Garmin · 2023
Descent™ G1 SolarSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar sits best on flat wrist widths of about 48–65mm (≈ 12.8–17.4cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The Descent™ G1 Solar in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Between 25 hours and 48 days per charge depending on the power mode — battery saver at best, dive at worst.
- Water rated to Dive (100 meters).
- 66g on the wrist. Heavier than 92% of the 46mm watches we have weights for.
- custom, two-window design: 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm) Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) display.
- Takes 22mm bands, so third-party straps fit without an adapter.
Does the Descent™ G1 Solar fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Descent™ G1 Solar 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 Descent™ G1 Solar.
Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The Descent™ G1 Solar drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar45.5mm · 15.2mm thick
3D preview
Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar 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 Descent G1 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 Descent G1 variants fit this wrist. The 45.5mm gives you the most presence without overhanging; the smallest is the discreet end of the range.
- Width
- 45.5mm
- Thick
- 15.2mm
- Weight
- 61g
4.8mm clear a side
View this size- Width
- 45.5mm
- Thick
- 15.2mm
- Weight
- 66g
4.8mm clear a side
How long the Descent™ G1 Solar lasts, by power mode
Runtime changes by a factor of 115 depending on what you leave switched on. Bars are scaled against the longest mode.
without sunlightwith solar charging
- Battery Saver48 days
- Expedition GPS Activity27 days
- Smartwatch21 days · 4 months solar
- Max Battery GPS56 hours · 205 hours solar
- GPS26 hours · 39 hours solar
- Dive25 hours
- * Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions
- * Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
How the Descent™ G1 Solar ranks on battery
Against the 268 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use21 days#63 of 257
- GPS tracking26 hours#120 of 233
- Power save48 days#46 of 106
What size band does the Descent™ G1 Solar 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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Descent™ G1 Solar specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Dive Mode: Up to 25 hours Smartwatch: Up to 21 days/4 months with solar * Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 48 days/Unlimited with solar* GPS: Up to 26 hours/39 hours with solar ** Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 56 hours/205 hours with solar** Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 27 days/Unlimited with solar* *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions **Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
- Display
- custom, two-window design: 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm)
- Resolution
- 176 x 176 pixels
- Water rating
- Dive (100 meters)
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Bezel
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Glass
- Power Sapphire
- Strap
- silicone
- Storage
- 32 MB
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary clip charger
Full specification sheet
249 published lines across 22 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Dive Mode: Up to 25 hours Smartwatch: Up to 21 days/4 months with solar * Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 48 days/Unlimited with solar* GPS: Up to 26 hours/39 hours with solar ** Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 56 hours/205 hours with solar** Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 27 days/Unlimited with solar* *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions **Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
- Display Size
- custom, two-window design: 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm)
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Lens Material
- Power Sapphire
- Bezel Material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Memory/History
- 32 MB
- Strap material
- silicone
- Charging method
- Garmin proprietary clip charger
- Display resolution
- 176 x 176 pixels
- QuickFit® watch band compatible
- yes (22 mm)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Gyroscope
- Thermometer
- Depth sensor
- Accelerometer
- Barometric altimeter
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-02604-02
- Product ID
- 766565
- Product Name
- Descent™ G1 Solar
- Release Date
- 11/15/2023
- Product Variation
- Black
Clock Features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS Time Sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Diving Features
- PO2
- Up to 2.0 with customizable deco PO2 setting
- Tides
- Backlight
- yes (configurable time and intensity; auto-on at depth)
- Gas mixes
- Air, Nitrox and Trimix up to 100% O2; 1 bottom gas and up to 11 deco and/or backup gasses.
- APNEA mode
- Deep Stops
- yes (using custom gradient factors)
- Gauge mode
- No fly time
- Safety Stop
- yes (customizable off/3min/5min)
- Dive planner
- yes (basic NDL + multi-gas deco planner)
- Multi-gas mode
- Nitrox support
- Trimix support
- APNEA hunt mode
- Alerts & alarms
- Audible and vibration alarms for ascent rate, PO2, CNS/OTU, NDL, deco, gas switching. Customizable (up to 40) audible and/or vibration per dive mode, based on depth or time
- Single-gas mode
- 3-axis dive compass
- yes (with adjustable heading, quick change to 90R, 90L and reciprocal). Indicates degrees and direction back to set heading
- Auto start/end dive
- Decompression model
- Bühlmann ZHL-16c with gradient factors
- Missed Deco Lockout
- yes (can be disabled prior to dive with user acknowledgement)
- Custom end-dive timeout
- yes (20s to 10 m)
- Custom dive data screens
- Customizable conservatism
- yes (low/medium/high or custom using gradient factors)
- Surface diver status widget
- yes (surface interval, N2/HE loading, CNS, OTU and tissue compartment status)
- Automatic altitude adjustment
- Residual Tissue Loading Reset
- yes (on the surface with user acknowledgement)
- Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR)
- Dive ascent/descent rate indicator
- Dive activity maximum operating depth
- 100 meters
- Sync dive log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app
- Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations
Boating Features
- Available Boating Profiles
- Boating
- Built-in barometer and tide tables
Cycling Features
- Courses
- MTB Grit & Flow
- Race an activity
- Power meter compatible
- Compatible with Varia™ lights
- FTP (Functional Threshold Power)
- Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
- Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
- Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
- Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters)
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Golfing Features
- PinPointer
- Tournament legal
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- Round timer/odometer
- Auto CourseView updates
- Yardage to layups/doglegs
- Hazards and course targets
- Pairs with Garmin Golf app
- Green View with manual pin position
- 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)
- Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
- manual
Running Features
- Run workouts
- Race predictor
- Foot pod capable
- Running dynamics
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- 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
- Display type
- Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
- Water rating
- Dive (100 meters)
- Garmin Pay™
- Solar Charging
- Training status
- Pulse Ox blood oxygen
- yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day)
- Sleep score and insights
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- Up to 21 days4 months with solar
Activity Profiles
- Gym
- Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing
- Swim
- Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
- Cycling
- Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking
- Wellness
- Walking, Pilates, Yoga
- Multisport
- Swimming/Running
- On the Water
- Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing, Boating
- Racket sports
- Tennis
- Snow & winter
- Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing
- Indoor running
- Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
- Outdoor running
- Running, Trail Running
- Outdoor recreation
- Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Hunting, Horseback Riding
- Other activity profiles
- Tactical
Swimming Features
- Pool swim workouts
- Time and distance alerts
- Auto rest (pool swim only)
- Drill logging (pool swim only)
- Countdown start (pool swim only)
- Underwater wrist-based heart rate
- "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)
Tactical Features
- XERO™ Locations
- Dual grid coordinates
Outdoor Recreation
- Tides
- TracBack®
- Sight 'N Go
- Back to start
- UltraTrac mode
- Vertical speed
- GPS coordinates
- Area calculation
- Elevation profile
- Projected waypoint
- Total ascent/descent
- Future elevation plot
- Distance to destination
- Expedition GPS Activity
- Sun and moon information
- Point-to-point navigation
- Bread crumb trail in real time
- Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Daily Smart Features
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth®, ANT+®
- Find My Phone
- Find My Watch
- VIRB® Remote
- Weather forecasts
- Smart Notifications
- Smart trainer control
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android™
- Controls smartphone music
- Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
- 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
- Garmin Cycling Coach
- Garmin Running Coach
- Garmin Running Coach Experts
- Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans
- Daily Suggested Workout - Cycling (Pace and Heart Rate Based)
- Daily Suggested Workout - Running (Pace and Heart Rate Based)
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- Hydration
- yes (in Garmin Connect™)
- Breathwork
- Fitness age
- All-day stress
- Women's health
- yes (in Garmin Connect™)
- Health snapshot
- Respiration rate
- Resting heart rate
- 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
Kid Activity Tracking Features
- Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app
- yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges 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
- Physio TrueUp
- Recovery time
- Training load
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Course guidance
- Training effect
- Virtual Partner
- Race an Activity
- Advanced workouts
- Interval training
- VO2 Max (Trail Run)
- GPS speed and distance
- Improved recovery time
- Configurable lap alerts
- Customizable data pages
- Unified training status
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Downloadable training plans
- Training effect (anaerobic)
- Manual multisport activities
- Heat and altitude acclimation
- Customizable activity profiles
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt
- Respiration rate (during exercise)
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
- Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
- Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings
- HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
- yes (using ANT+)
Compare the Descent™ G1 Solar head to head
How each one differs in the three measurements you can feel on the wrist. Figures are relative to the Descent™ G1 Solar.
Garmin
Descent™ G2
- Width
- same mm
- Thick
- same mm
- Weight
- -1g
Garmin
Descent™ G1 Solar - Ocean Edition
- Width
- same mm
- Thick
- same mm
- Weight
- -5g
Garmin
Descent™ Mk3i – 43 mm
- Width
- -2.5mm
- Thick
- -0.9mm
- Weight
- -16.7g
Garmin
Descent™ Mk3i – 51 mm
- Width
- +5.5mm
- Thick
- +1.2mm
- Weight
- +11.8g
Alternatives to the Descent™ G1 Solar
Watches that cover a similar amount of wrist, with the measurements that separate them.
Garmin
Descent™ G2
- Width
- 45.5mm
- Thick
- 15.2mm
- Weight
- 65g
Garmin
Descent™ G1 Solar - Ocean Edition
- Width
- 45.5mm
- Thick
- 15.2mm
- Weight
- 61g
Garmin
Descent™ G1
- Width
- 45.5mm
- Thick
- 15.2mm
- Weight
- 61g
Garmin
Forerunner® 255
- Width
- 45.6mm
- Thick
- 12.9mm
- Weight
- 49g
Garmin
Forerunner® 255 Music
- Width
- 45.6mm
- Thick
- 12.9mm
- Weight
- 49g
Garmin
Venu 2
- Width
- 45.4mm
- Thick
- 12.2mm
- Weight
- 49g
Descent™ G1 Solar — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar fit my wrist?
The Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 48–65mm (about 12.8–17.4cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
What size band does the Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar 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 Descent™ G1 Solar battery last?
Between 25 hours and 48 days per charge, depending on the power mode. Garmin rates Battery Saver at 48 days and Dive at 25 hours; the chart above lists all 6 modes.
How does the Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 21 days in everyday use it ranks #63 of the 257 Garmin watches in our database — the top 25% of the range. The full ranking, including GPS and power-saving figures, is on our Garmin battery life comparison.
Is the Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar thick for a 46mm watch?
At 15.2mm, thicker than 81% of 46mm 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 Descent™ G1 Solar?
Honor Watch 5 Pro - Bluetooth, Huawei Watch GT 6 - 46mm, Samsung Galaxy Watch8 LTE Classic, Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Co-Axial Worldtimer 45.5 Master Chronometer GMT Ceramic / Black - Grey / Rubber all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Descent™ G1 Solar's 45.5mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
