Garmin · 2022
fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar EditionSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition 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 fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Between 10 hours and 57 days per charge depending on the power mode — battery saver at best, all satellite systems + music at worst.
- Water rated to 10 ATM.
- 73g on the wrist. Heavier than 71% of the 47mm watches we have weights for.
- 1.3” (33.02 mm) diameter Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) display.
- fiber-reinforced polymer with titanium rear cover case, Power Sapphire™ glass.
Does the fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition fit your wrist?
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The fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
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- Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition47mm · 14.5mm thick
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Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition 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.
How long the fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition lasts, by power mode
Runtime changes by a factor of 415 depending on what you leave switched on. Bars are scaled against the longest mode.
without sunlightwith solar charging
- Battery Saver57 days · 173 days solar
- Expedition GPS40 days · 74 days solar
- Smartwatch18 days · 22 days solar
- Max Battery GPS136 hours · 289 hours solar
- GPS Only57 hours · 73 hours solar
- All Satellite Systems40 hours · 48 hours solar
- All Satellite Systems + Multi-band23 hours · 26 hours solar
- All Satellite Systems + Music10 hours
Solar charging extends these figures
- * 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 fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition ranks on battery
Against the 268 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use18 days#83 of 257
- GPS tracking57 hours#44 of 233
- Power save57 days#32 of 106
fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch: Up to 18 days/22 days with solar* Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 57 days/173 days with solar* GPS Only: Up to 57 hours/73 hours with solar** All Satellite Systems: Up to 40 hours/48 hours with solar* All Satellite Systems + Multi-band: Up to 23 hours/26 hours with solar** All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 10 hours Max Battery GPS: Up to 136 hours/289 hours with solar** Expedition GPS: Up to 40 days/74 days 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
- 1.3” (33.02 mm) diameter
- Resolution
- 260 x 260 pixels
- Water rating
- 10 ATM
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer with titanium rear cover
- Bezel
- titanium
- Glass
- Power Sapphire™
- Strap
- silicone
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Full specification sheet
288 published lines across 22 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch: Up to 18 days/22 days with solar* Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 57 days/173 days with solar* GPS Only: Up to 57 hours/73 hours with solar** All Satellite Systems: Up to 40 hours/48 hours with solar* All Satellite Systems + Multi-band: Up to 23 hours/26 hours with solar** All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 10 hours Max Battery GPS: Up to 136 hours/289 hours with solar** Expedition GPS: Up to 40 days/74 days 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
- 1.3” (33.02 mm) diameter
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer with titanium rear cover
- Color display
- Lens Material
- Power Sapphire™
- Bezel Material
- titanium
- Memory/History
- 32 GB
- Strap material
- silicone
- Charging method
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
- Large font option
- Display resolution
- 260 x 260 pixels
- QuickFit™ watch band compatible
- included (22 mm)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Gyroscope
- Thermometer
- Accelerometer
- SatIQ™ Technology
- Barometric altimeter
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-02540-34
- Product ID
- 735520
- Product Name
- fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition
- Release Date
- 1/18/2022
- Product Variation
- Black DLC Titanium with Black Band
Clock Features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS Time Sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Gaming Features
- Gaming Activity
- GameOn™ app compatible
Boating Features
- Wearable trolling motor remote
Cycling Features
- Courses
- Power guide
- MTB Grit & Flow
- Race an activity
- Power meter compatible
- Advanced cycling dynamics
- Power curve and % FTP workouts
- Compatible with Varia™ lights
- FTP (Functional Threshold Power)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
- 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
- PinPointer
- Custom targets
- Virtual caddie
- Full vector map
- Handicap scoring
- Tournament legal
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- PlaysLike distance
- 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
- Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide
- Green Contours (with Garmin Golf membership)
- 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)
- automatic
Running Features
- Hill score
- Run workouts
- Running power
- Race predictor
- Foot pod capable
- Running dynamics
- Lactate threshold
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Grade-adjusted pace
- Trail run auto climb
- Performance condition
- Run/Walk/Stand detection
- Stride length (real time)
- PacePro™ Pacing Strategies
- Vertical oscillation and ratio
- Ground contact time and balance
- yes (GCT balance with accessory)
- GPS-based distance, time and pace
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
What You'll Love
- Touchscreen
- Display type
- Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
- Water rating
- 10 ATM
- Garmin Pay™
- Music storage
- Multi-band GPS
- Solar Charging
- Training status
- Built-in mapping
- Training readiness
- Pulse Ox blood oxygen
- Daily suggested workouts
- Sleep score and insights
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- Up to 18 days22 days with solar
Activity Profiles
- Gym
- Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Jump Roping
- Swim
- Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
- Cycling
- Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross, BMX
- Wellness
- Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking
- Multisport
- Swimming/Running, Triathlon
- In the ring
- Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts
- Team sports
- Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball
- Motor sports
- Motorcycling, Overlanding, Motocrossing, ATVing, Snowmobiling
- On the Water
- Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing, Boating, Sailing, Sail Racing, Water Skiing, Wakeboarding, Wakesurfing, Tubing, Snorkeling, Sailing Expedition, Whitewater
- Racket sports
- Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball
- Snow & winter
- Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, XC Skate Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Ice Skating, Snowshoeing
- Indoor running
- Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running
- Outdoor running
- Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Ultra Running, Obstacle Racing
- Outdoor recreation
- Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Hunting, Horseback Riding, Golfing, Disc Golf, Archery
- Other activity profiles
- Jumpmaster, Tactical, Inline Skating
Swimming Features
- Pool swim workouts
- Critical swim speed
- Time and distance alerts
- Auto rest (pool swim only)
- Drill logging (pool swim only)
- Pacing alerts (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)
- yes (with HRM-Tri, HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus)
Tactical Features
- XERO™ Locations
- Dual grid coordinates
Outdoor Recreation
- Tides
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Up Ahead
- Auto rest
- TracBack®
- Sight 'N Go
- Tide glance
- Back to start
- Fish forecast
- Around Me mode
- UltraTrac mode
- Vertical speed
- GPS coordinates
- Reference point
- Area calculation
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Elevation profile
- Projected waypoint
- Total ascent/descent
- Future elevation plot
- NextFork™ navigation
- Distance to destination
- Expedition GPS Activity
- Sun and moon information
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Point-to-point navigation
- Preloaded ski resort maps
- ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner
- Rest Timer (Ultra Run only)
- Preloaded road and trail maps
- Bread crumb trail in real time
- Downloadable cartography support
- Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Daily Smart Features
- Stocks
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
- Find My Phone
- Find My Watch
- VIRB® Remote
- Morning report
- Weather forecasts
- Smart Notifications
- Smart trainer control
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android™
- Controls smartphone music
- On-device Connect IQ™ Store
- Plays and controls watch music
- Find My Phone during GPS activity
- Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- Compatible with Garmin Messenger app
- Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
- 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, widgets and apps)
Gym & Fitness Equipment
- HIIT workouts
- Yoga workouts
- Cardio workouts
- Pilates workouts
- Strength workouts
- Automatic rep counting
- On-screen workout animations
- On-screen workout muscle maps
Activity Tracking Features
- TrueUp™
- Move IQ™
- Step counter
- Floors climbed
- Calories burned
- Distance traveled
- Intensity minutes
- 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)
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- yes (advanced)
- Hydration
- yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
- Breathwork
- Fitness age
- yes (in app)
- Sleep coach
- Nap detection
- All-day stress
- Women's health
- yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
- Health snapshot
- Jet lag adviser
- Skin temperature
- Respiration rate (24x7)
- Daily 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
- LiveTrack
- Assistance
- Group LiveTrack
- Live Event Sharing
- 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 Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
- % HRR
- % HR max
- HR zones
- Hot keys
- HR alerts
- Auto Lap®
- HRV status
- Load ratio
- Manual lap
- Auto max HR
- Auto scroll
- Finish time
- HR calories
- Auto Pause®
- Audio prompts
- Custom alerts
- Physio TrueUp
- Recovery time
- Training load
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Course guidance
- Endurance score
- Training effect
- Virtual Partner
- Race an Activity
- Realtime stamina
- Advanced workouts
- Interval training
- Race glance/widget
- Training load focus
- VO2 Max (Trail Run)
- Garmin Live Segments
- Strava Live Segments
- GPS speed and distance
- Configurable lap alerts
- Customizable data pages
- Unified training status
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Auto multisport activities
- Multisport auto transition
- Downloadable training plans
- Training effect (anaerobic)
- Manual multisport activities
- HRM running pace and distance
- Heat and altitude acclimation
- Customizable activity profiles
- Trendline™ Popularity Routing
- Respiration rate (during exercise)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
- Round-trip course creator (running/cycling)
- Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings
- 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 fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition
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
fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition fit my wrist?
The Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition 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.
How long does the Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition battery last?
Between 10 hours and 57 days per charge, depending on the power mode. Garmin rates Battery Saver at 57 days and All Satellite Systems + Music at 10 hours; the chart above lists all 8 modes.
How does the Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 18 days in everyday use it ranks #83 of the 257 Garmin watches in our database — the top 32% of the range. The full ranking, including GPS and power-saving figures, is on our Garmin battery life comparison.
Is the Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition thick for a 47mm watch?
At 14.5mm, thicker than 68% of 47mm 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 fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition?
Oppo Watch X3, Xiaomi Watch 5, CMF Watch 3 Pro, Amazfit Balance 2 all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin fēnix® 7 – Sapphire Solar Edition's 47mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
