Serious Style That Stands Up to the Roughest Conditions
Built for endurance athletes and outdoor adventurers, the Fenix 3 Sapphire combines rugged engineering with advanced functionality. Its reinforced stainless steel construction and protective bezel withstand demanding conditions, while the high-resolution Chroma display remains readable in bright sunlight with intelligent LED backlighting. Rated to 100 meters for water resistance, this multisport GPS watch delivers exceptional battery performance—up to 50 hours in UltraTrac mode, 16 hours in standard GPS tracking, or three months in basic watch mode. Engineered for serious athletes who demand reliability without compromise.
An uncompromising Multisport Training GPS Watch, which includes:
- EXO antenna - GPS + GLONASS support for fast fix and accuracy
- Chroma display - 1.2-inch sunlight readable colour
- Fitness training - features like VO2 Max and Recovery Advisor
- Outdoor navigation - features like 3-axis compass, altimeter and barometer, TracBack and Sight'n Go
- Connect IQ - compatibility for third-party customized apps, widgets, watch faces and data fields
- Running & Cycling Features -
VO2 Max Estimator (requires HRM)
This advanced metric leverages your running cadence, heart rate, and cardiovascular variability to calculate your VO2 max—the maximum amount of oxygen your body can utilize during intense exercise. Understanding this measurement helps you gauge aerobic fitness levels and track improvements in your cardiovascular conditioning over time.
Race Predictor
This intelligent prediction tool analyzes your current VO2 max data to project realistic race completion times across various distances. By leveraging your aerobic capacity metrics, the watch generates personalized finish time estimates that evolve as your fitness improves, providing a data-driven benchmark for training goals and race strategy.
Running Dynamics (requires HRM-Run monitor)
Monitor three critical running mechanics that directly influence your efficiency: cadence tracks your stride frequency, vertical oscillation measures excess upward movement, and ground contact time quantifies how long your foot stays in contact with the surface. By analyzing these biomechanical variables, you can identify inefficiencies and refine your running form to optimize energy expenditure and performance.
Recovery Advisor
Built-in recovery tools help you manage training load and prevent overtraining. The recovery timer counts down your recommended rest period after intense efforts, while recovery check assesses your readiness to train by evaluating physiological markers, ensuring you balance hard workouts with adequate recovery for optimal performance gains.
Track indoor training sessions with precision using accelerometer-based distance calculation—no external sensors required. This feature enables accurate workout logging on treadmills and indoor tracks, allowing you to maintain comprehensive training records and performance analysis regardless of weather or location constraints.
Virtual Partner & Racer
Push your limits by racing against a virtual competitor or benchmarking your performance against your own previous efforts. This dual-comparison feature motivates continuous improvement by letting you compete against a digital avatar in real-time or analyze how current workouts stack up against your historical training data.
Auto Pause
Automatically pauses your workout timer when you stop moving and resumes when you start again, eliminating manual adjustments during training sessions.
Multi-sport
Switch between sports modes instantly with a single button press for seamless multisport training.
Advanced workouts
Design personalized training sessions tailored to your specific objectives, allowing you to structure workouts that align with your performance targets and training philosophy for maximum effectiveness.
Pace alert
Stay disciplined with intelligent pace monitoring that alerts you whenever your running speed deviates from your target range, helping you maintain consistent effort and execute race strategy with precision.
Interval training
Program custom intervals to structure your training with defined work and recovery periods for efficient high-intensity workouts.
Calories Burned (requires HRM)
Calculate calories burned using heart rate data for accurate energy expenditure tracking during workouts.
Training Effect
Track how each workout contributes to your aerobic fitness development with quantified impact metrics.
- Swim & Ski Features -
Swim Profile
Monitor comprehensive swimming metrics including distance, pace, and stroke count with minimal setup—simply input your pool length and start training. The watch automatically calculates your performance data, delivering detailed insights into your aquatic workouts without requiring external sensors.
Swim Metrics
Track stroke type, count, and pool lengths with automatic recognition, plus open-water swim distance and structured swim workouts.
Ski-board Mode
Monitor essential ski metrics including speed, distance, and vertical descent while the watch automatically counts runs and pauses tracking during lift ascents, giving you comprehensive slope performance data without manual intervention.
- Activity Tracking Features -
Step counter with Auto Goal
Automatically learns your activity patterns and sets personalized daily step targets based on your baseline fitness level.
Move Bar
Receive gentle reminders to move after prolonged sedentary periods, with the alert clearing automatically once you resume light activity for a few minutes.
Sleep Monitoring
Monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep.
- Outdoor Features -
Global Tracking
Leverage dual satellite systems—high-sensitivity GPS and GLONASS—for enhanced positioning accuracy in challenging environments, ensuring reliable tracking even in dense terrain or urban canyons.
ABC Watch
Integrated altimeter, barometer, and compass deliver comprehensive environmental awareness—track elevation gain, anticipate weather shifts through barometric pressure changes, and navigate with precision using electronic heading data.
GPS Track Log
Automatically records your GPS path as a detailed track log while enabling you to bookmark critical waypoints—start lines, aid stations, campsites, or landmarks—for navigation reference and post-activity route analysis.
BaseCamp
Seamlessly plan expeditions and share your adventures through dual wireless connectivity—ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart enable instant transmission of locations, custom routes, and geocache data to friends and family for collaborative exploration.
- Bluetooth Smart & ANT+ Connectivity -
Bluetooth Smart Notifications
Stay connected without reaching for your phone—receive email, text, and notification alerts directly on your wrist when paired with a compatible Bluetooth Smart device, keeping you informed during training and outdoor pursuits.
Other Bluetooth Features
Enjoy discreet vibration notifications, remote music playback control, and a phone locator feature that helps you quickly retrieve your device when needed.
VIRB Control
Control your VIRB action camera directly from your wrist, enabling hands-free operation of recording functions during dynamic activities and adventures.
Garmin Connect
Access a vibrant online community platform where you can dissect performance metrics, organize training data by activity type, and exchange insights with fellow athletes worldwide.
Wireless Automatic Sync
Sync your training data automatically to your computer for comprehensive analysis, archiving, and long-term performance tracking without manual file transfers.
- Specifications -
Physical
- Dimensions - 51.5 x 51.5 x 15.5 mm
- Display size - 31 mm
- Display resolution - 218 x 218 pixels; colour
- Weight - 70 g
- Battery - Rechargeable 300 mAh lithium-ion
- Battery life ~ 50 hours / 20 hours / 6 weeks (UltraTrac mode / GPS training mode / watch mode)
- Water rating - 5 ATM
Connectivity
- Synchronisation - wireless
- GPS-enabled - high-sensitivity receiver
- VIRB control - yes
- Supported sensors (not included) - speed and cadence, foot pod, tempe temperature sensor, Vector Power Pedals
Memory
- Track log - 10,000 points; 100 saved tracks
- Routes - 50
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Waypoints/locations - 1000
- Includes -
- Fenix 3 sapphire watch with leather band
- Wireless HRM-Run Heart Rate Strap
- Black Rubber Watch Band
- USB charging/data cable
- AC adapter
- Quick start manual
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