Garmin Venu 3 010-02784-01 Black Silicone Strap Smartwatch - W47298

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Garmin Venu 3 010-02784-01 Black Silicone Strap Smartwatch - W47298

Name: Garmin Venu 3 010-02784-01 Black Silicone Strap Smartwatch - W47298
Brand: Garmin
SKU: 010-02784-01
Price: 399.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

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The Venu 3 is Garmin's most health-focused wearable to date, succeeding the Venu 2 with a generational leap in its core sensors and coaching logic. The Gen 5 Elevate optical sensor brings more granular heart rate data, and the sleep coaching system moves beyond simple tracking to offer personalised guidance on duration and recovery — drawing on HRV status, stress levels and nap detection together. Battery life runs to 14 days in standard mode, dropping to 26 hours under continuous GPS, which places it comfortably ahead of most rivals in daily-use endurance. At 45mm and just 12mm thick, the case sits flatter against the wrist than the sensor stack inside would suggest, and at 46 grams it barely registers across a long training session. The 454 x 454 AMOLED panel is the interface here rather than a dial in any traditional sense — vivid in daylight, readable in darkness through its backlight, and optionally always on. The 22mm quick-release mechanism means the silicone strap swaps without tools, useful for anyone who moves between sport and less forgiving settings in the same day.

Reference: 010-02784-01
Brand: Garmin
Collection: Venu
Case size: 45mm
Case thickness: 12mm
Lug width: 22mm
Case material: Black PVD
Case shape: Round
Dial: Black
Functions: Date, Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Alarm, Backlight, Compass, Thermometer, Altimeter
Water resistance: 50m
Bracelet / strap: Silicone strap
Strap colour: Black
Retailer: F.Hinds

Additional specifications

Strap: Interchangeable

Learn more about Garmin

Gary Burrell and Min Kao founded Garmin in 1989 — the name is a contraction of their first names — to build GPS receivers for aviation and marine use. Consumer navigation came later, and wearables later still.

Unlike most names in this directory that arrived from outside watchmaking, Garmin is not a licence. It designs and builds its own devices, writes its own software and runs its own satellite-positioning stack, which is why its watches do things Swiss houses do not attempt.

The fenix line established the template in 2012: a rugged multi-sport GPS watch with mapping, altimeter and week-long battery life. Forerunner covers running, Instinct the hard-wearing end, Venu the smartwatch end, and the MARQ line puts the same electronics in titanium and sapphire at Swiss prices.

Battery life is the differentiator. Where most smartwatches are measured in days, Garmin measures in weeks, and in solar-charging models sometimes in months.

These are instruments rather than heirlooms, and they date the way electronics date — but for anyone who actually trains, they are among the few watches on the market that earn their place.

1989: Founded by Gary Burrell and Min Kao.
2003: The Forerunner brings GPS to running watches.
2012: The fenix line defines the multi-sport GPS watch.
2019: MARQ places the electronics in titanium and sapphire.
2020: Solar charging extends battery life to months.

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Also in 3 collections

This watch appears in Stainless Steel Watches (2,449), Watches 44mm and Over (823) and All Black Watches (288).

Manufacturer’s guarantee

What the specifications mean

Strengths

Luminous hands and markers for low light
Sits in the lower half of Garmin's range as we list it

Worth knowing

50m suits rain and handwashing, not swimming
45mm is a large watch with real presence

Less suited toSwimmingSmall wrists

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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch

Can I swim with it?

Showering yes, swimming no. 50m covers splashes and brief immersion, but a swimming stroke generates well above the pressure that figure describes.

Will the glass scratch?

It can, over time. Mineral glass handles daily wear but will pick up fine scratches that sapphire would not.

Does it need a battery?

Yes. It is quartz, so expect a battery change every two to three years at a jeweller.

What size strap does it take?

22mm. Any strap of that width will fit, and on most modern watches quick-release bars make the swap a two-minute job with no tools.

Is it a men's or women's watch?

Listed as unisex, and at this size it suits any wrist that takes the dimensions.

Cheapest place to buy

F.Hinds is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.

Who are F.Hinds?

F.Hinds has been run by the same family since 1856 and is now in its fifth generation, with more than 115 shops across England and Wales. They are a member of the Responsible Jewellery Council and an Authorised Diamond Dealer.