Garmin | SKU: 010-03020-00

Instinct 3 - 50mm AMOLED Smartwatch

Running Watches

€450⁰⁰ €500⁰⁰

Color: Black

Garmin Instinct 3 - 50mm AMOLED Smartwatch Black-Neo Tropic #- 53 Degrees North

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Description

The Instinct 3 delivers exceptional durability paired with advanced functionality for the serious adventurer. Its vibrant 1.3-inch AMOLED display remains visible in any condition, while the extended 24-day battery life in smartwatch mode ensures uninterrupted tracking across extended expeditions. Comprehensive health monitoring, intelligent alerts, and an integrated flashlight provide practical support for outdoor pursuits. Built to withstand demanding environments, this rugged GPS smartwatch adapts to your lifestyle without compromise.

Specifications

Features
- AMOLED Display: Make a bold statement with a vibrant 1.3-inch AMOLED display and 50 mm case.
- RUGGED DESIGN: Explore confidently with a rugged design, including a metal-reinforced bezel and scratch-resistant display.
- BUILT-IN FLASHLIGHT: See and be seen with a built-in flashlight, featuring variable intensities and an alternate red light.
- 24/7 health and wellness monitoring: Make bold moves with health monitoring features, including heart rate, advanced sleep monitoring, Pulse Ox2
- SMART NOTIFICATIONS: Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your compatible Apple® or Android™ smartphone.
- BATTERY LIFE: Leave the charger at home with up to 24 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
Specs
What You'll Love
- Sleep Score and Insights: ✓
- Battery life (smartwatch mode): Up to 24 days (9 days always-on)
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation: ✓
- LED flashlight: ✓
- Garmin Pay™: ✓
- Multi-band GPS: ✓
- Training Readiness: ✓
- Training Status: ✓
- Watch display type: AMOLED (always-on)
- Water rating: 10 ATM
General
- Strap material: Silicone
- Lens material: Chemically strengthened glass
- Bezel material: Fiber-reinforced polymer/aluminum
- Case material: Fibre-reinforced polymer
- QuickFit ™ watch band compatible: Yes (26 mm) ✓
- Physical size: 50 x 50 x 14.4 mm
  Fits wrists with a circumference of 141-213 mm
- Weight: 59 g
- Display Size: 33 mm (1.3″) diameter
- Display Resolution: 416 x 416 pixels
- Colour display: ✓
- Large font option: ✓
- Battery type: Lithium ion
- Battery life: Smartwatch: Up to 24 days (9 days always-on)
  Battery saver watch mode: Up to 30 days
  GPS Only: Up to 40 hours
  All Satellite Systems: Up to 32 hours
  All Satellite Systems + Multi-Band: Up to 30 hours*
  Max Battery GPS: Up to 86 hours
  Expedition GPS: Up to 20 days
  *Assuming typical use with SatIQ technology
- Charging method: Garmin proprietary plug charger
- Memory/history: 4 GB
Clock features
- Time/date: ✓
- GPS time sync: ✓
- Automatic daylight saving time: ✓
- Alarm clock: ✓
- Timer: ✓
- Stopwatch: ✓
- Sunrise/sunset times: ✓
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second): ✓
- Resting heart rate: ✓
- Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts: Yes (high and low) ✓
- Respiration Rate: ✓
- Fitness Age: ✓
- Body Battery™ Energy Monitor: ✓
- All-day Stress: ✓
- Relaxation reminders: ✓
- Relaxation Breathing Timer: ✓
- Breathwork: ✓
- Sleep: Yes (Advanced) ✓
- Sleep coach: ✓
- Breathing variations: ✓
- Nap detection: ✓
- Hydration: Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) ✓
- Women's Health: Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) ✓
- Health Snapshot: ✓
Sensors
- GPS: ✓
- GLONASS: ✓
- Galileo: ✓
- QZSS: ✓
- BeiDou: ✓
- SatIQ™ Technology: ✓
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor: ✓
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor: ✓
- Barometric altimeter: ✓
- Compass: ✓
- Gyroscope: ✓
- Accelerometer: ✓
- Thermometer: ✓
Daily smart features
- Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®
- Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps): ✓
- On-device Connect IQ™ Store: ✓
- Smart Notifications: ✓
- Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only): ✓
- View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only): ✓
- Morning report: ✓
- Calendar: ✓
- Weather forecasts: ✓
- Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile: ✓
- Battery Saver - customisable low power watch: ✓
- Controls smartphone music: ✓
- Find my phone: ✓
- Find my watch: ✓
- Compatible with Garmin Messenger app: ✓
- VIRB ® camera remote: ✓
- Smart trainer control: ✓
- Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile: ✓
- Smartphone compatibility: iPhone®, Android™
- Red shift mode: ✓
- Garmin Share: ✓
- Passcode: ✓
Workout and Training Plans
- Daily Suggested Workout - Running (Pace and Heart Rate Based): ✓
- Daily Suggested Workout - Cycling (Pace and Heart Rate Based): ✓
- Garmin Running Coach Experts: ✓
- Cardio workouts: ✓
- Strength workouts: ✓
- HIIT workouts: ✓
- Yoga workouts: ✓
- Pilates workouts: ✓
- On-screen workout animations: ✓
- On-Screen Workout Muscle Map: ✓
Activity profiles
- Gym: Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor rowing, Jump Roping
- Multisport: Triathlon, Swimrunning
- WELLNESS: Walking, Indoor Walking, Pilates, Yoga
- INDOOR RUNNING: Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual running
- Outdoor running: Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Obstacle Racing
- Outdoor recreation: Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Hunting, Horseback Riding, Golfing, Disc Golf, Archery
- Cycling: Biking, Road biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel biking, Bike commuting, Bike touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross, BMX
- Swim: Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
- On the water: Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing, Boating, Water Skiing, Snorkeling, Wakeboarding, Wakesurfing, Tubing, Whitewater
- Motor sports: Motorcycling, Overlanding, Motocrossing, ATVing, Snowmobiling
- Racket sports: Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball
- Snow & Winter: Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, XC Skate Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Ice Skating, Snowshoeing
- Sport profiles: Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball
- In the ring: Boxing, Mixed martial arts
- Other activity profiles: Tactical, Inline Skating
Safety and tracking features
- Incident Detection during select activities: ✓
- Incident detection alert on phone for wearables: ✓
- Assistance: ✓
- Live Event Sharing: ✓
Tactical features
- Dual grid coordinates: ✓
- XERO™ Locations: ✓
Gaming Features
- Gaming activity: ✓
- GameOn™ app compatible: ✓
Activity tracking features
- Step counter: ✓
- Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it): ✓
- Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal): ✓
- Calories Burned: ✓
- Floors climbed: ✓
- Distance travelled: ✓
- Intensity minutes: ✓
- TrueUp™: ✓
- Move IQ™: ✓
- Garmin Connect™ Challenges app: Yes (optional Connect IQ app) ✓
- Automatic rep counting: ✓
Training, planning and analysis features
- Customisable screen(s): ✓
- Downloadable training plans: ✓
- Course guidance: ✓
- HR Zones: ✓
- HR Alerts: ✓
- HR Calories: ✓
- % HR Max: ✓
- % HRR: ✓
- Recovery Time: ✓
- Auto Max HR: ✓
- Race glance/widget: ✓
- HRV Status: ✓
- HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices): ✓
- Respiration Rate (During Exercise): Yes (with compatible accessory) ✓
- GPS speed and distance: ✓
- Customisable activity profiles: ✓
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt: ✓
- Interval training: ✓
- Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection): ✓
- Advanced workouts: ✓
- Power Modes - customisable in-activity battery settings: ✓
- HRM running pace and distance: ✓
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature: ✓
- Manual lap: ✓
- Rest timer: ✓
- Configurable lap alerts: ✓
- Heat and Altitude Acclimation: ✓
- VO2 Max (Run): ✓
- VO2 Max (Trail Run): ✓
- Load ratio: ✓
- Training Load: ✓
- Training load focus: ✓
- Training Effect: ✓
- Training Effect (Anaerobic): ✓
- Primary benefit (Training Effect labels): ✓
- Workout benefit: ✓
- Customisable alerts: ✓
- Voice alerts: ✓
- Multisport auto transition: ✓
- Finish time: ✓
- Virtual partner: ✓
- Race an activity: ✓
- Multi-sport: ✓
- Touch and/or button lock: ✓
- Shortcuts: ✓
- Auto scroll: ✓
- Activity history on watch: ✓
- Physio TrueUp: ✓
- Unified Training Status: ✓
Running features
- GPS-based distance, time and pace: ✓
- Running dynamics: ✓
- Vertical oscillation and ratio: ✓
- Ground contact time and balance: Yes (GCT balance with accessory) ✓
- Stride length (real time): ✓
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute): ✓
- Running power: ✓
- Grade-adjusted pace: ✓
- Performance condition: ✓
- Lactate threshold: Yes (with compatible accessory) ✓
- PacePro™ Pacing Strategies: ✓
- Run workouts: ✓
- Trail run auto climb: ✓
- Race predictor: ✓
- Foot pod capable: ✓
- Run/Walk/Stand detection: ✓
Golfing features
- Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green): ✓
- Yardage to layups/doglegs: ✓
- Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course): Manual
- Digital scorecard: ✓
- Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit): ✓
- Garmin AutoShot™: ✓
- Auto CourseView updates: ✓
- Green View with manual pin position: ✓
- Hazards and course targets: ✓
- Round timer/odometer: ✓
- Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory): ✓
- Pairs with Garmin Golf app: ✓
- Tournament legal: ✓
Outdoor recreation
- Point-to-point navigation: ✓
- Bread crumbtrail in real time: ✓
- Back to start: ✓
- TracBack®: ✓
- UltraTrac mode: ✓
- REFERENCE POINT: ✓
- Elevation profile: ✓
- Distance to destination: ✓
- Barometric trend indicator with storm alert: ✓
- Vertical speed: ✓
- Total ascent/descent: ✓
- Future elevation plot: ✓
- GPS coordinates: ✓
- Sight 'N Go: ✓
- Area calculation: ✓
- Projected waypoint: ✓
- Sun and moon information: ✓
- Expedition GPS Activity: ✓
- Tides: ✓
- Tides Glance: ✓
Cycling features
- Courses: ✓
- Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor): ✓
- Race an activity: ✓
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories): ✓
- FTP (Functional Threshold Power): ✓
- MTB Grit & Flow: ✓
- Advanced cycling dynamics: ✓
- Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters): ✓
- Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display): ✓
- Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar): ✓
- Compatible with Varia™ lights: ✓
- Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor): ✓
- Power meter compatible: ✓
Swimming features
- Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories): ✓
- Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories): ✓
- Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only): ✓
- Drill logging (pool swim only): ✓
- Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only): ✓
- "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only): ✓
- Auto rest (pool swim only): ✓
- Time and distance alerts: ✓
- Countdown start: ✓
- Pool swim workouts: ✓
- Underwater wrist-based heart rate: ✓
- Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim): ✓
Kid activity tracking features
- Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app: Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) ✓
Security and Legal Information
- Security updates until at least (YYYY-MM-DD): 2027-01-06
- EU Data Act Information - Wearable, Fitness Measuring and Heart Rate (HRM) Devices: ✓
What's included
- Instinct 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED smartwatch with silicone band
- Charging/data cable
- Documentation
Ideal for

Running