The Garmin Descent G1 Slate Grey is an advanced dive watch designed for serious divers and outdoor enthusiasts who demand precision, durability, and versatility. With its rugged construction and cutting-edge technology, this watch is engineered to deliver comprehensive dive and fitness tracking. Ideal for both recreational and professional use, the Descent G1 combines robust functionality with an intuitive interface to enhance every dive experience.
This model features a fiber-reinforced polymer bezel and case, ensuring durability and resistance to harsh underwater conditions. The monochrome, sunlight-visible MIP display is both practical and easy to read, even in bright sunlight. Its sapphire crystal lens provides superior scratch resistance, enhancing the watch's longevity. Equipped with a variety of advanced features, it supports multiple dive modes, including air, nitrox, trimix, and closed circuit rebreather. Customizable dive data screens and a comprehensive decompression model ensure detailed and accurate diving information.
Key Features:
Battery Life: Dive Mode: Up to 25 hours // Smartwatch Mode: Up to 21 days // Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 48 days // GPS Mode: Up to 26 hours // Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 56 hours // Expedition GPS Activity Mode: Up to 27 days.
Bezel and Case Material: Fiber-reinforced polymer for durability.
Display: 0.9" x 0.9" custom, two-window design with a resolution of 176 x 176 pixels, featuring a monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) display.
Lens Material: Sapphire crystal.
Memory/History: 32 MB.
Physical Dimensions: 45.5 x 45.5 x 15.2 mm. Silicone Band: 128-224 mm. Extra Long Silicone Band: 128-373 mm.
Water Rating: Dive (100 meters).
Weight: 61 g.
Diving Features: Includes a 3-axis dive compass, audible and vibration alarms, APNEA hunt mode, auto start/end dive, customizable conservatism, multi-gas support, and a range of dive planning and safety features.
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Clock Features: Alarm clock, automatic daylight saving time, GPS time sync, and various timing functions.
Health Monitoring: Includes heart rate alerts, stress tracking, hydration monitoring, sleep tracking, and Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation.
Sensors: Features include accelerometer, barometric altimeter, compass, depth sensor, GPS, GLONASS, and more.
Boating Features: Built-in barometer and tide tables.
Daily Smart Features: Connectivity with Garmin Connect™, smart notifications, music storage, and various compatibility features.
Safety and Tracking: Includes assistance, incident detection, and LiveTrack.
Activity Tracking: Body Battery™ energy monitor, calorie tracking, distance traveled, and more.
Fitness Equipment/Gym: Automatic rep counting, cardio and strength workouts, and other gym features.
Heart Rate Features: Includes HR alerts, HR broadcast, and training effect labels.
Training, Planning, and Analysis: Advanced workouts, audio prompts, configurable alerts, and more.
Running Features: Supports multiple run profiles, cadence tracking, and performance metrics.
Golfing Features: Includes auto course view updates, digital scorecard, and hazards/course targets.
Outdoor Recreation Features: Provides area calculation, back-to-start, barometric trend indicator, and various navigation tools.
Cycling Features: Alerts, bike lap power, compatibility with power meters, and various cycling profiles.
Swimming Features: Includes auto rest timer, stroke type detection, and open-water swim metrics.
Kid Activity Tracking: Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges via optional app.
Connectivity: Smart trainer control and extensive compatibility features.
Full Specifications:
GENERAL
Battery Life:
Dive Mode: Up to 25 hours
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 21 days
Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 48 days
GPS Mode: Up to 26 hours
Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 56 hours
Expedition GPS Activity Mode: Up to 27 days
Silicone Band: 128-224 mm
Extra Long Silicone Band: 128-373 mm
DIVING FEATURES
3-Axis Dive Compass: Yes (with adjustable heading, quick change to 90R, 90L, and reciprocal; indicates degrees and direction back to set heading)
Alerts & Alarms: Audible and vibration alarms for ascent rate, PO2, CNS/OTU, NDL, deco, gas switching; customizable (up to 40) audible and/or vibration per dive mode, based on depth or time
APNEA Hunt Mode: Yes
APNEA Mode: Yes
Auto Start/End Dive: Yes
Automatic Altitude Adjustment: Yes
Automatically Saves Dive Entry and Exit Locations: Yes
Backlight: Yes (configurable time and intensity; auto-on at depth)
Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR): Yes
Custom Dive Data Screens: Yes
Custom End-Dive Timeout: Yes (20 s to 10 m)
Customizable Conservatism: Yes (low/medium/high or custom using gradient factors)
Decompression Model: Bühlmann ZHL-16c with gradient factors
Gas Mixes: Air, Nitrox, and Trimix up to 100% O2; 1 bottom gas and up to 11 deco and/or backup gases
Missed Deco Lockout: Yes (can be disabled prior to dive with user acknowledgment)
Multi-Gas Mode: Yes
Nitrox Support: Yes
No Fly Time: Yes
PO2: Up to 2.0 with customizable deco PO2 setting
Residual Tissue Loading Reset: Yes (on the surface with user acknowledgment)
Safety Stop: Yes (customizable off/3min/5min)
Single-Gas Mode: Yes
Surface Diver Status Widget: Yes (surface interval, N2/HE loading, CNS, OTU, and tissue compartment status)
Sync Dive Log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile App: Yes
Tides: Yes
Trimix Support: Yes
CLOCK FEATURES
Alarm Clock: Yes
Automatic Daylight Saving Time: Yes
GPS Time Sync: Yes
Stopwatch: Yes
Sunrise/Sunset Times: Yes
Time/Date: Yes
Timer: Yes
HEALTH MONITORING
Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts: Yes (high and low)
All-Day Stress Tracking: Yes
Daily Resting Heart Rate: Yes
Fitness Age: Yes
Health Snapshot: Yes
Hydration: Yes (in Garmin Connect™)
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation: Yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day)
Relaxation Breathing Timer: Yes
Respiration Rate (24x7): Yes
Sleep: Yes
Sleep Score and Insights: Yes
Women's Health: Yes (in Garmin Connect™)
Wrist-Based Heart Rate (Constant, every second): Yes
SENSORS
Accelerometer: Yes
Barometric Altimeter: Yes
Compass: Yes
Depth Sensor: Yes
Galileo: Yes
Garmin Elevate™ Wrist Heart Rate Monitor: Yes
GLONASS: Yes
GPS: Yes
Gyroscope: Yes
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor: Yes
Thermometer: Yes
BOATING FEATURES
Autopilot Control: No
Available Boating Profiles: Boating
Boat Data Streaming: No
Built-in Barometer and Tide Tables: Yes
DAILY SMART FEATURES
Battery Saver - Customizable Low Power Watch: Yes
Calendar: Yes
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile: Yes
Connect IQ™: Yes (Downloadable Watch Faces, Data Fields, Widgets, and Apps)
Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®
Controls Smartphone Music: Yes
Find My Phone Feature: Yes
Find My Watch Feature: Yes
Garmin Pay™: Yes
Music Storage: Yes
Pairs with Garmin Golf App: Yes
Smart Notifications: Yes
Smartphone Compatibility: iPhone®, Android™
Text Response/Reject Phone Call with Text (Android™ Only): Yes
VIRB® Camera Remote: Yes
Weather: Yes
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
Assistance: Yes
Incident Detection During Select Activities: Yes
LiveTrack: Yes
TACTICAL FEATURES
Dual Grid Coordinates: Yes
ACTIVITY TRACKING FEATURES
Body Battery™ Energy Monitor: Yes
Calories Burned: Yes
Distance Traveled: Yes
Floors Climbed: Yes
Garmin Connect Challenges App: Yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Intensity Minutes: Yes
Move IQ™: Yes
TrueUp™: Yes
Step Counter: Yes
Auto Goal: Yes (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Move Bar: Yes (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
FITNESS EQUIPMENT/GYM
Automatic Rep Counting: Yes
Available Gym Activity Profiles: Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, HIIT, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, and Yoga
Cardio Workouts: Yes
HIIT Workouts: Yes
Strength Workouts: Yes
HEART RATE FEATURES
% HR Max: Yes
% HRR: Yes
Auto Max HR: Yes
HR Alerts: Yes
HR Broadcast (Broadcasts HR Data Over ANT+™ to Paired Devices): Yes (using ANT+)
HR Calories: Yes
HR Zones: Yes
Recovery Time: Yes
TRAINING, PLANNING AND ANALYSIS FEATURES
Activity History on Watch: Yes
Advanced Workouts: Yes
Audio Prompts: Yes
Auto Lap®: Yes
Auto Multisport Activities: Yes
Auto Pause®: Yes
Auto Scroll: Yes
Configurable Lap Alerts: Yes
Course Guidance: Yes
Customizable Activity Profiles: Yes
Customizable Alerts: Yes
Customizable Screen(s): Yes
Daily Suggested Workouts: Yes
Downloadable Training Plans: Yes
Finish Time: Yes
GPS Speed and Distance: Yes
Improved Recovery Time: Yes
Interval Training: Yes
Manual Lap: Yes
Multi-Sport: Yes
Physio TrueUp: Yes
Power Modes - Customizable In-Activity Battery Settings: Yes
Primary Benefit (Training Effect Labels): Yes
Race an Activity: Yes
Respiration Rate (During Exercise): Yes
Touch and/or Button Lock: Yes
Training Effect (Aerobic): Yes
Training Effect (Anaerobic): Yes
Training Load: Yes (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC)
Training Status: Yes (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend)
Virtual Partner: Yes
VO2 Max (Run): Yes
VO2 Max (Trail Run): Yes
RUNNING FEATURES
Available Run Profiles: Running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running
Cadence (Provides Real-Time Number of Steps per Minute): Yes
Foot Pod Capable: Yes
GPS-Based Distance, Time and Pace: Yes
The Garmin Descent G1 Slate Grey offers a comprehensive suite of features tailored for divers and athletes. With its robust design and extensive functionality, it stands out as a reliable companion for those seeking precision and performance in their underwater and fitness adventures.
