quite explain best look it up on YouTube). That's definitely not something I like or appreciate about this watch. Still, it is a fairly easy watch to read even in low light conditions so I can see past that. Certainly not regretting adding it to my collection of watches.

Très adaptée à la montagne, belle évolution de la Vector (un poil plus fragile que celle-ci)

G.F. · 3 October 2012

Excellente montre. A eu des soucis au début de fiabilité (susceptible à courant statique) corrigé depuis. Par rapport a une vector on gagne les heures de lever et coucher de soleil, et un affichage de l'historique du baromètre sous forme de graphique. En montagne, on récupère une alarme de tempête (perte de plus de 4 Hp sur 1 ou 2 heures). Comme on peut en altitude passer de ciel dégagé à couvert et pluie forte ou de grêle en moins d'une heure, c'est utile pour se protéger à temps. Disposer de l'heure de coucher permet de faire son campement pendant qu'il fait jour, et de ne pas s'amuser a monter une tente ou un hamac dans le noir.Attention au changement de la pile : si on veut pouvoir continuer à plonger avec la montre (qui contient un profondimètre fonctionnant jusqu'à -10 M) il faut acheter le kit Suunto comprenant une pile et un joint neuf. Si vous ne plongez pas avec, pas besoin de changer le joint (disons pas à chaque changement de pile, mais après quelques changements de pile). Si vous ne changez pas le joint, il faut acheter du lubrifiant à base de silicone, en mettre sur le bout de son doigt, et l'étaler sur le joint sous la forme d'une très fine pellicule avant de replacer le joint dans la montre (regardez le canal Youtube de la marque Suunto, ils ont une vidéo qui montre comment on change une pile sur ce modèle).Il ne faut jamais toucher la pile de remplacement avec les mains, car elles sont conductrices, et feront perdre plusieurs mois de charge à la pile. Il faut donc manipuler la pile avec un gant en latex ou un bout de sopalin pour l'installer dans la montre. Quand on retire l'ancienne, on utilise un objet non metallique comme un cure dent en bois, et surtout rien qui ne soit en métal (court-circuits garantis dans la montre autrement, qui sera abîmée).Très belle, excellente évolution par rapport au module Vector. Le module Vector peut subir bien plus de dégâts et continuer à fonctionner, donc si vous prévoyez de l'escalade ou des chocs, une Vector sera plus solide. Pour de l'alpinisme au-delà de 2000 m, je prendrais la Core plutôt que la Vector. Une pile de rechange glissée dans un coin au cas où.Elle est belle, surtout en affichage noir. Je n'ai jamais eu de souci de lecture de l'affichage, et on peut régler le contraste sur ce modèle (on ne peut pas le faire sur une Vector). Sur Internet on trouve la doc pour entrer dans le menu de maintenance, qui permet de modifier le contraste au-dela des valeurs prévues par la doc au besoin.Si vous ne manipulez pas la pile de rechange avec un contact direct de la peau des doigts, et utilisez un petit cure-dent pour extraire l'ancienne, pas de souci. Il est recommandé de changer la pile pour une neuve avant de partir en expédition plutôt que d'avoir à jouer des doigts engourdis en altitude si la pile vient à faiblir.Une très bonne évolution par rapport à la Vector, mais un peu plus fragile vis à vis des chocs. L'écran d'une Vector est en plastique rayable, il encaisse plus, par contre une Vector aura après 5 ou 10 ans l'écran bien rayé bien que fonctionnelle. La Core dispose d'un écran minéral qui ne se raye pas facilement : même des chocs directs dessus ne laissent aucune rayure. Mais d'expérience, je ne lui ferais pas subir les mauvais traitements que j'ai pu faire subir à mes Vector (me jetter au sol, la montre percutant le sol avec moi ou bien escalader à main nues arbres et parfois, la montre frottant un peu partout rayant plastique et écran de la Vector).Bracelet confortable, qui a été amélioré il y a peu de temps au niveau de la petite pièce qui tient la languette : elle était trop dure à retirer ou déplacer, et ils ont corrigé en rabotant de moitié le renfoncement qui frotte sur la languette du strap.On trouve sur Bolo ou Ebay très facilement des écrans de protection qui se collent sur l'écran si vous craignez pour ce dernier des rayures. Mais vous n'aurez ce souci qu'avec la Vector. Pour ma part, je pense qu'il faut posséder une Vector et Core. La Vector en version HR (Heart Rate) pour surveiller son niveau cardiaque et le travailler entre 70 et 90 % de son niveau maxi pour augmenter sa capacité cardiaque, et une Core qu'on attache sur son sac en fonction altimètre, réglée depuis un point d'altitude connu, alarme de tempête activée et dont on utilise cette fonction, l'altimètre et les heures de lever/coucher en randonnée en montagne. La Core est particulièrement à l'aise en montagne.

Perfeito e ótimo atendimento

R.F. · 26 October 2025

Comprei um relógio desse para o meu pai e a experiência não poderia ter sido melhor! Desde o pré compra, a loja respondeu rapidamente todas as minhas dúvidas sobre valores de importação e garantiu que seria responsabilidade deles, caso o produto fosse taxado. Alem disso, recebi o produto 5 dias antes do prazo sem nenhum custo adicional. O relógio é original, perfeito veio com a caixa completa e ele está muito feliz. Só tenho elogios a fazer.

Good reliable watch

A.V. · 23 December 2025

It's a good, reliable watch. Does what it's advertised. Just that the display is not as clear under bright sunlight