Suunto

Suunto is the leading manufacturer of wrist computers for a variety of sports, including skiing, hiking, diving, sailing, and golf.

By the 60s, divers had figured out that strapping a compass onto your wrist underwater gave you direction. But in the water you need to be able to operate in three dimensions, not just two. So, in the 70s Suunto launched its first dedicated diving instruments, which could calculate depth as well as direction.

With the 80s came computers, and the new digital world enabled Suunto to develop its first dive computers. These devices calculated water pressure and temperature and provided information on how to conduct a safe dive.

In the 90s Suunto introduced a wrist-worn instrument which would give you information on your altitude, weather changes, temperature, time as well as direction - the Suunto Vector.