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
Subdued colour, high-contrast displays and purpose-built design bring to life a non-traditional smartwatch that can follow wherever the mission takes you.
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.
Night vision compatibility
Switch between daytime view and nighttime view with a screen designed to be read by night vision goggles.
Stealth mode
Go dark by enabling stealth mode to stop storing and sharing your gps position and disable wireless connectivity and communication.
Dual-position format
Sync your location with others by seeing both the universal transverse mercator (utm) and the military grid reference system (mgrs) on the same screen.
Projected waypoints
Always know the way back — create a waypoint to mark the location of your vehicle before you start your trip.
Jumpmaster mode
Calculate high-altitude release points according to military guidelines while navigating to your objective once you’ve jumped.
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.
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.
Specs
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
Stealth mode
Night vision mode
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, jumpmaster, 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 – tactical edition
Charging/data cable
Documentation