SPECS
General
Lens Material
sapphire crystal
Bezel Material
stainless steel or titanium
Case material fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit™ watch band compatible
yes (26 mm)
Strap material
silicone or titanium
Physical size
51 x 51 x 17.8 mm
Display size 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution 240 x 240 pixels
Display type sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight
steel with silicone band: 101 g
titanium with silicone band: 94 g
titanium with titanium band: 145 g
Battery life Dive mode: Up to 40 hours
Watch mode: Up to 19 days
Smartwatch mode: Up to 10 days
GPS/HR Activity mode: Up to 20 hours
UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 30 hours
Water rating Dive (Designed to comply with EN13319)
Color display
Memory/History 16 GB
Clock Features
Time/date
GPS Time Sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/sunset times
Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Depth sensor
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Smart notifications
Calendar
Weather
Controls smartphone music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
VIRB® Camera Remote
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
Safety and Tracking Features
LiveTrack
Group LiveTrack
Diving Features
Dive activity maximum operating depth 100 meters (Designed to comply with EN13319)
Single-gas mode
Multi-gas mode
Gauge mode
APNEA mode
APNEA hunt mode
Decompression model Bühlmann ZHL-16c with gradient factors
Nitrox support
Trimix support
Gas mixes
Air, nitrox and trimix, up to 100% O2; 1 bottom gas, and up to 5 deco and/or backup gases
P02 Up to 1.6 with customizable deco PO2 setting
Auto start/end dive
Safety Stop yes (customizable off/3min/5min)
Deep Stops yes (using custom gradient factors)
Customizable conservatism yes (low/medium/high or custom using gradient factors)
Dive ascent/descent rate indicator
Automatic altitude adjustment
No fly time yes (with 24hr countdown)
Dive planner yes (basic NDL + multi-gas deco planner)
Backlight yes (configurable time and intensity; auto-on at depth)
Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations
Sync dive log to Garmin Connect™ and Garmin Connect™ Mobile
Alerts & alarms Audible and vibration alarms for ascent rate, PO2, CNS/OTU, NDL, deco, gas switching. Customizable (up to 40) audible and/or vibration per dive mode, based on depth or time
3-axis dive compass yes (with adjustable heading, quick change to 90R, 90L and reciprocal). Indicates degrees and direction back to set heading
Missed Deco Lockout yes (can be disabled prior to dive with user acknowledgement)
Residual Tissue Loading Reset yes (on the surface with user acknowledgement)
Surface diver status widget yes (surface interval, N2/HE loading, CNS, OTU and tissue compartment status)
Boating Features
Available Boating Profiles Boating
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)
Calories burned
Floors climbed
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp™
Move IQ™
Fitness Age yes (in app)
Gym & Fitness Equipment
Available gym activity profiles Indoor Rowing, Strength Training, Cardio Training
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
GPS speed and distance
Customizable data pages
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause®
Interval training
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
Auto Lap®
Manual lap
Configurable lap alerts
V02 max
Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.)
Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC)
Training Effect (aerobic)
Training Effect (anaerobic)
Customizable alerts
Audio prompts
Finish time
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Auto multisport activities
Manual multisport activities
Course guidance
Segments (Live, Garmin)
Strava features (Beacon, live segments)
Round-trip course creator (running/cycling)
Touch and/or button lock
Hot keys
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp
Heart Rate Features
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
% HRR
Recovery time
Auto max HR
HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) yes (with compatible accessory)
Records heart rate while swimming yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™)
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices)
Running Features
Available run profiles
Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics yes (with compatible accessory)
Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) yes (with compatible accessory)
Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) yes (with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time) yes (with compatible accessory)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level)
Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) yes (with compatible accessory)
Run workouts
Race predictor
Foot pod capable
Golfing Features
Preloaded with 41,000 courses worldwide
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
Yardage to layups/doglegs
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) Automatic
Digital scorecard
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Garmin AutoShot™
Auto CourseView updates
Green View with manual pin position
Hazards and course targets
TruSwing™ compatible
Round timer/odometer
Outdoor Recreation Features
Available outdoor recreation profiles
Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Jumpmaster, Tactical
Point-to-point navigation
Bread crumb trail in real time
Back to start
TracBack®
UltraTrac mode
Around Me mode
Elevation profile
Distance to destination
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Trail run auto climb
Vertical speed
Total ascent/descent
Future elevation plot
Preloaded topographical maps
Downloadable cartography support
Compatible with BaseCamp™
GPS coordinates
Projected waypoint
Sight 'N Go
Area calculation yes (via Connect IQ™)
Hunt/fish calendar yes (via Connect IQ™)
Sun and moon information yes (via Connect IQ™)
Dual grid coordinates
Cycling Features
Available cycling profiles
Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Triathlon
Courses
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
Race an activity
Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal)
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) yes (with compatible accessory)
Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map)
Compatible with Vector™ (power meter)
Power meter compatible (displays power data from compatible third-party ANT+™-enabled power meters)
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display)
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with Varia™ lights
Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor)
yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors)
Swimming Features
Available swim profiles
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories)
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly)
Swim efficiency (SWOLF)
Drill logging
Pool swim workouts
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, calories)
Heart rate (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™)
Additional
Additional
Air integration: no
IN THE BOX
Descent Mk1 Silver Sapphire with Black Band
Descent Mk1 with black band
Extra-long adjustment strap
Charging/data cable
Documentation
Descent Mk1 Gray Sapphire with DLC Titanium Band
Descent Mk1 with DLC titanium band
Black silicone band
Extra-long adjustment strap
Charging/data cable
Documentation
Descent Mk1 Gray Sapphire with Black Band
Descent Mk1 with black band
Extra-long adjustment strap
Charging/data cable
Documentation
General
Lens Material
sapphire crystal
Bezel Material
stainless steel or titanium
Case material fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit™ watch band compatible
yes (26 mm)
Strap material
silicone or titanium
Physical size
51 x 51 x 17.8 mm
Display size 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution 240 x 240 pixels
Display type sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight
steel with silicone band: 101 g
titanium with silicone band: 94 g
titanium with titanium band: 145 g
Battery life Dive mode: Up to 40 hours
Watch mode: Up to 19 days
Smartwatch mode: Up to 10 days
GPS/HR Activity mode: Up to 20 hours
UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 30 hours
Water rating Dive (Designed to comply with EN13319)
Color display
Memory/History 16 GB
Clock Features
Time/date
GPS Time Sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/sunset times
Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Depth sensor
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Smart notifications
Calendar
Weather
Controls smartphone music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
VIRB® Camera Remote
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
Safety and Tracking Features
LiveTrack
Group LiveTrack
Diving Features
Dive activity maximum operating depth 100 meters (Designed to comply with EN13319)
Single-gas mode
Multi-gas mode
Gauge mode
APNEA mode
APNEA hunt mode
Decompression model Bühlmann ZHL-16c with gradient factors
Nitrox support
Trimix support
Gas mixes
Air, nitrox and trimix, up to 100% O2; 1 bottom gas, and up to 5 deco and/or backup gases
P02 Up to 1.6 with customizable deco PO2 setting
Auto start/end dive
Safety Stop yes (customizable off/3min/5min)
Deep Stops yes (using custom gradient factors)
Customizable conservatism yes (low/medium/high or custom using gradient factors)
Dive ascent/descent rate indicator
Automatic altitude adjustment
No fly time yes (with 24hr countdown)
Dive planner yes (basic NDL + multi-gas deco planner)
Backlight yes (configurable time and intensity; auto-on at depth)
Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations
Sync dive log to Garmin Connect™ and Garmin Connect™ Mobile
Alerts & alarms Audible and vibration alarms for ascent rate, PO2, CNS/OTU, NDL, deco, gas switching. Customizable (up to 40) audible and/or vibration per dive mode, based on depth or time
3-axis dive compass yes (with adjustable heading, quick change to 90R, 90L and reciprocal). Indicates degrees and direction back to set heading
Missed Deco Lockout yes (can be disabled prior to dive with user acknowledgement)
Residual Tissue Loading Reset yes (on the surface with user acknowledgement)
Surface diver status widget yes (surface interval, N2/HE loading, CNS, OTU and tissue compartment status)
Boating Features
Available Boating Profiles Boating
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)
Calories burned
Floors climbed
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp™
Move IQ™
Fitness Age yes (in app)
Gym & Fitness Equipment
Available gym activity profiles Indoor Rowing, Strength Training, Cardio Training
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
GPS speed and distance
Customizable data pages
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause®
Interval training
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
Auto Lap®
Manual lap
Configurable lap alerts
V02 max
Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.)
Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC)
Training Effect (aerobic)
Training Effect (anaerobic)
Customizable alerts
Audio prompts
Finish time
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Auto multisport activities
Manual multisport activities
Course guidance
Segments (Live, Garmin)
Strava features (Beacon, live segments)
Round-trip course creator (running/cycling)
Touch and/or button lock
Hot keys
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp
Heart Rate Features
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
% HRR
Recovery time
Auto max HR
HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) yes (with compatible accessory)
Records heart rate while swimming yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™)
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices)
Running Features
Available run profiles
Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics yes (with compatible accessory)
Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) yes (with compatible accessory)
Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) yes (with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time) yes (with compatible accessory)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level)
Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) yes (with compatible accessory)
Run workouts
Race predictor
Foot pod capable
Golfing Features
Preloaded with 41,000 courses worldwide
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
Yardage to layups/doglegs
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) Automatic
Digital scorecard
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Garmin AutoShot™
Auto CourseView updates
Green View with manual pin position
Hazards and course targets
TruSwing™ compatible
Round timer/odometer
Outdoor Recreation Features
Available outdoor recreation profiles
Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Jumpmaster, Tactical
Point-to-point navigation
Bread crumb trail in real time
Back to start
TracBack®
UltraTrac mode
Around Me mode
Elevation profile
Distance to destination
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Trail run auto climb
Vertical speed
Total ascent/descent
Future elevation plot
Preloaded topographical maps
Downloadable cartography support
Compatible with BaseCamp™
GPS coordinates
Projected waypoint
Sight 'N Go
Area calculation yes (via Connect IQ™)
Hunt/fish calendar yes (via Connect IQ™)
Sun and moon information yes (via Connect IQ™)
Dual grid coordinates
Cycling Features
Available cycling profiles
Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Triathlon
Courses
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
Race an activity
Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal)
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) yes (with compatible accessory)
Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map)
Compatible with Vector™ (power meter)
Power meter compatible (displays power data from compatible third-party ANT+™-enabled power meters)
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display)
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with Varia™ lights
Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor)
yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors)
Swimming Features
Available swim profiles
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories)
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly)
Swim efficiency (SWOLF)
Drill logging
Pool swim workouts
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, calories)
Heart rate (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™)
Additional
Additional
Air integration: no
IN THE BOX
Descent Mk1 Silver Sapphire with Black Band
Descent Mk1 with black band
Extra-long adjustment strap
Charging/data cable
Documentation
Descent Mk1 Gray Sapphire with DLC Titanium Band
Descent Mk1 with DLC titanium band
Black silicone band
Extra-long adjustment strap
Charging/data cable
Documentation
Descent Mk1 Gray Sapphire with Black Band
Descent Mk1 with black band
Extra-long adjustment strap
Charging/data cable
Documentation