Garmin · 2015
EpixSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
Case Width
50.8mm
Thickness
17.8mm
Lug-to-Lug
53.3mm
Weight
85g
The Garmin Epix sits best on flat wrist widths of about 56–76mm (≈ 15.0–20.3cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The epix™ in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Rated for 50 hours of use per charge.
- Water rated to 5 ATM.
- 85g on the wrist. Lighter than 83% of the 51mm watches we have weights for.
- 1.4” (35.6 mm) sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) display.
- fiber-reinforced polymer case, chemically strengthened glass glass.
Does the Epix fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Epix overlaid at true scale. Lug-to-lug — not case diameter — decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist.
Watch Fit Tool
For sports watches, lug-to-lug (L2L) is what matters most — it decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist. Bulky is fine; overhang is not.
Measure at the point where you wear your watch — typically just below the wrist bone.
Flat width — lay your arm on a table, palm facing up, and measure straight across the top of your wrist with a ruler. Bone to bone; do not follow the curve down the sides.
Around — wrap a tape measure snugly round the wrist. No tape? Wrap a strip of paper, mark the overlap and hold the strip against a ruler.
Width ≠ circumference. They are different numbers — around 170mm is about 64mm across — so set the toggle to whichever one you actually measured before you type it in.
Garmin epix™
Case 50.8mm · Lug-to-lug 53.3mm · Thickness 17.8mm · 85g
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53.3mm on a 55mm wrist
Across the wrist it works — 0.9mm spare each side — but adds close to half your wrist's own depth again — expect it to snag cuffs and doorframes.
On a 55mm wrist the sweet spot is 47–53mm lug to lug. This one is 53.3mm — look a size down.
Measure where you wear it, just below the wrist bone. Either of these works — the tool converts between them.
- 1. Flat width — arm flat on a table, palm up. Measure straight across the top of the wrist, bone to bone, ignoring the curve down the sides.
- 2. Around — a tape, or a strip of paper marked and held against a ruler, snug the whole way round.
Leather: Attaches at the lugs, so the case back rests on your skin. Thins and softens with wear. Typical figures, not this model’s own.
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- Across the wrist0.9mm spare each side
Filled edge to edge — maximum presence, nothing to spare.
- Off the wrist17.8mm off the skin
Adds close to half your wrist's own depth again — expect it to snag cuffs and doorframes. (17.8mm case, back against the skin)
- How it seats~8.7mm under the rim
Wide enough that the edge of the case back lifts clear of the skin.
- Weight on the wrist85g
Substantial without being a burden — the usual weight of a steel watch on a wrist this size. (1.5g per mm of wrist)
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Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The epix™ drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin epix™50.8mm × 53.3mm · 17.8mm thick
3D preview
Garmin epix™ 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.
epix™ battery life
The runtime the manufacturer publishes for everyday use.
- Smartwatch50 hours
How the epix™ ranks on battery
Against the 296 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- GPS tracking24 hours#161 of 267
epix™ specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- GPS mode: Up to 24 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 50 hours
- Display
- 1.4” (35.6 mm)
- Resolution
- 205 x 148 pixels
- Water rating
- 5 ATM
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Bezel
- stainless steel
- Glass
- chemically strengthened glass
- Strap
- silicone
- Storage
- 8 GB
Full specification sheet
123 published lines across 14 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Touchscreen
- Battery life
- GPS mode: Up to 24 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 50 hours
- Display size
- 1.4” (35.6 mm)
- Display type
- sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
- Water rating
- 5 ATM
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Color display
- Lens Material
- chemically strengthened glass
- Bezel Material
- stainless steel
- Memory/History
- 8 GB
- Strap material
- silicone
- Display resolution
- 205 x 148 pixels
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Thermometer
- Accelerometer
- Barometric altimeter
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-01247-00
- Product ID
- 146065
- Product Name
- epix™
- Product Variation
- epix™
Clock Features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS Time Sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Cycling Features
- Courses
- Race an activity
- Power meter compatible
- Available cycling profiles
- Biking, Indoor Biking
- Compatible with Vector™ (power meter)
- Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Running Features
- Run workouts
- Race predictor
- Foot pod capable
- Running dynamics
- Available run profiles
- Running, Indoor Running, Trail Running
- Stride length (real time)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- GPS-based distance, time and pace
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
- Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
Health Monitoring
- Sleep
Swimming Features
- Pool swim workouts
- Available swim profiles
- Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
- Drill logging (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™)
Outdoor Recreation
- TracBack®
- Sight 'N Go
- Back to start
- Vertical speed
- GPS coordinates
- Area calculation
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Elevation profile
- Hunt/fish calendar
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Projected waypoint
- Total ascent/descent
- Trail run auto climb
- Distance to destination
- Sun and moon information
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Point-to-point navigation
- Compatible with BaseCamp™
- Preloaded topographical maps
- Yes (Some versions)
- Bread crumb trail in real time
- Downloadable cartography support
- Available outdoor recreation profiles
- Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing
- Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Daily Smart Features
- Weather
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+™
- Find My Phone
- VIRB® Remote
- Smart Notifications
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android®, Windows®
- Controls smartphone music
- Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Activity Tracking Features
- Step counter
- Floors climbed
- Calories burned
- Distance traveled
- Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
- Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Safety and Tracking Features
- LiveTrack
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
- % HRR
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- % HR max
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- HR zones
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Hot keys
- HR alerts
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Auto Lap®
- Manual lap
- Auto max HR
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Auto scroll
- Finish time
- HR calories
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Auto Pause®
- Audio prompts
- Custom alerts
- Recovery time
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Course guidance
- Virtual Partner
- Race an Activity
- Advanced workouts
- Interval training
- GPS speed and distance
- Configurable lap alerts
- Customizable data pages
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Auto multisport activities
- Downloadable training plans
- Manual multisport activities
- Customizable activity profiles
- 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 epix™
Watches that cover a similar amount of wrist, with the measurements that separate them.
Garmin
Fenix 9 Pro inReach 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 15.8mm
- Weight
- 99g
Garmin
Fenix 9 Pro inReach Solar 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 16.6mm
- Weight
- 102g
Garmin
Fenix 9 Pro 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 15.8mm
- Weight
- 99g
Garmin
Fenix 9 Pro Solar 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 16.6mm
- Weight
- 102g
Garmin
Fenix 9 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 14.7mm
- Weight
- 91g
Garmin
D2 Mach 2 Pro
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 16.5mm
- Weight
- 90g
epix™ — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Epix fit my wrist?
The Garmin Epix looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 56–76mm (about 15.0–20.3cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
How long does the Garmin Epix battery last?
Garmin rates it at 50 hours per charge in everyday use.
Is the Garmin Epix thick for a 51mm watch?
At 17.8mm, thicker than 96% 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 Epix?
Huawei Watch D, Omega Seamaster Chrono-Quartz, Tissot Lepine Mechanical all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Epix's 50.8mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
What is the lug-to-lug of the Garmin Epix?
53.3mm, against a 50.8mm case width. Lug-to-lug is the measurement that decides overhang: if it exceeds the flat width of your wrist, the lugs sit past the edge no matter how modest the case diameter looks.
