Suunto Vertical 2 Titanium Limited Edition: A 90th Anniversary Collector's Bundle

Introduction

Suunto is celebrating 90 years since its founding in 1936, and the company is marking the milestone with a limited-edition bundle built around the Vertical 2 Titanium. Only 1,936 units will be made, a number chosen to match the year Suunto was founded. The package is designed to trace the company’s journey from its origins as a compass maker to the sports watch brand it is today, and it arrives with a few extras you will not find with the standard model.

What Comes in the Box

The special edition arrives in a gift box with a sliding sleeve, decorated with 90th anniversary branding and a short history of the company. Inside, the bundle includes the limited-edition Vertical 2 Titanium, the Suunto MC2 Global Compass, a commemorative pin, extra watch straps, spare watch pins, the standard charging cable, and manuals.

The commemorative pin is a small highlight of its own. It has a magnet on the back, so it sticks neatly onto a metal surface, and rotating the outer ring cycles through different landscape and environment motifs, with a compass-like element built into the design. It is a small extra, but it fits the anniversary theme well.

The Throwback: Suunto MC2 Global Compass

The inclusion of the MC2 Global Compass is the clearest nod to where Suunto started. Long before GPS watches, the company built compasses, and this one represents the analog roots of a brand now known for full-featured outdoor and sports watches. It is a global mirror compass described as professional grade, with full direction readings and slope measurement markings, and it ships with a user guide and a lanyard.

At around $95, it is a genuinely useful tool rather than a token keepsake, and it makes a nice pairing with the watch: paper maps and bearings on one side, offline navigation on the other.

The Main Event: Vertical 2 Titanium Limited Edition

The limited-edition watch is a titanium version of the Vertical 2 with a distinctive accent color. Suunto drew inspiration here from the Vector, the watch it released in the late 1990s that is widely regarded as the first ABC watch, combining altimeter, barometer, and compass in one device. The color reads as a softer orange-peach in person rather than the brighter orange it appears in online photos, and it looks genuinely good on the wrist.

Only the outer case carries the accent color, with the rest of the watch finished in black. On the back, the case reads Vertical 2 Titanium, Limited Edition, one of 1936. Functionally, the features match the standard Vertical 2, including the built-in LED flashlight on the top edge, which activates with a long press and remains one of the more practical touches on this watch.

Design and Straps

This bundle ships with two straps: a silicone band and a nylon band. The silicone strap feels slightly stiffer than the standard one out of the box, though it should break in over time the same way. The nylon strap is the more interesting of the two, with a soft fuzzy exterior, a smooth interior against the skin, and a Suunto accent on the pull tab. Nylon straps hold a more customized fit and feel more comfortable to wear, though they do stay a little damp after a workout or shower.

One fitting note: the nylon strap needs to be inserted velcro side down so the smooth side sits against the inside of the wrist, which takes a moment of thought the first time. Spare watch pins are included in the box to make the swap straightforward.

Is It Good Value?

The limited edition runs $100 more than the standard Vertical 2 Titanium. The standard titanium model sits at $699, so the special edition lands at $799. Add up the contents and the value case is actually reasonable if you want everything inside the box: the watch, a compass that sells for around $95, the two straps, and the pin. One caveat is that the included nylon strap does not appear to be sold separately, so it is something you can only get through this bundle.

The bundle also includes a throwback LCD-style watch face color-matched to the anniversary theme, which is a charming touch that ties the modern hardware back to Suunto’s older digital watches.

Buying Advice

Pre-orders are open now, with shipping expected around the beginning of March. This is best understood as a collector’s piece rather than a practical upgrade: the watch itself is functionally identical to the standard Vertical 2 Titanium, so the premium buys exclusivity, the anniversary packaging, and the extras. If you have a personal connection to Suunto’s history, or you simply want something a little more special on your wrist, the bundle makes sense. If you only care about features and price, the standard titanium model remains the smarter buy.

Conclusion

Suunto has clearly stepped up its game in recent years, both in features and in value, and this 90th anniversary edition is a confident celebration of that run. The combination of a limited titanium watch, a professional-grade compass, and thoughtful extras makes this one of the more memorable anniversary bundles in the outdoor watch space, even if it is aimed squarely at collectors and longtime fans of the brand.