Garmin Marq Athlete (Gen 2)
THE ENDURANCE SPORT, REDEFINED
MARQ Athlete is the luxury modern tool watch tuned to separate you from your rivals. For competitors who demand the very best from themselves, there is no greater reward.
Get the most accurate sensor indications with the high-performance rubber strap.
Tirelessly pursue victory, with up to 12 days on a single charge.
Measure your fitness in hot and high-altitude training conditions.
Where to go? Just ask Trendline™ popularity routing. Then follow the TOPO maps.
Tune your form for best performance with running dynamics and biometrics.
Meet for a workout. Meet for coffee. Stay connected with smartwatch functions.
Finish first.
PERFORMANCE METRICS
View advanced training metrics that include running dynamics1, heat- and altitude-adjusted VO2 max, recovery advisor and more3.
TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION
Follow a route or course with help from turn-by-turn directions, which let you know ahead of time when the next turn is coming.
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 dynamics2 that track your pace.
PACEPRO™ TECHNOLOGY
A first-of-its-kind PacePro feature helps keep you on pace with grade-adjusted guidance as you run a course.
ULTRARUN
Use the ultrarun activity with rest timer, and log the time you spend at aid stations.
HYDRATION TRACKING
Staying hydrated is important for your well-being. Log your daily water intake to help you stay hydrated, and see how consistent you are from day to day.
RESPIRATION TRACKING
See how you’re breathing throughout the day, during sleep and during breathwork and yoga activities.
CLIMBPRO FEATURE
Use ClimbPro ascent planner to see real-time information on your current and upcoming climbs, including gradient, distance and elevation gain.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Check with Pulse Ox3 to gain awareness of how well your body’s oxygen levels are adjusting to the thinner air at higher altitudes.
HEART RATE
The watch constantly samples your heart rate1 to help gauge how hard you work during activities — even underwater. Access more data in our app on your Apple® or Android™ device.
STRESS SCORE
Monitor your heart rate at the wrist1 as well as your heart rate variability to calculate your stress score.
Show your passion for sport.
APPS AND ACTIVITIES
Preloaded favorite apps and preloaded activity profiles are provided for golfing, swimming, running, biking, hiking, rowing, skiing and more.
BACKCOUNTRY SKI INPUT
This profile can distinguish between skiing and climbing then shows metrics specific to ascent or descent.
ABC SENSORS
Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis electronic compass.
MULTI-GNSS
Access multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone.
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-color CourseView maps for more than 41,000 golf courses around the world, and get button targeting and the PlaysLike Distance feature.
POWER MANAGER
View how various settings and sensors impact your watch’s battery life, so you can make battery-extending changes on the fly.
TRAINING STATUS
Using new indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get insight into your overall effort — and whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.
What You'll Love |
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| Sleep score and insights | |
| Pulse Ox blood oxygen™ | |
| Garmin Pay™ | |
| Training status | yes (improved) |
General |
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| Strap material | silicone rubber |
| Lens Material | domed sapphire crystal |
| Bezel Material | titanium |
| Case material | titanium |
| QuickFit® watch band compatible | yes (22 mm) |
| Physical size | Diameter x Thickness: 46 x 15 mm Silicone rubber strap fits wrists with a circumference of 135-213 mm |
| Weight | 94 g |
| Display Size | 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter |
| Display resolution | 240 x 240 pixels |
| Color display | |
| Battery life | Smartwatch: Up to 12 days GPS mode: Up to 28 hours GPS with Music: Up to 9 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 48 hours |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary clip charger |
| Memory/History | 32 GB |
Clock Features |
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| Time/date | |
| GPS Time Sync | |
| Automatic daylight saving time | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Timer | |
| Stopwatch | |
| Sunrise/sunset times | |
Health & Wellness Monitoring |
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| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | |
| Resting heart rate | |
| Abnormal heart rate alerts | yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate | |
| Fitness age | yes (high and low) |
| Body Battery™ energy monitor | |
| All-day stress | |
| Relaxation breathing timer | |
| Sleep | yes (advanced |
| Hydration | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Women's health | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
Sensors |
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| GPS | |
| GLONASS | |
| Galileo | |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | yes (with acclimation) |
| Barometric altimeter | |
| Compass | |
| Gyroscope | |
| Accelerometer | |
| Thermometer | |
Daily Smart Features |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | |
| Smart Notifications | |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | |
| Calendar | |
| Weather forecasts | |
| Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | |
| Controls smartphone music | |
| Plays and controls watch music | |
| Find My Phone | |
| Find My Watch | |
| VIRB® Remote | |
| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
Workout and Training Plans |
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| Cardio workouts | |
| Strength workouts | |
| Yoga workouts | |
| Pilates workouts | |
| On-screen workout animations | |
Activity Profiles |
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| Gym | Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Breathwork, Pilates, Yoga |
| Outdoor recreation | Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Horseback Riding, Jumpmaster, Obstacle Course Racing, Tactical |
| Cycling | Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Triathlon |
| Swim | Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running |
Safety and Tracking Features |
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| Incident Detection during select activities | |
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | |
| Assistance | |
| LiveTrack | |
| Group LiveTrack | |
| Live Event Sharing | |
Tactical Features |
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| Dual grid coordinates | |
| XERO™ Locations | |
Activity Tracking Features |
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| Step counter | |
| Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity) | |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | |
| Calories burned | |
| Floors climbed | |
| Distance traveled | |
| Intensity minutes | |
| TrueUp™ | |
| Move IQ™ | |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Automatic rep counting | |
Training, Planning and Analysis Features |
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| Customizable data pages | |
| Downloadable training plans | |
| Course guidance | |
| HR zones | |
| HR alerts | |
| HR calories | |
| % HR max | |
| % HRR | |
| Recovery time | |
| Auto max HR | |
| HRV status | |
| 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) |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) | |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| GPS speed and distance | |
| Customizable activity profiles | |
| Auto Pause® automatic timer halt | |
| Interval training | |
| Advanced workouts | |
| Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | |
| HRM running pace and distance | |
| Auto Lap® interval tracking feature | |
| Manual lap | |
| Configurable lap alerts | |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | |
| VO2 Max (Run) | |
| Training load | |
| Training load focus | |
| Training effect | |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | |
| Improved recovery time | |
| Custom alerts | |
| Voice alerts | |
| Finish time | |
| Virtual Partner | |
| Race an Activity | |
| Auto multisport activities | |
| Manual multisport activities | |
| Garmin Live Segments | |
| Strava Live Segments | |
| Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | |
| Trendline™ Popularity Routing | |
| Touch and/or button lock | |
| Shortcuts | |
| Auto scroll | |
| Activity history on watch | |
| Physio TrueUp | |
| Unified training status | |
Running Features |
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| GPS-based distance, time and pace | |
| Running dynamics | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | |
| Performance condition | |
| Lactate threshold | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | |
| Run workouts | |
| Trail run auto climb | |
| Race predictor | |
| Foot pod capable | |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection | |
Golfing Features |
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| Preloaded with 43,000 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 | |
| Custom targets | |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | |
| Garmin AutoShot™ | |
| Full vector map | |
| Auto CourseView updates | |
| Green View with manual pin position | |
| Hazards and course targets | |
| PinPointer | |
| PlaysLike distance | |
| Swing Tempo | |
| Tempo Training | |
| TruSwing™ compatible | |
| Round timer/odometer | |
Outdoor Recreation |
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| Point-to-point navigation | |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | |
| Back to start | |
| TracBack® | |
| UltraTrac mode | |
| Explore Nearby | |
| Reference point | |
| Elevation profile | |
| Distance to destination | |
| Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert | |
| ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner | |
| Vertical speed | |
| Total ascent/descent | |
| Future elevation plot | |
| Preloaded road and trail maps | |
| Preloaded ski resort maps | |
| Downloadable cartography support | |
| GPS coordinates | |
| Sight 'N Go | |
| Area calculation | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Fish forecast | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Projected waypoint | |
| Sun and moon information | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Tides | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Cycling Features |
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| Courses | |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | |
| Race an activity | |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) | |
| MTB Grit & Flow | |
| Advanced cycling dynamics | |
| Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (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 (w/sensor) | |
| Power meter compatible | |
Swimming Features |
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| 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 (pool swim only) | |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | |
| Time and distance alerts | |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | |
| Pool swim workouts | |
| Critical swim speed | |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | yes (with HRM-Tri, HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) |