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Let us share some enthusiasm about this gorgeous watch coming our way.

Here is my story; being an old Omega Seamaster owner, I was actually looking for something alike in quality. I looked at Omega, TAG Heuer and alike. However allthough all these watches are very nice, each and every time I came to the conclusion that I can't live without 24/7 HR and smart notifications. I am a passionate athlete; so I much like to keep track on my resting HR. And that's actually it - none of the premium brands I looked at deliver that.

And then Marq is being launched - just in the middle of my search :-) What a funny coincidence! Cause BOOM - this is just what I was looking for. Mann that was a sweet surprise :-)

Since I am an athlete, I ordered the Marq Athlete version. That watch has exactly what I want. Really nice materials, 3. gen OHR, and smart notifications. Plus add to this - all Fenix' functionallity, a speedier processor and 12 days battery.

Oh yeah!

Despite being expensive - and please don't get me wrong here - I think this is bang on. I don't mind paying premium for premium. Yes - one could argue the display resolution is not high enough. Personally I would have liked to see HD graphics. But honestly said - that's not the deal breaker for me. The materials are though. And this is where I believe Garmin did the right choice. Premium materials with long battery and an OK display.

So I can't wait to get mine :-)

What about you? What version did you buy?

Share your passion here...

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0 Roland over 5 years ago

And, as far as we know, that watch face stuff on Athlete can be used only on that one analog watch face. The training/vo2max indicator arrows do not appear on other watch faces, even built-in ones.

0 RomanReff over 5 years ago

Hi, had anybody here, who preordered from Jura got any message from them about shipping ? Thanks

0 NeilJonesOnline over 5 years ago

Hi, had anybody here, who preordered from Jura got any message from them about shipping ? Thanks

Last time I asked Jura a couple of weeks ago they were saying early to mid-May

0 BrianMcMahon74 over 5 years ago

Had a call from Sophie who is the sales manager at Jura this afternoon and my Athlete pre order has been dispatched expected delivery tomorrow 25th.

Looking at another month for the Expedition order I placed on the 18th April. Getting excited now and right on queue the 830 pre orders are up as well. Good times for Garmin addicts.

0 NYanakiev7 over 5 years ago

BrianMcMahon74 Nice! Do report back once you receive it! Here is the latest on the Expeditions from today (coming from one of the managers at Jura):
Hoping to get mine at some point next week- loving the design!

Hi Nick,

Good news, we’ve received the Athlete models today which is a good sign.
Garmin UK Operations Manager has confirmed all our outstanding orders will be fulfilled by the end of next week. The expeditions will start to feed through next week.

I have flagged your order as urgent and I’ll call you once they land here.
Thanks for your patience.

Many Thanks,
L

On an unrelated point, which out of the two GPS computers announced today takes your fancy?
It seems as if the 530 is the much better deal if you are happy to do round-trip routing and address navigation through your mobile.

I think the 530 is a killer package!

0 BrianMcMahon74 over 5 years ago

BrianMcMahon74 Nice! Do report back once you receive it! Here is the latest on the Expeditions from today (coming from one of the managers at Jura):
Hoping to get mine at some point next week- loving the design!

On an unrelated point, which out of the two GPS computers announced today takes your fancy?
It seems as if the 530 is the much better deal if you are happy to do round-trip routing and address navigation through your mobile.

I think the 530 is a killer package!

I'll post up some pics tomorrow once I've had a good play with it. I think you're right about 530 it is great value for money but I've pre ordered the 830 from Sigma sports. I've been running an 820 from release and it's never missed a beat and always been great to use so will stick with that.

0 NYanakiev7 over 5 years ago

That'd be amazing thanks! I actually just watched DCR's 830 video and I'm nearly sold.

Getting a new bike as the old one got stolen from my cycle store room in London ...

0 BrianMcMahon74 over 5 years ago

That'd be amazing thanks! I actually just watched DCR's 830 video and I'm nearly sold.

Getting a new bike as the old one got stolen from my cycle store room in London ...

Funny enough watched it tonight as well after all the emails about pre orders going live, did you notice the watch he was using in the videos, pretty sure it was the athlete?, I usually turn to his reviews his recommendations are good and he tells it like it is. I think the dynamic performance insights are going to be great across devices. Sorry to hear about bike that's not good.

0 nmyeti over 5 years ago

Looks like it to me. At first i thought it was the expedition with the athlete strap but the zooming in, i'm pretty sure it is the athlete. ciq.forums.garmin.com/.../1475426.jpg

0 NYanakiev7 over 5 years ago

BrianMcMahon74 Out of interest- why buy bother the Athlete/Expedition? Couldn’t make up your mind? :p