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Garmin Fēnix® 8 47mm AMOLED Unisex Watch
Ref. 010-02904-40
Sits in Garmin’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Garmin watches we list, which start at £130.
Price range £130 to £2,799 across 77 Garmin watches in stock.The fēnix 8 is the direct successor to Garmin's fēnix 7 line, and the meaningful change here is the screen: AMOLED in place of the previous transflective display, which shifts the dial from something legible in sunlight to something genuinely vivid in all conditions. That is not a small thing on a watch worn for multi-day expeditions, night runs, or dives to 100 metres. At 13.8mm, the case is notably slim for what it contains — GPS, altimeter, thermometer, heart rate, dive support, a flashlight, and a speaker — and that restraint makes itself felt on the wrist in a way that the specification alone does not convey. The titanium construction keeps 73 grams on the wrist despite the 47mm footprint, which is why the bracelet variant works as a daily piece rather than something worn only when training. QuickFit means the titanium links come off in seconds for a sports band, so the same watch moves between the boardroom and a trail without ceremony. Sixteen days of battery in smartwatch mode is the figure that shapes how you actually live with this watch: it removes the nightly charging habit that dogs most AMOLED-screened competitors, and it means the always-on display option — which drops that to roughly seven days — remains a genuine choice rather than a compromise.
- Reference
- 010-02904-40
- Brand
- Garmin
- Collection
- fēnix 8
- Case size
- 47mm
- Case thickness
- 13.8mm
- Lug width
- 22mm
- Case material
- Titanium
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Black
- Functions
- Date, Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Alarm, Backlight, Bluetooth, Step counter, Heart rate, GPS, Compass, Thermometer, Altimeter
- Water resistance
- 100m
- Bracelet / strap
- Titanium bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
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.
Also in 4 collections
This watch appears in the Garmin fēnix 8 range (8), Back in Stock (4,683), Watches 44mm and Over (827) and Titanium Watches (181).
Manufacturer’s guarantee
Best of 2 retailers
What the specifications mean
Strengths
- 100m water resistance covers swimming and watersports
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Garmin's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 47mm is a large watch with real presence
Garmin Fēnix® 8 alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | 010-02904-40 | H77922541 | VDB020014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £949 | £920 | £899 |
| Case size | 47mm | 46mm | 44mm |
| Water resistance | 100m | 100m | 50m |
| Movement | Quartz | Quartz | Quartz |
| Strap | Titanium bracelet | Leather strap | Leather strap |
| This watch | Closely matched |
|
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 100m it is rated for swimming and snorkelling, though not for diving.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
Yes. It is quartz, so expect a battery change every two to three years at a jeweller.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedWhat 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
Both Goldsmiths and Mappin & Webb list it at £949, so choose on delivery and warranty rather than price.
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