5 Best Suunto Watches

Rugged smartwatches are a necessity for tech enthusiasts who work in harsh conditions. Normally, I'd be ecstatic to get just a couple of those features in a watch at this price point but with all of that packed into a timeless design and offering a rather rugged and durable encasement without looking beefy or weighing a ton, this is a solid choice.

Another type of electric watch was developed by the Bulova company that used a tuning-fork resonator instead of a traditional balance wheel to increase timekeeping accuracy, moving from a typical 2.5-4 Hz with a traditional balance wheel to 360 Hz with the tuning-fork design.

Unless you want a gadget on both of your wrists (not the best look), you should pick a smartwatch that also works as a fitness tracker Most smartwatches are capable of tracking basic activity, like steps, but you need to pay close attention to additional features.

In terms of sensors, the Casio WSD-F30 is equipped with a magnetic sensor for direction, a pressure sensor, an accelerometer, a gyrometer and a low-powered GPS (it also is compatible with GLONASS and Michibiki) - unfortunately, Casio decided against adding a Heart rate sensor, which is inexplicable, since you can find it on less costlier smartwatches.

Though most watches of this type have exquisite movements to keep time - mechanical movements are especially popular - there are some timepieces that are classified as luxury watches" even though more attention has been paid to the design than the actual workings of the watch itself.

The battery life was one of the best features of the rugged smartwatch, because, if you disabled the GPS and the heart-rate monitor and used the device only as a watch, you could get up to 2 military watch magazine twitter weeks on a single charge (with the GPS on, you would get up to 24 hours and if used in UltraTrac mode (it accesses the satellite once a minute), the battery would deplete in about 60 hours).