Garmin · 2023
Approach® S70 - 47 mmSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm sits best on flat wrist widths of about 49–67mm (≈ 13.1–17.9cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The Approach® S70 - 47 mm in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Between 20 hours and 16 days per charge depending on the power mode — smartwatch at best, gps at worst.
- Water rated to 5 ATM.
- 13.4mm thick. Middle of the pack for thickness at this width.
- 1.4" (35.41 mm) diameter AMOLED (optional always-on mode) display.
- Takes 22mm bands, so third-party straps fit without an adapter.
Does the Approach® S70 - 47 mm fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Approach® S70 - 47 mm overlaid at true scale. Lug-to-lug — not case diameter — decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist.
Happy with the fit? Check current availability for the Approach® S70 - 47 mm.
Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The Approach® S70 - 47 mm drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm47mm · 13.4mm thick
3D preview
Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm on a wrist
On an arm sized to your own wrist — the view a product photo never gives you.
Shapes are built from published measurements, not manufacturer 3D models — accurate proportions, generic dial.
Which Approach S70 size fits you?
This model comes in 2 versions. Set your measurement and each one reports its own verdict — tap any size to open its page.
Which of these fits your wrist?
Roughly a 14.7cm wrist circumference — the measurement a tape gives you. Compared against lug-to-lug where we have it, case width otherwise.
All 2 Approach S70 variants fit this wrist. The 47mm gives you the most presence without overhanging; the smallest is the discreet end of the range.
- Width
- 42mm
- Thick
- 12.6mm
- Weight
- 44g
6.5mm clear a side
View this size- Width
- 47mm
- Thick
- 13.4mm
- Weight
- 56g
4.0mm clear a side
How long the Approach® S70 - 47 mm lasts, by power mode
Runtime changes by a factor of 19 depending on what you leave switched on. Bars are scaled against the longest mode.
- Smartwatch16 days
- GPS20 hours
How the Approach® S70 - 47 mm ranks on battery
Against the 268 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use16 days#90 of 257
What size band does the Approach® S70 - 47 mm take?
Lug width
22mm
Any 22mm strap fits, so you are not restricted to Garmin's own bands. Quick-release pins let you swap without tools — check that a replacement lists 22mm and quick-release before buying.
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Approach® S70 - 47 mm specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch mode: Up to 16 days GPS Mode Up to 20 hours (using default display settings: gesture wake-up in Smartwatch mode and always-on while golfing)
- Display
- 1.4" (35.41 mm) diameter
- Resolution
- 454 x 454 pixels
- Water rating
- 5 ATM
- Bezel
- ceramic
- Glass
- Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
- Strap
- silicone
- Storage
- 16 GB
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Full specification sheet
183 published lines across 19 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch mode: Up to 16 days GPS Mode Up to 20 hours (using default display settings: gesture wake-up in Smartwatch mode and always-on while golfing)
- Display Size
- 1.4" (35.41 mm) diameter
- Color display
- Lens Material
- Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
- Bezel Material
- ceramic
- Memory/History
- 16 GB
- Strap material
- silicone
- Charging method
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
- Display resolution
- 454 x 454 pixels
- QuickFit® watch band compatible
- yes (22 mm)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- SatIQ™ Technology
- Ambient light sensor
- Barometric altimeter
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-02746-02
- Product ID
- 847706
- Product Name
- Approach® S70 - 47 mm
- Release Date
- 5/24/2023
- Product Variation
- Black/Red Ceramic Bezel with Black Silicone Band
Clock Features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS Time Sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Cycling Features
- Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
- yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Golfing Features
- PinPointer
- Swing Tempo
- Custom targets
- Tempo Training
- Virtual caddie
- Full vector map
- Handicap scoring
- Tournament legal
- yes (with tournament mode enabled)
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- PlaysLike distance
- Round timer/odometer
- TruSwing™ compatible
- Auto CourseView updates
- Yardage to layups/doglegs
- Hazards and course targets
- Pairs with Garmin Golf app
- Green View with manual pin position
- Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide
- Green Contours (with Garmin Golf membership)
- CT1 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
- CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
- Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
- Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
- Wind speed and direction (requires connection to Garmin Golf app)
- Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point)
- Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
Running Features
- Run workouts
- Foot pod capable
- GPS-based distance, time and pace
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
What You'll Love
- Touchscreen
- Display type
- AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
- Water rating
- 5 ATM
- Garmin Pay™
- Music storage
- Multi-band GPS
- Training status
- Pulse Ox blood oxygen
- yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep)
- Sleep score and insights
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- Up to 16 days
Activity Profiles
- Gym
- Strength, Cardio, HIIT, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing
- Swim
- Pool Swimming
- Cycling
- Biking, Mountain Biking, Indoor Biking
- Wellness
- Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking
- On the Water
- Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking
- Racket sports
- Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball
- Snow & winter
- Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing
- Indoor running
- Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
- Outdoor running
- Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running
- Outdoor recreation
- Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Golfing
Swimming Features
- Time and distance alerts
- Underwater wrist-based heart rate
- Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
- Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
- Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Outdoor Recreation
- Total ascent/descent
Daily Smart Features
- Stocks
- Calendar
- Passcode
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
- Find My Phone
- Find My Watch
- Morning report
- Weather forecasts
- Smart Notifications
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android™
- Controls smartphone music
- On-device Connect IQ™ Store
- Plays and controls watch music
- Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile
- View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only)
- Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)
- Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps)
Activity Tracking Features
- TrueUp™
- Move IQ™
- Step counter
- Floors climbed
- Calories burned
- Distance traveled
- Intensity minutes
- Automatic rep counting
- Garmin Connect™ Challenges app
- yes (optional Connect IQ app)
- Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)
- Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Workout and Training Plans
- HIIT workouts
- Yoga workouts
- Cardio workouts
- Pilates workouts
- Strength workouts
- On-screen workout animations
- On-screen workout muscle maps
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- yes (advanced)
- Hydration
- yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
- Breathwork
- Fitness age
- Sleep coach
- Nap detection
- All-day stress
- Women's health
- yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
- Health snapshot
- Jet lag adviser
- Respiration rate
- Resting heart rate
- Relaxation reminders
- Abnormal heart rate alerts
- yes (high and low)
- Relaxation breathing timer
- Body Battery™ energy monitor
- Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Safety and Tracking Features
- Assistance
- Incident Detection during select activities
- Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
Kid Activity Tracking Features
- Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app
- yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
- % HRR
- % HR max
- HR zones
- HR alerts
- HRV status
- Manual lap
- Auto max HR
- Auto scroll
- HR calories
- Custom alerts
- Physio TrueUp
- Recovery time
- Training load
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Training effect
- Virtual Partner
- Advanced workouts
- Interval training
- Training load focus
- VO2 Max (Trail Run)
- GPS speed and distance
- Improved recovery time
- Configurable lap alerts
- Customizable data pages
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Downloadable training plans
- Training effect (anaerobic)
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt
- Respiration rate (during exercise)
- Yoga and Breathwork only
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
- Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
- HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
Compare the Approach® S70 - 47 mm head to head
How each one differs in the three measurements you can feel on the wrist. Figures are relative to the Approach® S70 - 47 mm.
Alternatives to the Approach® S70 - 47 mm
Watches that cover a similar amount of wrist, with the measurements that separate them.
Garmin
Forerunner® 970
- Width
- 47mm
- Thick
- 12.9mm
- Weight
- 56g
Garmin
Forerunner® 570 - 47mm
- Width
- 47mm
- Thick
- 12.9mm
- Weight
- 50g
Garmin
tactix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED
- Width
- 47mm
- Thick
- 13.8mm
- Weight
- 73g
Garmin
fēnix® 8 – 47 mm, Solar
- Width
- 47mm
- Thick
- 15.2mm
- Weight
- 80g
Garmin
fēnix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED
- Width
- 47mm
- Thick
- 13.8mm
- Weight
- 80g
Garmin
quatix® 7 Pro
- Width
- 47mm
- Thick
- 14.6mm
- Weight
- 70g
Approach® S70 - 47 mm — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm fit my wrist?
The Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 49–67mm (about 13.1–17.9cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
What size band does the Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm take?
22mm. Any 22mm strap fits, so you are not limited to Garmin's own bands — look for a quick-release fitting if you want to swap without tools.
How long does the Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm battery last?
Between 20 hours and 16 days per charge, depending on the power mode. Garmin rates Smartwatch at 16 days and GPS at 20 hours; the chart above lists all 2 modes.
How does the Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 16 days in everyday use it ranks #90 of the 257 Garmin watches in our database — the top 35% of the range. The full ranking, including GPS and power-saving figures, is on our Garmin battery life comparison.
Is the Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm thick for a 47mm watch?
At 13.4mm, middle of the pack for thickness at this width. Thickness, not case width, is what decides whether a watch catches on a shirt cuff.
Should I get the 42mm or 47mm Approach S70?
The Approach S70 comes in 2 case sizes — 42mm, 47mm. Which one suits you depends on the flat width of your wrist rather than preference: the larger sizes need a wider wrist to sit inside the edge. Set your measurement in the size picker above and each variant reports its clearance in millimetres.
What other watches are the same size as the Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm?
Oppo Watch X3, Xiaomi Watch 5, CMF Watch 3 Pro, Amazfit Balance 2 all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Approach® S70 - 47 mm's 47mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
