Garmin · 2017
Forerunner® 935Size, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin Forerunner® 935 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 Forerunner® 935 in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Rated for 60 hours of use per charge.
- 49g on the wrist. Lighter than 72% of the 47mm watches we have weights for.
- 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter display.
- Takes 22mm bands, so third-party straps fit without an adapter.
Does the Forerunner® 935 fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Forerunner® 935 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 Forerunner® 935.
Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The Forerunner® 935 drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin Forerunner® 93547mm · 13.9mm thick
3D preview
Garmin Forerunner® 935 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® 935 battery life
The runtime the manufacturer publishes for everyday use.
- Smartwatch60 hours
How the Forerunner® 935 ranks on battery
Against the 268 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use14 days#116 of 257
- GPS tracking60 hours#30 of 233
What size band does the Forerunner® 935 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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Forerunner® 935 specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeksGPS/HR mode: Up to 24 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 60 hours without wrist heart rate
- Display
- 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
- Resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Bezel
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Glass
- chemically strengthened glass
- Strap
- silicone
- Storage
- 64 MB
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Full specification sheet
166 published lines across 19 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeksGPS/HR mode: Up to 24 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 60 hours without wrist heart rate
- Display Size
- 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Color display
- Lens Material
- chemically strengthened glass
- Bezel Material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Memory/History
- 64 MB
- Strap material
- silicone
- Charging method
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
- Display resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- QuickFit® watch band compatible
- yes (22 mm)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Gyroscope
- Thermometer
- Accelerometer
- Barometric altimeter
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-01746-00
- Product ID
- 564291
- Product Name
- Forerunner® 935
- Release Date
- 3/29/2017
- Product Variation
- Black
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
- 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)
Golfing Features
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- Round timer/odometer
- TruSwing™ compatible
- Yardage to layups/doglegs
- Hazards and course targets
- Green View with manual pin position
- 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
- 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
- Training status
Activity Profiles
- Gym
- Strength and Cardio Training, Indoor Rowing
- Swim
- Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
- Cycling
- Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking
- Outdoor recreation
- Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Jumpmaster, Tactical
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™)
Tactical Features
- Dual grid coordinates
Outdoor Recreation
- TracBack®
- Sight 'N Go
- Back to start
- Fish forecast
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- UltraTrac mode
- Vertical speed
- GPS coordinates
- Area calculation
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Elevation profile
- Projected waypoint
- Total ascent/descent
- Distance to destination
- Sun and moon information
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Point-to-point navigation
- Bread crumb trail in real time
- Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Daily Smart Features
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
- 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
- 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
- Cardio workouts
- Strength workouts
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- yes (advanced)
- Fitness age
- yes (in app)
- All-day stress
- Women's health
- yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
- Resting heart rate
- Relaxation breathing timer
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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® 935
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
Forerunner® 935 — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Forerunner® 935 fit my wrist?
The Garmin Forerunner® 935 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.
What size band does the Garmin Forerunner® 935 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 Forerunner® 935 battery last?
Garmin rates it at 60 hours per charge in everyday use.
How does the Garmin Forerunner® 935 battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 14 days in everyday use it ranks #116 of the 257 Garmin watches in our database — the top 45% of the range. The full ranking, including GPS and power-saving figures, is on our Garmin battery life comparison.
Is the Garmin Forerunner® 935 thick for a 47mm watch?
At 13.9mm, middle of the pack for thickness at this width. 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® 935?
Oppo Watch X3, Xiaomi Watch 5, CMF Watch 3 Pro, Amazfit Balance 2 all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Forerunner® 935's 47mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
