Global leader in sports watches, dive computers and precision instruments, Suunto has launched its latest flagship watch, the Suunto 9 Peak.

As the thinnest, most powerful and durable watch in the brand’s history, the Suunto 9 Peak is designed for adventures and peak experiences, in a new sleek form factor.

“We are delighted to build on the successful launch of last year’s Suunto 7 and this year’s Titanium range with the new Suunto 9 Peak,” Suunto head of Australia and New Zealand, Fraser Jones said.

“Over the last few years many Australians have embraced Suunto and brought our adventurous spirit to life in their own everyday active lifestyle.”

The Suunto 9 Peak comes with the industry leading features the Suunto 9 family is known for, including 80-plus sport modes that include running, hiking, mountain biking, skiing and swimming, customisable screens to show the most relevant data. an intelligent battery management system, accurate wrist-based heart rate monitoring, in-depth weather insights and expansive on-watch navigation capabilities.

Sporting a more minimalist design, the Suunto 9 Peak is 37% thinner and 36% lighter than the Suunto 9 Baro, comes with an improved watch strap with new metal fastening pin, as well as an added watch face that showcases weekly training metrics.

The Suunto 9 Peak features an automatic backlight intensity adjustment, faster charging delivering a full battery charge in one hour and can measure blood oxygen level to help determine acclimation levels at higher altitudes.

The Suunto app enables users to effectively plan routes with sport-specific heatmaps and popular starting points, discover new locations, create points of interest and a look back on previous adventures with personal heatmaps.

The Suunto 9 Peak is available from Harvey Norman, Find Your Feet, Wild Earth and other specialty retailers with additional retailers to be announced shortly. The All Black and Moss Gray variants retail for $999.99, and the Granite Blue Titanium and Birch White Titanium retail for $1,199.99.