Suunto Elementum

The Suunto Terra’s case uses stainless steel, having a matte/satin finish to it. It appears really nicely manufactured, and very strong. You will find 3 buttons on the right hand side, that all move quite good. Firm, however with no click. The top button is also a scroll wheel, for scrolling through menus and making adjustments. I wish my Suunto Core had one. The scroller also goes effortlessly, with confirmation clicks.The case is water resistant to 100m (~300 feet) and according to the manual, the buttons May be pressed underwater.The Terra face is a flat, sapphire crystal, which also comes with an anti-glare layer on it.The buttons seem to stand out a lttle bit, but in practice they just do not get in the way, or pressed by accident.

Suunto Elementum Terra will come in a nice, serious, painted cardboard package, that is perfectly lined. Inside the box is a manual, a plastic-type warrantee card, plus a polishing/cleaning cloth.
My very first impression was that the watch was heavier, but smaller than my Suunto Vector and Suunto Core. It does feel a little thicker though. It’s an extremely nice, formal watch. After placing it on, it doesn’t come across as too weighty. Its got a good weight to it.
Case and Crystal:The Suunto Terra’s case uses stainless steel, having a matte/satin finish to it. It appears really nicely manufactured, and very strong. You will find 3 buttons on the right hand side, that all move quite good. Firm, however with no click. The top button is also a scroll wheel, for scrolling through menus and making adjustments. I wish my Suunto Core had one. The scroller also goes effortlessly, with confirmation clicks.The case is water resistant to 100m (~300 feet) and according to the manual, the buttons May be pressed underwater.The Terra face is a flat, sapphire crystal, which also comes with an anti-glare layer on it.The buttons seem to stand out a lttle bit, but in practice they just do not get in the way, or pressed by accident.
Strap:The Suunto Terra come with several different bands, leather, steel, or rubber. Mine came with a pleasant dark leather band. It has some white stitching around the edge of it, that actually sets it off beautifully. The band is quite thick and strong, but is still comfortable.
Display:The Terra I managed to get has a positive display, that i like It’s also provided with a negative display, in case you like that better.The Suunto Terra uses a classical segment display for numbers, similar to the Suunto Vector. Thus, it won’t plot out any charts/graphs of the elevation or air pressure like the Suunto Core does. The backlight is incredibly bright. Much better than I’ve ever seen on any Suunto watch.
Functions:Suunto has not surprisingly kept the capabilities of the Elementum Terra to a minimum. I’m confident that’s simply because it’s actually intended to be a luxury dress watch. It is something to wear to the office or a party, but will still operate out in the wild, although not as well as the Core.The Terra has only 2 modes, Time/Altimeter and Compass. The main display of the Terra shows a lot of information. In the top row, you will get the current elevation, the center row provides you with the time, and the bottom row shows the day. Towards the top of the screen, you have the pressure trend arrows, and around the perimeter you get the sea-level barometric pressure. The face of the Terra doesn’t need a rotatable bezel such as the Vector or Core. Rather, a circular graph is present for reading the Sea-Level barometric pressure.

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