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Best Garmin Watches for Men: 11 Top Options in 2024

Love to run, hike, swim, golf, or work out? Find the best Garmin watch for what you do right here. There's one for every pursuit & every budget.

What makes the best Garmin watch for a guy depends on a number of multisport features and personal preferences. Weight & size, multisport performance monitoring, heart rate sensors, GPS accuracy, maps, navigation tools, durability, battery life, recreational activities, and 24/7 health monitoring are the standard criteria when researching sport-savvy GPS watches.

If you're looking to treat yourself or that special man in your life (who's to say they're not one in the same), we've curated a list of the top 11 Garmin watches from our collection.

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Best Running Watch (with AMOLED Display) — Garmin Forerunner 965

The black and yellow Garmin Forerunner 965 running watch laying out on a white table
  • Weight: 70 grams
  • Size: 47.2 x 47.2 x 13.2 mm
  • Display size: 1.4″ (35.4 mm) AMOLED
  • Lens: Corning Gorilla Glass 3 DX
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch mode: Up to 23 days
    • GPS-only mode without music: Up to 31 hours
    • SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode: Up to 22 hours
    • All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band: Up to 19 hours
    • GPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 10.5 hours
    • SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music: Up to 9.5 hours
    • All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band with music: Up to 8.5 hours
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo; multi-frequency position; SATIQ technology
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
  • Water rating: 5 ATM (up to 50 meters)

Be brilliant at whatever you do with Forerunner 965, an advanced triathlon watch with a stunning AMOLED touchscreen display and lightweight titanium bezel.

Wake up to your morning report with HRV status to see health insights with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked).

Use the training readiness feature to know if this is the dayf for a productive session. Plus daily suggested workouts adapt to performance and recovery alongside the race widget, which provides training tips, course details and completion time predictions.

Wherever you go, navigate confidently with multi-band GPS and full-color, built-in maps. With traditional buttons and a touchscreen display, it’s easy to tap into your training status and know whether you’re training productively, peaking, or strained.

If outshining the competition is a box you just have to check, the Forerunner 965 is there to light up every run with up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.

Discover more about this brilliant running smartwatch.

Compare 965 to other Garmin Forerunners.

Best Triathlon Watch for Men — Garmin Enduro 3 

The Garmin Enduro 3 ultraperformance watch from a front side angle with topo maps on the display
  • Weight: 63 grams
  • Size: 51 x 51 x 15.7 mm
  • Display size: 1.4″ (35.56 mm) 
  • Lens: Power Sapphire 
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch: Up to 36 days/90 days with solar

    • Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 92 days/unlimited with solar

    • GPS Only: Up to 120 hours/320 hours with solar
    • All Satellite Systems: Up to 80 hours/144 hours with solar
    • All Satellite Systems + Multi-band: Up to 60 hours/90 hours with solar
    • All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 22 hours
    • Max Battery GPS: Up to 210 hours/unlimited with solar
    • Expedition GPS: Up to 77 days/unlimited days with solar
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou; multi-frequency position; SATIQ technology
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
  • Water rating: 10 ATM (up to 100 meters)

The Garmin Enduro 3 is an ultraperformance multisport GPS watch created for endurance runners, trail runners, and anyone who trains and participates in marathons, triathlons, ultra marathons, and days of backcountry hiking. The rugged, lightweight design won’t slow you down, and the light UltraFit band offers a secure, comfortable fit during all activities.

Solar power comes standard on this Garmin watch that provides battery life of up to 320 hours in GPS mode with solar charging—that'll help you outlast anything! A variety of built-in sports apps as well as endurance, realtime stamina, and other performance metrics will help take your training to the next level. This watch has all the training tools, performance metrics, and analysis as the Forerunner 965 and fēnix 8. And like with those Garmin GPS watches, you can choose traditional button controls or touchscreen interface to access features—plus this watch is fully customizable.

AutoSelect mode uses SatIQ™ technology to dynamically determine the GPS mode necessary to maximize battery life without compromising positional accuracy. It's loaded up with all the ABC sensors that will help you find and track your way, plus built-in TopoActive and ski maps, so you can run, ride, or hike wherever you want and always know where you are. Enduro 2 includes an Adventure Racing World Series-approved adventure racing app. Plus, its advanced features, including the NextFork™ map guide, grade-adjusted pace, and automatic rest timer for ultra runs, will help you prepare to go the distance. A superbright LED flashlight will even guide you in the dark. If you want “all the things” in a premium multisport GPS watch, this is it!

Learn everything you need to know about the Enduro 3 here.

Compare the 2024 Enduro 3 to the fenix 8. 

Best Display on a Sport Watch — Garmin epix™ Pro Sapphire (51 mm)

Whitestone and titanium Garmin epix Pro multisport smartwatch with AMOLED display
  • Weight: 88 grams
  • Size: 51 x 51 x 15 mm 
  • Display size: 1.4″ (35.56 mm) 
  • Lens: Sapphire Crystal
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch: Up to 31 days (11 days always-on)
    • Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 41 days 
    • GPS Only: Up to 82 hrs (58 hrs always-on )
    • All Satellite Systems: Up to 62 hrs (48 hrs always-on)
    • All Satellite Systems + Multi-band: Up to 38 hrs (30 hrs always-on)
    • All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 17 hrs 
    • Max Battery GPS: Up to 145hrs
    • Expedition GPS: Up to 27 days
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo; multi-frequency position; SATIQ technology
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
  • Water rating: 10 ATM (up to 100 meters)

The new epix Pro (Gen 2) is basically a fēnix 7 Pro with a stunning AMOLED touchscreen—but without solar-charging technology built in.

The epix Pro's touchscreen and 5-button operation let you access the best Garmin performance metrics, superior GPS, topo maps (preloaded on the Sapphire model), and a new built-in LED flashlight.

Rise to any challenge with advanced training features. Morning report and training readiness features combine important health and training data for easier interpretation and analysis.

Focus your training with wrist-based running power, strength training features and advanced pacing modes to gauge your output on race day.

Track your favorite sports with even more activity profiles, such as soccer, football, baseball, volleyball, ice hockey and racquet sports.

Gain a more complete picture of your overall health, training and recovery with 24/7 health and wellness monitoring features, including HRV status and Pulse Ox. And prioritize your rest and recovery with advanced sleep monitoring.

Advanced navigation sensors combined with multi-band reception technology delivers more accurate positioning and multi-GNSS with SatIQ™ technology delivers improved coverage in challenging environments while also optimizing battery life. 

Check out preloaded maps for thousands of golf courses and ski resorts worldwide; use TopoActive maps to keep your explorations on track, and never miss a turn with Up Ahead navigation prompts.

Want a smaller size? The epix Pro series also now offers 3 sizes—42 mm, 47 mm, 51 mm, so now there's one of these eye-catching premium multisport GPS watches for every wrist!

See more of the epix Pro (Gen 2).

We answer your epix Pro series questions.

Best Garmin Golf GPS Smartwatch for Men — Approach S70

The 47 mm Garmin Approach S70 golf GPS watch with AMOLED display

  • Weight: 56 grams
  • Size: 47 x 47 x 13.4 mm
  • Display size: 1.4” (35.41 mm) AMOLED
  • Lens: Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch mode: up to 16 days
    • GPS mode: up to 20 hours
  • GPS Sensors: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo; multi-frequency position; SATIQ technology
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth Smart and ANT+®
  • Water rating: 5 ATM (up to 50 meters)

The Garmin Approach S70 now puts a vibrant AMOLED display on your wrist and in your game—but it's course management strategy, better decision-making, and overall game improvement that really shine on this golf watch!

An upgraded virtual caddie feature provides a recommended club based on your shot dispersion data, elevation, wind, and more.

Enhanced PlaysLike Distance (slope-compensation) utilizes a built-in barometer, so you’ll know how far each shot is playing.

And on your way to the hole, preloaded green contour data gives you insights into the slope direction of the green (with an active Garmin Golf app membership—$9.99 per month or $99.99 per year).

Plus, you get all of Garmin's other golfing features, activity and health tracking, and smart features that set you up for success beyond the golf course!

And now this top of the Approach lineup GPS watch is available in two sizes—42 mm and 47 mm.

See more of the Appoach S70 here.

Compare it to other Garmin Approach golf watches.

Best Garmin Outdoor Fitness Watch for Men — fēnix 8 – 51 mm AMOLED Sapphire 

The orange Garmin fenix 8 multisport watch with Amoled display on the wrist of Ryan at PlayBetter
  • Weight: 92 grams 
  • Size: 51 x 51 x 14.7 mm
  • Display size: 1.4″ (35.56 mm)
  • Lens: Sapphire Crystal
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch: Up to 29 days (13 days always-on)

    • Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 41 days
    • GPS Only: Up to 84 hours (65 hours always-on)
    • All Satellite Systems: Up to 68 hours (54 hours always-on)
    • All Satellite Systems + Multi-band: Up to 62 hours (49 hours always-on)
    • All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 18 hours
    • Max Battery GPS: Up to 145 hours
    • Expedition GPS: Up to 31 days
  • GPS Sensors: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou; multi-frequency position; SATIQ technology
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
  • Water rating: 10 ATM (up to 100 meters)

Not only does the Garmin fenix 8 series have workout and recreational activity profiles and metrics out the wazoo, it's as rugged as it is sophisticated—offering a backcountry battery life with the Solar option, a bright display in any conditions with the AMOLED versions, multi-frequency GPS for the ultimate in positioning accuracy, and a military rating for durability.

An ultra-bright LED flashlight with variable intensities and strobe modes gives you greater awareness while you train at night and provides convenient illumination when you need it

The fenix 8 is packed with features that will help you hone your stride for your regular workouts and outdoor pursuits, such as:

  • Running Dynamics
  • PacePro
  • Race Predictor
  • Run Workouts
  • Activity profiles for swimming, biking, hiking, golfing, and a whole lot more!

Get Garmin's cutting-edge design on your wrist along with the latest in wrist-based-heart rate monitors, Pulse Ox, VO2 Max for Run and Trail Run. And that's just for starters. As a training tool watch it offers access to advanced features such as Training Readiness, HRV Status, heat altitude acclimation, Training Status, Training Load, Training Effect, Realtime Stamina, Virtual Partner, Auto/Manual Multisport Activities, Running Dynamics, wrist-based Running Power, Race Predictor—and SO MUCH MORE!

And for you extreme and outdoor sports junkies, the fenix 8 lineup is ready to go wherever you roam. It has preloaded topo maps, maps for ski resorts, profiles for backcountry skiing, mountain biking dynamics, surfing features, PacePro technology for grade-adjusted guidance, and 42,000+ preloaded maps to golf courses all over the planet.

Read more about the Garmin fenix 8 and fenix E.

See fenix 8 vs fenix 7 Pro vs epix Pro (Gen 2) comparison.

Learn about the Garmin fenix 8 vs Enduro 3.

Best Garmin GPS Watch with Music for Guys — Forerunner 265 with AMOLED Display

Side view of a Garmin Forerunner 265 laying flat on a white surface showing the word "RUN" on the button
  • Weight: 47 grams
  • Size: 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 mm
  • Display size: 1.3″ (33 mm) 
  • Lens: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch mode: Up to 13 days

    • GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 20 hours
    • SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode: Up to 16 hours
    • All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band: Up to 14 hours
    • GPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 7 hours
    • SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music: Up to 6.5 hours
    • All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band with music: Up to 6 hours
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo; multi-frequency position; SATIQ technology
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi
  • Water rating: 5 ATM (up to 50 meters)

This more affordable Forerunner stores music on watch. Just download your must-have workout tunes from your Spotify, Deezer, or Amazon account—and go!

Topped with a stunning AMOLED display, the Forerunner 265 gives you a nice chunk of Garmin running metrics, including:

  • VO2 Max for Run and Trail Run
  • Race Predictor
  • PacePro
  • Recovery Advisor
  • Training Status
  • Training Load.

And for health, factor in wrist-based heart rate, Body Battery energy monitor, Pulse Ox, and advanced sleep monitoring.

And this latest mid-range Garmin Forerunner watch is updated with training features such as morning report that summarizes your sleep, HRV status, and daily workout suggestion in one place as soon as you wake up. It also adds a race widget and wrist-based running power.

Additionally, you'll have multi-frenquency positioning for the most advanced GPS tracking and a compass, accelerometer, and new barometric altimeter for elevation metrics. Even though it is not preloaded with all the maps that come with the fenix 8 and FR 965, the FR 265 still offers some highly useful navigation tools like bread crumb trail, point-to-point, and back to start.  

Battery life, while not as robust as higher-end Garmin watches, is still impressive for a mid-range-priced sport watch. 

This running and workout watch may not be the top choice for serious marathon and triathlon training, but it's definitely got the music and sport features to motivate serious daily pavement pounders, trail runners, and workout hounds!

Best Men's Garmin Hiking GPS Watch — Instinct 2 Solar

Mist Gray Garmin Instinct 2 Solar watch with heart rate on the display

  • Weight: 53 grams
  • Size: 45 x 45 x 14.5 mm
  • Display size: Custom, two-window design; 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm) 
  • Lens: Power Glass™
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch: Up to 28 days/Unlimited with solar
    • Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 65 days/Unlimited with solar
    • GPS: Up to 30 hours/48 hours with solar
    • Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 70 hours/370 hours with solar
    • Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 32 days/Unlimited with solar
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth and ANT+
  • Water rating: 10 ATM (up to 100 meters)

Take your adventures to a whole new level with solar-charging in the Garmin Instinct 2–Solar Edition rugged outdoor GPS watch!  

Wander without worry with this solar GPS watch was designed to endure. Get access to multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLOSNASS, and Galileo) to help you track in more challenging environments.

When you're blazing the trail or in the backcountry, put ABC sensors on you wrists. The Garmin Instinct Solar has an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather, and three-axis electronic compass.

Go ahead and roam in the harshest environments. This Instinct Solar hiking watch is built to the U.S. military standard 810 for thermal, shock, and water resistance (rated to 100 meters).

Push yourself with confidence with health monitoring tools such as heart rate, stress, estimated sleep, and Pulse Ox. Plus, get training tools like heat and altitude acclimation, VO2 Max for Run and Trail Run, Taining Status, Training Load, Training Effect, daily suggested workouts, Race Predictor, wrist-based running power and tons of activity profiles! The Garmin Instinct 2 Solar GPS sport watch has you covered on your next great outdoor pursuit!

Best Military Tactical Watch for Men — tactix 7 Solar

Black Garmin tactix 7 Pro edition with night vision feature selected on the display with other icons

  • Weight: 89 grams
  • Size: 51 x 51 x 14.9 mm
  • Display size: 1.4” (35.56 mm)  
  • Lens: Power Sapphire™
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch: Up to 28 days/37 days with solar
    • Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 90 days/1+ year with solar
    • GPS Only: Up to 89 hours/122 hours with solar
    • All Satellte Systems: Up to 63 hours/77 hours with solar
    • All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 16 hours Max Battery
    • GPS: Up to 213 hours/578 hours with solar
    • Expedition GPS: Up to 62 days/139 days with solar
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo; multi-frequency position; SATIQ technology
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi
  • Water rating: 10 ATM (up to 100 meters)

Ready to reap the benefits of a tactical tool powered by the sun? Then the Garmin tactix 7 Pro Solar military watch is the piece you need. 

This military tactical watch was designed to survive with a fiber-reinforced polymer with titanium rear cover and knurled buttons. The rugged yet sophisticated design features a large 1.4” display, a black nylon or silicone band and a titanium bezel with scratch-resistant glass—made from Power Sapphire™—that houses solar-harvesting technology.

Garmin tactix watches are built to the U.S. military standard 810 for thermal, shock, and a 10 ATM water rating. They also offer dual grid coordinates and are designed with subdued color with high contrast displays.

But it's the Garmin tactix Delta military smartwatch's added tactical features that take this military tool watch to the next level. Be ready for anything at a moment's notice with night vision capability, stealth mode, kill switch, dual-format GPS, projected waypoints, and jumpmaster mode. 

Both civilian and service aviators will benefit from the tactix 7 Series Direct-To Navigation feature, which allows users to navigate straight to an airport in the world aeronautical database or use the “Nearest” function to activate a path to a nearby airport. Additionally, pilots can also access aviation weather, including NEXRAD radar, METARs and TAFs, to see winds, visibility, barometric pressure and more directly on their tactix 7 unit (when paired with a smartphone).

You also get access to multi-band positioning to track in the most challenging environments like deep canyons or dense forests. The tactix 7 Pro Solar offers ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer for weather, and three-axis electronic compass. Plus stay on track with preloaded topo, road, and trail maps, TracBack® Routing, Federal Public Land Maps, Expedition Mode, and more!

Stay connected with smart notifications on your wrist and pair with a satellite communicator when you're beyond cellular towers. Stay fit and aware with the best Garmin health and fitness features right on your wrist!

The tactix 7 series gives you the option to upgrade to AB Elite Software, which you can use to calculate aiming solutions for long-range shooting in the field with a built-in ballistics calculator.

When you arm yourself with the Applied Ballistics® Synapse, you can easily create and send custom ballistic profiles to your Garmin, including full access to the Applied Ballistics Bullet Library that contains more than 1,200 custom measured bullets.

Best Garmin Men's Running Watch for Beginners — Forerunner 165

The Garmin Forerunner 165 on the wrist of Chris from PlayBetter showing run data on the display
  • Weight: 39 grams
  • Size: 43 x 43 x 11.6 mm
  • Display size: 1.2" (30.4 mm) 
  • Lens: chemically strengthened glass
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch mode: Up to 11 days

    • Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 20 days
    • GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 19 hours
    • All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 17 hours
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth and ANT+
  • Water rating: 5 ATM (up to 50 Meters)

Standout running watch features on this most affordable Garmin running watch include:

  • Race Adaptive Training Plans: Receive training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts, and completion time predictions based on race details entered into the Garmin Connect app.
  • Wrist-Based Running Power and Dynamics: View real-time power and measure crucial running metrics, like cadence, stride length, and ground contact time—all from the wrist—to help improve running form.
  • Training Effect: See how workouts are affecting fitness and understand benefits from training runs and workouts.
  • Courses: Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app and from third-party platforms, then sync them directly to the watch.
  • Additional Activity Profiles and Workouts: Stay active with more than 25 activity profiles, including trail running, open water swimming, pickleball, tennis, and more. Plus get new workouts for strength, HIIT, cardio, yoga, and Pilates.
  • Morning Report: Start the day off right with a customizable report that provides an overview of last night’s sleep and the day’s training outlook, alongside HRV (heart rate variability) status, and weather.

New health features on the Forerunner 165 over its predecessor—Forerunner 55—allow you to even better track your overall well-being before, during, and after your workouts. These include:

  • Pulse Ox: Track blood oxygen saturation while awake or asleep.
  • Sleep Monitoring and Sleep Score: Every morning, receive a personalized score for last night’s sleep, view the different sleep stages and gain insights for improved sleep quality.
  • Nap Detection: Automatically track or log naps to see how they may benefit the body and the suggested time and duration they should be.

If you're looking for the most affordable running watch that is still pretty badass, we recommend you look further at these articles:

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Best Strictly Golf Watch for Men — Garmin Approach S12

White Garmin Approach S12 golf watch

  • Weight: 34.1 grams
  • Size: 43.7 x 43.7 x 11.5 mm
  • Display size: 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm) 
  • Battery life:
    • Watch mode: up to 10 weeks
    • GPS mode: up to 30 hours
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth Smart
  • Water rating: 5 ATM (up to 50 meters)

Looking to keep it simple with a fast, user-friendly lightweight GPS golf watch? The S12 might be Garmin's basic golf watch. But there’s nothing basic about its standard features and technology.

In this latest model, you can expect a sunlight-readable screen, 42,000+ preloaded courses from around the world, features for referencing basic front-middle-back yardages to the green, hazard detection and avoidance features, scorekeeping on your screen (with the Garmin Golf app), stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit), the option to pair with Approach CT10 club tracking sensors, and a battery life up to 30 hours in GPS mode and up to 10 weeks in watch mode!

You get basic watch features (no touchscreen), including time/date, GPS time sync, auto daylight savings, sunrise/sunset times plus Bluetooth® Smart connectivity, smartphone compatibility—and like all Approach golf wearables—the S12 is tournament legal.

This GPS wearable made for the improvement-minded golfer comes out of the box in black, granite blue, and white.

Best Garmin Fitness Watch for Men — Venu 3!

The Black Garmin Venu 3 showing an image on the display from text
  • Weight: 47 grams 
  • Size: 45 x 45 x 12 mm
  • Display size: 1.4" (30.4 mm) 
  • Lens: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • Battery life:
    • Smartwatch mode: Up to 14 days (5 days display always-on)

    • Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 26 days
    • GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 26 hours
    • All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 20 hours
    • All-Systems GNSS mode with music: Up to 11 hours 
  • GPS Sensors:  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi
  • Water rating: 5 ATM (up to 50 Meters)

The Garmin Venu 3 is the ultimate health and wellness fitness GPS smartwatch that combines the benefits of the previous Venu 2/2S and Venu 2 Plus—along with a plethora of new features!

And it’s all topped off with an eye-catching AMOLED display available in two sizes and several new color palettes.

When they built this Garmin watch, they had the health and fitness goals of every user in mind, adding two font sizes, more recovery data, audio prompts, and more!

Here are all the features on this latest Venu that just might hit the sweet spot for your workout routine and the daily grind:

  • Sleep Coach
  • Morning Report—An overview of your sleep, recovery, and more!
  • Nap Detection
  • Wheelchair Mode
  • Workout benefit and recovery
  • Rate of perceived exertion
  • Interval Creation
  • Meditation activity
  • Built-in speaker and mic to make and take calls from the wrist
  • Two font sizes—small and large
  • Smart trainer control
  • Gaming Activity and GameOn™
  • Audio prompts
  • Recovery Time & HRV Status
  • Built-in sports apps/activities: Tennis, Padel, Pickleball, eBiking, Handcycling, Indoor Handcycling, Snowshoeing, Workouts for Wheelchair Users, Open-Water Swim Metrics, Auto Rest (Pool Swim)
  • Activity tracking: Push Tracker, Weight Shift Alert
  • Slightly larger displays on both sizes (1.2” and 1.4”)
  • View photos sent to you on watch screen (Android only)
  • Jet Lag Advisor
  • Body Battery
  • Improved Battery life
  • 24/7 health monitoring for heart rate, Pulse Ox, respiration, and energy levels
  • Loaded with a ton of Gym, Run, Bike, Swim, Golf, and Outdoor sport profiles and features.
  • Available in two sizes
  • Bright AMOLED display
  • Smart notifications, Garmin Pay™ and on-wrist texting
  • Download music from streaming services for phone-free listening

Find out everything you need to know about the Garmin Venu 3.

Read a Garmin Venu 3 comparison.

The Wrap on Garmin Watches for Men

No matter what type of smartwatch you are looking for and the budget you're committed to, we feel confident your next watch is in this list.

It's why we love Garmin, they create sport watches for ever user at all price ranges. 

At PlayBetter, we always offer free 2-day delivery and 60-day returns on Garmin watches—no questions asked. 

Hope this list was helpful, and be sure to hit us up in chat if you have any questions. We want to help you find the best watch for you! 

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