Garmin · 2016
Forerunner 735XTSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin Forerunner 735XT sits best on flat wrist widths of about 47–64mm (≈ 12.6–17.1cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The Forerunner® 735XT in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Rated for 24 hours of use per charge.
- 40.2g on the wrist. Lighter than 69% of the 45mm watches we have weights for.
- 1.23" (31.1 mm) diameter display.
- chemically strengthened glass case, chemically strengthened glass glass.
Does the Forerunner 735XT fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Forerunner 735XT 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 Forerunner® 735XT
Case 44.5mm · Lug-to-lug 44.5mm · Thickness 11.9mm · 40g
Balanced Fit
44.5mm on a 55mm wrist
Comfortably inside the edges of your wrist, and it seats and sits low enough to wear without thinking about it.
On a 55mm wrist the sweet spot is 47–53mm lug to lug. This one is 44.5mm, so you could go bigger.
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 wrist5.3mm spare each side
Comfortable, with visible skin either side.
- Off the wrist11.9mm off the skin
Normal sports-watch height for a wrist this size. (11.9mm case, back against the skin)
- How it seats~4.9mm under the rim
Seats well, with the case back following most of the wrist.
- Weight on the wrist40g
Light enough to forget you have it on. (0.7g per mm of wrist)
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Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The Forerunner® 735XT drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin Forerunner® 735XT44.5mm · 11.9mm thick
3D preview
Garmin Forerunner® 735XT 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.
Forerunner® 735XT battery life
The runtime the manufacturer publishes for everyday use.
- Smartwatch24 hours
How the Forerunner® 735XT ranks on battery
Against the 296 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use11 days#207 of 285
- GPS tracking14 hours#223 of 267
Forerunner® 735XT specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch Mode: Up to 11 daysGPS mode: Up to 14 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 24 hours without wrist heart rate
- Display
- 1.23" (31.1 mm) diameter
- Resolution
- 215 x 180 pixels
- Glass
- chemically strengthened glass
- Strap
- silicone
- Storage
- 80 hours of activity data
Full specification sheet
120 published lines across 15 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch Mode: Up to 11 daysGPS mode: Up to 14 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 24 hours without wrist heart rate
- Display Size
- 1.23" (31.1 mm) diameter
- Color display
- Lens Material
- chemically strengthened glass
- Memory/History
- 80 hours of activity data
- Strap material
- silicone
- Display resolution
- 215 x 180 pixels
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Accelerometer
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-01614-13
- Product ID
- 541225
- Product Name
- Forerunner® 735XT
- Release Date
- 5/11/2016
- Product Variation
- Midnight Blue/Frost Blue Run Bundle
Clock Features
- Stopwatch
- Time/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)
- 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)
- Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display)
- 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
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Lactate threshold
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- 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)
Activity Profiles
- Swim
- Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
- Cycling
Swimming Features
- Pool swim workouts
- Drill logging (pool swim only)
- Countdown start (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™)
Outdoor Recreation
- Back to start
- GPS coordinates
- Distance to destination
- Point-to-point navigation
- Bread crumb trail in real time
Daily Smart Features
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- 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™
- Step counter
- 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™)
- Women's health
- yes (in Garmin Connect™)
- Resting heart rate
- Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
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
- Manual lap
- Auto max HR
- Auto scroll
- Finish time
- HR calories
- Voice alerts
- Custom alerts
- Recovery time
- 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
- Manual multisport activities
- Customizable activity profiles
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
- 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 Forerunner® 735XT
Watches that cover a similar amount of wrist, with the measurements that separate them.
Garmin
Forerunner® 945 LTE
- Width
- 44.4mm
- Thick
- 13.9mm
- Weight
- 49g
Garmin
D2 Air X15
- Width
- 45mm
- Thick
- 12.5mm
- Weight
- 38g
Garmin
Venu 4 45mm
- Width
- 45mm
- Thick
- 12.5mm
- Weight
- 38g
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 45 mm, Solar, Tactical Edition
- Width
- 45mm
- Thick
- 14.9mm
- Weight
- 52g
Garmin
Instinct® E – 45 mm
- Width
- 45mm
- Thick
- 14.2mm
- Weight
- 48g
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 45 mm, Solar
- Width
- 45mm
- Thick
- 14.9mm
- Weight
- 52g
Forerunner® 735XT — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Forerunner 735XT fit my wrist?
The Garmin Forerunner 735XT looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 47–64mm (about 12.6–17.1cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
How long does the Garmin Forerunner 735XT battery last?
Garmin rates it at 24 hours per charge in everyday use.
How does the Garmin Forerunner 735XT battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 11 days in everyday use it ranks #207 of the 285 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 Forerunner 735XT thick for a 45mm watch?
At 11.9mm, thinner than 87% of 45mm watches, so it slides under a cuff more easily than most of its size. 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 Forerunner 735XT?
OnePlus Watch Lite, Oppo Watch S, Google Pixel Watch 4 - 45mm, Tissot T-Race Chronograph PVD / Black / Rubber all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Forerunner 735XT's 44.5mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
