Engineered for endurance

Fibre-reinforced polymer case, chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant corning® gorilla® glass and a battery powered by the sun creates a device that’s built to endure.

Designed to be daring

Bold colours, high contrast displays and purpose-built design bring to life a non-traditional smartwatch that turns heads at every glance.

Break the mould.

Solar battery

Variable based on sun-exposure, instinct can provide unprecedented battery life to those that explore under the sun.

Military standard 810

Instinct is built to the u.s. military standard 810 for thermal, shock and water resistance (rated to 100 metres).

Power manager

View how various settings and sensors impact your watch’s battery life, so you can make battery-extending changes on the fly.

Train smarter.

Sports apps

Use preloaded activity profiles for surfing, swimming, running, biking, hiking, rowing, strength and more.

Wrist-based heart rate

Get heart rate data1 along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities, even underwater.

Pulse ox

For altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a pulse ox2 sensor uses light beams at your wrist to gauge how well your body is absorbing oxygen.

Stress tracking

Heart rate variability is used to calculate your stress level score, so you can see if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

Body battery™ energy monitor

Optimise your body’s energy reserves, using heart rate variability, stress, sleep and other data to gauge when you’re ready to be active or when you may need to rest.

Trust your instincts. But also confirm them.

Multi-gnss support

Access multiple global navigation satellite systems (gps, glonass and galileo) to track in more challenging environments than gps alone.

Abc sensors

Navigate your next trail with abc sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and three-axis electronic compass.

Tracback® routing

Take the guesswork out of your return journey by using this feature to navigate the same route back to your starting point.

Stay connected.

Smart notifications

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible device.

Pair for satellite communication

Pair instinct with an inreach® device (sold separately; active satellite subscription required) to view and send messages, get weather alerts on your wrist and trigger an sos to the geos 24/7 emergency response team.

Calendar view

Easily see your plans for the day with a dedicated calendar screen.

General

Lens material power glass™

Bezel material fibre-reinforced polymer

Case material fibre-reinforced polymer

Quickfit™ watch band compatible yes (22 mm)

Strap material silicone

Physical size 45 x 45 x 15.3 mm

Fits wrists with a circumference of 132-224 mm

Display size custom, two-window design; 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm)

Display resolution 128 x 128 pixels

Display type monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (mip)

Weight 53 g

Battery life

Smartwatch: up to 24 days/54 days with solar*

Battery saver watch mode: up to 56 days/unlimited with solar*

Gps: up to 30 hours/38 hours with solar**

Max battery gps mode: up to 70 hours/145 hours with solar**

Expedition gps activity: up to 28 days/ 68 days with solar*

*solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions

**solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions

Water rating 10 atm

Memory/history 16 mb

Clock features

Time/date

Gps time sync

Automatic daylight saving time

Alarm clock

Timer

Stopwatch

Sunrise/sunset times

Health monitoring

Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)

Daily resting heart rate

Abnormal heart rate alerts yes (high and low)

Body battery™ energy monitor

All-day stress tracking

Relaxation breathing timer

Sleep

Hydration yes (in garmin connect™)

Menstrual cycle yes (in garmin connect™)

Sensors

Gps

Glonass

Galileo

Garmin elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor

Barometric altimeter

Compass

Accelerometer

Thermometer

Pulse ox blood oxygen saturation monitor

Daily smart features

Connectivity bluetooth®, ant+®

Smart notifications

Text response/reject phone call with text (android™ only)

Calendar

Weather

Battery saver - customisable low power watch

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

Tactical features

Dual grid coordinates

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)

Calories burned

Floors climbed

Distance travelled

Intensity minutes

Trueup™

Move iq™

Fitness equipment/gym

Available gym activity profiles strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing and yoga

Cardio workouts

Strength workouts

Automatic rep counting

Training, planning and analysis features

Hr zones

Hr alerts

Hr calories

% hr max

% hrr

Auto max hr

Hr broadcast (broadcasts hr data over ant+™ to paired devices)

Gps speed and distance

Customisable screen(s)

Customisable activity profiles

Auto pause®

Interval training

Advanced workouts

Downloadable training plans

Power modes - customizable in-activity battery settings

Auto lap®

Manual lap

Configurable lap alerts

Customisable alerts

Audio prompts

Finish time

Virtual partner

Race an activity

Course guidance

Touch and/or button lock

Hot keys

Auto scroll

Activity history on watch

Physio trueup

Running features

Available run profiles running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running

Gps-based distance, time and pace

Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)

Run workouts

Foot pod capable

Outdoor recreation features

Available outdoor recreation profiles hiking, climbing, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, xc skiing, stand up paddleboarding, rowing, kayaking, fishing, hunting, tactical

Point-to-point navigation

Breadcrumb trail in real time

Back to start

Tracback®

Ultratrac mode

Elevation profile

Distance to destination

Barometric trend indicator with storm alert

Trail run auto climb

Vertical speed

Total ascent/descent

Future elevation plot

Compatible with basecamp™

Gps coordinates

Sight 'n go

Area calculation

Projected waypoint

Sun and moon information

Xero™ locations

Expedition gps activity

Cycling features

Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)

Courses

Available cycling profiles biking, indoor biking, mountain biking

Race an activity

Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) yes (ant+® and bluetooth® smart sensors)

Swimming features

Available swim profiles pool swimming, open water swimming

Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (swolf), calories)

Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (swolf), calories)

Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)

Drill logging (pool swim only)

Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)

"repeat on" rest timer

Time and distance alerts

Pool swim workouts

Underwater wrist-based heart rate

In the Box

Instinct® Solar

Charging/data cable

Documentation