Garmin · 2018
Vivoactive 3 MusicSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music sits best on flat wrist widths of about 45–62mm (≈ 12.0–16.6cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The vívoactive® 3 Music in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Rated for 13 hours of use per charge.
- 39g on the wrist. Lighter than 68% of the 43mm watches we have weights for.
- 1.2" (30.4mm) diameter display.
- polymer case, Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 glass.
Does the Vivoactive 3 Music fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Vivoactive 3 Music 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 vívoactive® 3 Music
Case 43.1mm · Lug-to-lug 43.1mm · Thickness 13.6mm · 39g
Balanced Fit
43.1mm on a 55mm wrist
Across the wrist it works — 5.9mm spare each side — but a tall watch on this wrist. Fine over a sleeve, awkward under one.
On a 55mm wrist the sweet spot is 47–53mm lug to lug. This one is 43.1mm, 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 wrist5.9mm spare each side
Comfortable, with visible skin either side.
- Off the wrist13.6mm off the skin
A tall watch on this wrist. Fine over a sleeve, awkward under one. (13.6mm case, back against the skin)
- How it seats~4.4mm under the rim
Seats well, with the case back following most of the wrist.
- Weight on the wrist39g
Light enough to forget you have it on. (0.7g per mm of wrist)
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Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The vívoactive® 3 Music drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin vívoactive® 3 Music43.1mm · 13.6mm thick
3D preview
Garmin vívoactive® 3 Music 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.
vívoactive® 3 Music battery life
The runtime the manufacturer publishes for everyday use.
- Smartwatch13 hours
How the vívoactive® 3 Music ranks on battery
Against the 296 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use7 days#241 of 285
- GPS tracking13 hours#230 of 267
vívoactive® 3 Music specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch mode: Up to 7 daysGPS mode with music: Up to 5 hoursGPS mode without music: Up to 13 hours
- Display
- 1.2" (30.4mm) diameter
- Resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- Case material
- polymer
- Glass
- Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
- Strap
- silicone
- Storage
- 7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data
Full specification sheet
119 published lines across 19 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch mode: Up to 7 daysGPS mode with music: Up to 5 hoursGPS mode without music: Up to 13 hours
- Display Size
- 1.2" (30.4mm) diameter
- Case material
- polymer
- Color display
- Lens Material
- Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
- Memory/History
- 7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data
- Strap material
- silicone
- Display resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- Quick Release bands
- yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Gyroscope
- Thermometer
- yes (tempe™ sensor required)
- Accelerometer
- Barometric altimeter
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-01985-01
- Product ID
- 602068
- Product Name
- vívoactive® 3 Music
- Release Date
- 7/13/2018
- Product Variation
- Black with Silver Hardware
Clock Features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS Time Sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Cycling Features
- Compatible with Varia™ lights
- Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
- Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Golfing Features
- PinPointer
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- Round timer/odometer
- 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
- Foot pod capable
- GPS-based distance, time and pace
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
What You'll Love
- Garmin Pay™
Activity Profiles
- Gym
- Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Yoga
- Swim
- Pool Swimming
- Cycling
- Biking, Indoor Biking
- Outdoor recreation
- Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing
Swimming Features
- Time and distance alerts
- 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)
Outdoor Recreation
- Back to start
- Fish forecast
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Area calculation
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Total ascent/descent
- Sun and moon information
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
Daily Smart Features
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
- Find My Phone
- Find My Watch
- VIRB® Remote
- Weather forecasts
- Smart Notifications
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android™
- Controls smartphone music
- Plays and controls watch music
- Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- 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
- Cardio workouts
- Strength workouts
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- yes (advanced)
- Hydration
- yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
- Fitness age
- yes (in app)
- All-day stress
- Women's health
- yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
- Resting heart rate
- Abnormal heart rate alerts
- yes (high)
- Relaxation breathing timer
- 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
- % HR max
- HR zones
- HR alerts
- Manual lap
- Auto scroll
- HR calories
- Physio TrueUp
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Advanced workouts
- GPS speed and distance
- Customizable data pages
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Downloadable training plans
- Customizable activity profiles
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
- HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
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- Width
- 43.1mm
- Thick
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- Weight
- 39g
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- Width
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- Thick
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- Weight
- 61g
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- Width
- 43mm
- Thick
- 13.3mm
- Weight
- 62g
Garmin
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- Width
- 43mm
- Thick
- 13.3mm
- Weight
- 62g
Garmin
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- Width
- 43mm
- Thick
- 11.4mm
- Weight
- 29g
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- Width
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- Thick
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- Weight
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vívoactive® 3 Music — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music fit my wrist?
The Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 45–62mm (about 12.0–16.6cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
How long does the Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music battery last?
Garmin rates it at 13 hours per charge in everyday use.
How does the Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 7 days in everyday use it ranks #241 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 Vivoactive 3 Music thick for a 43mm watch?
At 13.6mm, 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 Vivoactive 3 Music?
OnePlus Watch 3 43mm, Oppo Watch X2 Mini, Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Stainless Steel / Black Meteorite / Bracelet, Zenith Defy Extreme Diver Shadow / Bracelet all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music's 43.1mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
