D2™ CharlieSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin D2™ Charlie sits best on flat wrist widths of about 54–73mm (≈ 14.4–19.5cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The D2™ Charlie in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Rated for 35 hours of use per charge.
- 89g on the wrist. Lighter than 73% of the 51mm watches we have weights for.
- 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter display.
- Takes 26mm bands, so third-party straps fit without an adapter.
Does the D2™ Charlie fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the D2™ Charlie overlaid at true scale. Lug-to-lug — not case diameter — decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist.
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Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The D2™ Charlie drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin D2™ Charlie51mm · 17.5mm thick
3D preview
Garmin D2™ Charlie 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.
D2™ Charlie battery life
The runtime the manufacturer publishes for everyday use.
- Smartwatch35 hours
How the D2™ Charlie ranks on battery
Against the 214 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use12 days#113 of 203
- GPS tracking20 hours#112 of 190
What size band does the D2™ Charlie take?
Lug width
26mm
Any 26mm 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 26mm and quick-release before buying.
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D2™ Charlie specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch mode: Up to 12 daysGPS mode: Up to 20 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 35 hours without wrist heart rate
- Display
- 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
- Resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Bezel
- titanium
- Glass
- sapphire crystal
- Strap
- silicone, leather or titanium
- Storage
- 16 GB
Full specification sheet
165 published lines across 18 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch mode: Up to 12 daysGPS mode: Up to 20 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 35 hours without wrist heart rate
- Display Size
- 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Color display
- Lens Material
- sapphire crystal
- Bezel Material
- titanium
- Memory/History
- 16 GB
- Strap material
- silicone, leather or titanium
- Display resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- QuickFit® watch band compatible
- yes (26 mm)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Thermometer
- Accelerometer
- Barometric altimeter
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-01733-30
- Product ID
- 591945
- Product Name
- D2™ Charlie
- Product Variation
- Titanium Bezel with Leather and Silicone Bands
Clock Features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Zulu/UTC, 12/24h, day/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS Time Sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Cycling Features
- Courses
- Race an activity
- Power meter compatible
- Compatible with Varia™ lights
- FTP (Functional Threshold Power)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map)
- Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
- Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
- Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters)
- Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display)
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Golfing Features
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- Round timer/odometer
- TruSwing™ compatible
- Auto CourseView updates
- Yardage to layups/doglegs
- Hazards and course targets
- Green View with manual pin position
- Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide
- Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
- Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
- Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
- automatic
Running Features
- Run workouts
- Race predictor
- Foot pod capable
- Running dynamics
- Lactate threshold
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Trail run auto climb
- Performance condition
- Stride length (real time)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Vertical oscillation and ratio
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Ground contact time and balance
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- GPS-based distance, time and pace
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
What You'll Love
- Training status
Activity Profiles
- Gym
- Indoor Rowing
- Swim
- Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
- Cycling
- Biking, Indoor Biking
- Outdoor recreation
- Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Jumpmaster, Tactical
Aviation Features
- NEXRAD on moving map
- Waypoint information page
- Worldwide airport database(s)
- Multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC
- Altimeter with adjustable baro setting
- Worldwide NAVAID and Intersection database(s)
- Wirelessly receive flight plans from Garmin Pilot™
- 3-axis compass with HSI (horizontal situation indicator)
- Moving Map with aviation airports, navaids, roads, bodies of water and more
Swimming Features
- Pool swim workouts
- Drill logging (pool swim only)
- "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only)
- 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)
- Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
- 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™ and HRM-Swim™)
Tactical Features
- Dual grid coordinates
Outdoor Recreation
- Tides
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- TracBack®
- Sight 'N Go
- Back to start
- Fish forecast
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Explore Nearby
- UltraTrac mode
- Vertical speed
- GPS coordinates
- Area calculation
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Elevation profile
- Projected waypoint
- Total ascent/descent
- Future elevation plot
- Distance to destination
- Sun and moon information
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Point-to-point navigation
- Bread crumb trail in real time
- Downloadable cartography support
- Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Daily Smart Features
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® with sapphire editions
- Find My Phone
- Find My Watch
- VIRB® Remote
- Weather forecasts
- Smart Notifications
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android™
- Controls smartphone music
- Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- 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
- Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)
- Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- Fitness age
- yes (in app)
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
- % HRR
- % HR max
- HR zones
- HR alerts
- Shortcuts
- Manual lap
- Auto max HR
- Auto scroll
- Finish time
- HR calories
- Voice alerts
- Custom alerts
- Recovery time
- Training load
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Course guidance
- Training effect
- Virtual Partner
- Race an Activity
- Advanced workouts
- Interval training
- Garmin Live Segments
- Strava Live Segments
- GPS speed and distance
- Configurable lap alerts
- Customizable data pages
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Downloadable training plans
- Training effect (anaerobic)
- Customizable activity profiles
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
- Round-trip course creator (running/cycling)
- HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
- 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)
Alternatives to the D2™ Charlie
Watches that cover a similar amount of wrist, with the measurements that separate them.
Garmin
tactix® 8 – 51 mm, AMOLED
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 14.7mm
- Weight
- 92g
Garmin
tactix® 8 – 51 mm, Solar
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 15.4mm
- Weight
- 95g
Garmin
tactix® 8 – 51 mm, Solar, Elite
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 15.4mm
- Weight
- 95g
Garmin
fēnix® 8 – 51 mm, Solar
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 15.4mm
- Weight
- 95g
Garmin
fēnix® 8 – 51 mm, AMOLED
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 14.7mm
- Weight
- 102g
Garmin
Enduro 3
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 15.7mm
- Weight
- 63g
D2™ Charlie — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin D2™ Charlie fit my wrist?
The Garmin D2™ Charlie looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 54–73mm (about 14.4–19.5cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
What size band does the Garmin D2™ Charlie take?
26mm. Any 26mm 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 D2™ Charlie battery last?
Garmin rates it at 35 hours per charge in everyday use.
How does the Garmin D2™ Charlie battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 12 days in everyday use it ranks #113 of the 203 Garmin watches in our database — below the middle of the range. The full ranking, including GPS and power-saving figures, is on our Garmin battery life comparison.
Is the Garmin D2™ Charlie thick for a 51mm watch?
At 17.5mm, thicker than 81% of 51mm watches — it will sit noticeably high on the wrist. Thickness, not case width, is what decides whether a watch catches on a shirt cuff.
What other watches are the same size as the Garmin D2™ Charlie?
Huawei Watch D, Omega Seamaster Chrono-Quartz, Tissot Lepine Mechanical all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin D2™ Charlie's 51mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
