Has anyone had problems with Suunto not honoring warranties for those who purchased the Suunto core from amazon.com?

I purchased my Suunto Core Watch On Amazon actually it was my second purchase of a Suunto Core Watch on Amazon.My son graduated from the police academy and I gave him a Suunto Core watch as a graduation present. Shortly after wards, The watch over time aapx 4 Months and was depleting the battery slowly and required frequent replacements. Just recently I filed a service request with Suunto Serial Number R20210602465923-1 Ticket # 1732600769 Suunto Claimed , I had fried the Motherboard of the watch during a simple battery replacement. That is highly unlikely, I am a Controls Technician who works with Robotics. Particularly ABB Robots the maintenance and programming of Robots and PLC'S ( Pro Logic Controllers) that run these robotics and help to Diagnose them in real time. I am also a former Avionics tech with Lockheed Martin. Working on Military Aircraft and Missile systems. I am a former Avionics tech with the United States Marine Corps Airwing ( VMFA 332) A licensed HVAC tech and hold a Massachusetts Hoisting engineers license. I am very capable of replacing a CR2032 battery in a watch. If in fact as stated. The watch would never had worked over a four month period before the battery was completed depleted. . A more likely scenario, is one of the components on the motherboard. Was faulty and during Suunto's initial assembly or one of their techs created an ESD ( electro static discharge ) during assembly. The faulty component worked and passed their bench testing / QC test. However , The faulty component was working as expected however, it was bleeding current and that was never caught. I purchased this watch from Amazon and the defective component over time became apparent. Suunto claimed they would give me a $34 credit towards the purchase of a new watch and refused to stand behind its product. Keep in mind I have purchased a total of 3 Suunto Core Watches and have installed CR2032 Batteries in all 3 watches. None as frequent as in the case of this particular watch.

Does this track distance

As far as I know, no, A B C, altimeter, barometric, compass. I was debating on this watch vs. a GPS watch, but I wouldn't use the GPS watch as much. I hope this helps

My watch is in another language how do i get it to english? i believe it's in german

Push the 2 left buttons and upper and lower right buttons at the same time, puts the watch in sleep mode then push right center button and wait for it to turn on, it’ll say language, scroll with right upper and lower buttons

Does it have an alert when seperated from phone?

If you read the description or bothered to look at the web page you would see this is not connected to a device .. the version that does is well over $500-$1000 🙄 got to suunto’d web page or read the item description 🙄🙄🙄🙄

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Suunto Core Alpha packs the key outdoor features in robust construction with a comfortable yet durable textile strap. Combining an altimeter, barometer and compass with weather information, the watch will bring out the explorer in you. The night vision goggle friendly red backlight helps you stay unnoticed.Suunto Core Alpha is designed and made in Finland. Tested to military standards (MIL-STD-810), the watch will make sure your journey is safe and successful even in the toughest and most demanding conditions. Founded in 1936, Suunto brings over 80 years of high-quality heritage craftsmanship, relentless accuracy, and pioneering innovation to our watches, compasses, and dive products Technical Specifications: Bezel Material: Aluminum Glass material: Mineral crystal Case material: Composite Strap material: Textile Weight: 64oz Water resistance: 30 m Battery Type: CR2032 User replaceable battery: Yes Backlight: LED Languages: EN,DE,ES,FR Configurable backlight: activation-1 button, all buttons Button Lock: Yes Display type: matrix Low Battery indicator Metric and imperial units Digital compass Direction scale: degrees Needle: north indicator Compass accuracy: 5 degrees Depth meter for snorkeling: 10m Barometric altitude Altitude graph Air pressure-based ascent and descent Sea level pressure graph Weather trend indicator Temperature Sunrise/sunset times Storm alarm Pressure resolution 1 hPa/0.03 inHg

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Item Package Dimensions L x W x H	3.5 x 3.46 x 3.35 inches
Package Weight	0.23 Kilograms
Item Dimensions LxWxH	1 x 1 x 1 inches
Item Weight	0.2 Pounds
Brand Name	SUUNTO
Warranty Description	3 year manufactuer warranty for watch, 1 year manufactuer warranty for the watch strap
Model Name	SS050504000
Color	Stealth
Material	Metal & Fabric
Suggested Users	mens
Number of Items	1
Manufacturer	Suunto
Part Number	SS050504000
Style	Alpha
Included Components	watch
Size	One Size
Sport Type	Hiking
Standing screen display size	42 Millimeters

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