Finish first. MARQ Athlete is the luxury modern tool watch tuned to separate you from your competitors. For competitors who demand the very best from themselves, there is no greater reward.
See recovery time and VO2 max scales on the bezel so you have a snapshot of your performance and progress right on the watch face.
The high-performance silicone rubber strap ensures a secure fit — and accurate sensor indications.
Performance metrics
Performance metrics can detect if you're peaking, while race predictor projects how fast you'll run your next event.
Popularity routing
Find the best running and cycling routes with integrated maps and Trendline™ popularity routing.
Running dynamics
Fine-tune your form and progress with advanced running dynamics1 that track your stride.
ClimbPro
Use ClimbPro ascent planner to see real-time information on your current and upcoming climbs, including gradient, distance and elevation gain.
Heart rate
Log weekly mileage totals, and track heart rate2 to view fitness level — even at rest.
Smart notifications
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible device.
Music apps
Store up to 2,000 songs, or access preloaded streaming music apps from compatible services, including Spotify® and Deezer, and listen through headphones with Bluetooth®technology.
Garmin Pay
Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay™ contactless payment solutions through participating providers.
Stress score
Monitor your heart rate variability to calculate your stress score.
Apps and activities
Preloaded favourite apps and preloaded activity profiles are provided for running, biking, golfing, swimming, hiking, rowing, skiing and more.
Pulse Ox
Check with Pulse Ox3 to gain awareness of how well your body's oxygen levels are adjusting to the thinner air at higher altitudes.
Multi-GNSS
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 3-axis electronic compass.
TOPO and ski maps
Head outdoors with preloaded topographical maps, and view run names and difficulty ratings for 2,000 worldwide ski resorts.
Golf courses
Access full-colour CourseView maps for more than 41,000 golf courses around the world, and get button targeting and the Playslike Distance feature.
Connect IQ
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ™ Store.
Battery
Internal, rechargeable lithium battery provides up to 12 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, 28 hours in GPS mode, 48 hours in UltraTrac™ mode and 9 hours in GPS mode with music.
1 Requires compatible sensor 2Activity tracking accuracy. 3 This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries
SPOTIFY and the Spotify logo are among the registered trademarks of Spotify AB
The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Garmin is under license.
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MARQ Athlete
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GENERAL
Battery life
Smartwatch mode: Up to 12 days
GPS mode: Up to 28 hours
GPS with music: Up to 9 hours
UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 48 hours
46 x 14.1 mm
Silicone rubber strap: fits wrists with a circumference of 135-213 mm
QuickFit™ watch bands
yes (22 m)
Strap material:
Silicone rubber
Water rating
10 ATM
Weight ,
94 g
Clock Features
Alarm clock
YES
Automatic daylight saving time
YES
GPS Time Sync
YES
Stopwatch
YES
Sunrise/sunset times
YES
Time/date
YES
Timer
YES
Sensors
Accelerometer
YES
Barometric altimeter
YES
Compass
YES
Galileo
yes
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
YES
GLONASS
YES
GPS
YES
Gyroscope
YES
Pulse Ox
yes (with Acclimation)
Thermometer
YES
Daily Smart Features
Calendar
YES
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
YES
Connect IQ™
YES, (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Connectivity
Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
Controls smartphone music
YES
Find my Phone feature
YES
Find My Watch feature
YES
Garmin Pay™
yes
Music Storage
Up to 2000 songs
Plays and controls watch music
YES
Smart notifications
YES
Smartphone compatibility
iPhone®, Android™
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)
yes
VIRB® Camera Remote
YES
Weather
YES
Boating Features
Preloaded Boating Profiles
Boating
Activity Tracking Features
All-day stress tracking
yes
Body Battery™ Energy Monitor
YES
Calories burned
YES
Distance traveled
YES
Fitness Age
yes (in app)
Floors climbed
YES
Intensity minutes
YES
Move IQ™
YES
TrueUp™
YES
Step counter
YES
Auto goal
YES, (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Move bar
YES, (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Sleep monitoring
YES, (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)
Gym & Fitness Equipment
Automatic rep counting
YES
Available gym activity profiles
Strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing and yoga
Cardio workouts
YES
Preloaded gym activity profiles
Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing and Yoga
Strength workouts
YES
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
Activity history on watch
YES
Advanced workouts
YES
Audio prompts
YES
Auto Lap®
YES
Auto multisport activities
YES
Auto Pause®
YES
Auto scroll
YES
Configurable lap alerts
YES
Course guidance
YES
Customisable activity profiles
YES
Customisable alerts
YES
Customisable screen(s)
YES
Downloadable training plans
YES
Finish time
YES
GPS speed and distance
YES
Group LiveTrack
YES
Heat and altitude acclimation
YES
Hot keys
YES
Interval training
YES
LiveTrack
YES
Manual lap
YES
Multi-sport
YES
Physio TrueUp
YES
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
YES
Race an Activity
YES
Round-trip course creator (running/cycling)
YES
Segments (Live, Garmin)
YES
Touch and/or button lock
YES
Training Effect (aerobic)
YES
Training Effect (anaerobic)
YES
Training Load
YES, (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC)
Training load focus
YES
Training Status
YES, (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.)
Trendline™ popularity routing
yes
V02 max
YES
Virtual Partner
YES
VO2 max
YES
Running Features
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
YES
Foot pod capable
YES
GPS-based distance, time and pace
YES
Ground contact time and balance
yes (with compatible accessory) (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)
Lactate threshold
yes (with compatible accessory) (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue)
Performance condition
YES, (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level)
Preloaded run profiles
Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running
Race predictor
YES
Run workouts
YES
Running dynamics
YES
Stride length (real time)
yes (with compatible accessory)
Vertical oscillation and ratio
yes (with compatible accessory) (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length)
Golfing Features
Auto CourseView updates
YES
Digital Scorecard
YES
Garmin AutoShot™
YES
Green View with manual pin position
YES
Hazards and course targets
YES
PlaysLike distance
YES
Preloaded with 41,000 courses worldwide
YES
Round timer/odometer
YES
Stat tracking
YES, (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Touch-targeting
yes (with buttons)/ (touch target on display to see the distance to any point)
TruSwing™ compatible
YES
Measures shot distance
Automatic, (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
Yardage to F/M/B
YES, (distance to front, middle and back of green)
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices)
YES
HR calories
YES
HR zones
YES
HRV stress test
yes (with compatible accessory), (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)