


Apex Red · 4 colourways in one purchase
Apex
Outdoor Performance Watch Face
Apex is an outdoor performance watch face built like a premium adventure watch: a black dial under a sapphire crystal whose reflection lifts the right side, a fine white rim track and a red minute scale, a skeleton hour hand, a solid minute hand and a fine red seconds hand. A 12-segment arc sweeps down the left side and fills with your steps (or any metric with a goal), its value printed inside it. The digital time sits at the top in two tones - white hours, outlined minutes in the accent - over the date, and three ring subdials show VO2 max, battery and altitude, each ring filling with its metric. Four colours in one purchase: Apex Red, Glacier, Volt and Amber.
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about €5.50 · one-time purchase · no subscription · v1.5.3
Ring subdials, a segmented arc and VO2 max.
Apex is an outdoor performance watch face built like a premium adventure watch: a black dial under a sapphire crystal whose reflection lifts the right side, a fine white rim track and a red minute scale, a skeleton hour hand, a solid minute hand and a fine red seconds hand. A 12-segment arc sweeps down the left side and fills with your steps (or any metric with a goal), its value printed inside it. The digital time sits at the top in two tones - white hours, outlined minutes in the accent - over the date, and three ring subdials show VO2 max, battery and altitude, each ring filling with its metric. Four colours in one purchase: Apex Red, Glacier, Volt and Amber. At night a minimal black screen shows only the time, date, heart rate and battery.
- 014 colours + 16 Colour Studio themes
- 02Segmented progress arc, 3 ring subdials
- 03Two-tone digital time and real hands
- 04VO2 max, altitude, battery at a glance
- 05Always-on display like the face
- 06Units follow your watch settings (km/mi, °C/°F, m/ft, 12/24 h)
Live preview
Switch colourways, themes, accents and settings, or pick your watch to see the face on its own screen.
Apex Red · shown on a 454 × 454 AMOLED screen
Colourway 4
Theme 16
Settings 10
Always-on 2
Every state above is a screenshot of the face running in Garmin's simulator with that setting.
What you can change
Choose what the segmented arc shows
Steps, battery, Body Battery, recovery time, weekly running distance, calories, floors climbed, active minutes, stress, pulse ox, battery days left or VO2 max - its 12 segments fill as you go.
Each of the three subdials can show any of 20 metrics
VO2 max, battery, altitude, heart rate, steps, Body Battery, recovery time, weekly running distance, weather, calories, floors climbed, active minutes, distance today, stress, notifications, sunrise/sunset, respiration, pulse ox, battery days left or air pressure - its ring fills where the metric has a goal or range.
Remove any metric
Set a field to "Empty" and it is gone from the dial, arc or ring included.
Analog or digital, your choice (setting "Time display")
"Analog + digital", "Analog only" (the digital time is removed) or "Digital only" (the hands are removed).
All 4 colours included
Apex Red, Glacier, Volt, Amber - plus Colour Studio: 16 themes for the whole face.
Hands on top or under the data, your choice (setting "Hands"): "Hands on top" sweeps the hour and minute hands over every number, like a mechanical watch; "Data on top" keeps every number readable through the hands.
12 or 24-hour time as your watch is set, with the hour your way: a leading zero as the watch shows it, always (09:41) or never (9:41) (setting "Leading zero"), and an AM/PM marker next to a 12-hour time (setting "AM/PM marker").
The date your way (setting "Date line")
The date alone, with the month or with the week (FRI 02, FRI 02 OCT, FRI 02 W40), or off for a cleaner face.
Always-on display like the face (its ring, hands and colours) or minimal, dim to bright; the full face on solar/MIP watches.
Change it on the watch (customize the watch face) or in the Connect IQ app.
21 metrics for every field.
Each of the 4 fields shows any of them, or nothing at all. Swap them any time on the watch or in the app.
Health7
- Body Battery
- Recovery time
- Stress
- Pulse Ox
- VO2 max
- Heart rate
- Respiration
Activity6
- Steps
- Running this week
- Calories
- Floors climbed
- Active minutes
- Distance today
Weather & sky4
- Weather
- Altitude
- Sunrise / sunset
- Air pressure
Watch4
- Battery
- Battery days left
- Notifications
- Next event
Settings
Straight from the face's own settings. Change them on the watch (hold UP/MENU on the face, then Watch face › Customize) or in the Connect IQ app (My Device › Watch Faces › Apex › Settings).
Time & date
- Time display
- Analog + digital · Analog only · Digital only
- Hands
- Data on top · Hands on top
- Leading zero
- As the watch · Always · Never
- AM/PM marker
- On · Off
- Date line
- Day and date · Off · Day, date and month · Day, date and week
Colour
- Colour theme
- 17 choices: The colourway's own, Ice, Ocean, Royal, Lime …
- Time colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Accent colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Values colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Labels colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Ring colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
Always-on
- Sleep mode
- Minimal: time + heart rate · Full dial
- Always-on display
- Like the face · Minimal
- Always-on brightness
- Dim · Normal · Bright
68 Garmin watches.
Forerunner 16
- Forerunner 970AMOLED · 454×454
- Forerunner 965AMOLED · 454×454
- Forerunner 570 47mmAMOLED · 454×454
- Forerunner 265AMOLED · 416×416
- Forerunner 570 42mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 170AMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 170 MusicAMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 165AMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 165 MusicAMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 70AMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 265sAMOLED · 360×360
- Forerunner 955 / SolarMIP · 260×260
- Forerunner 255MIP · 260×260
- Forerunner 255 MusicMIP · 260×260
- Forerunner 255sMIP · 218×218
- Forerunner 255s MusicMIP · 218×218
fēnix 21
- fēnix 8 47mm / 51mm / tactix 8 47mm / 51mm / quatix 8 47mm / 51mmAMOLED · 454×454
- fēnix 8 Pro 47mm / 51mm / MicroLED / quatix 8 Pro 47mm / 51mmAMOLED · 454×454
- fēnix 9 47mm / 51mmAMOLED · 454×454
- fēnix 9 Pro 47mmAMOLED · 454×454
- fēnix 9 Pro 51mmAMOLED · 466×466
- fēnix 8 43mmAMOLED · 416×416
- fēnix 9 43mmAMOLED · 416×416
- fēnix 9 Pro 43mmAMOLED · 416×416
- fēnix 7 / quatix 7MIP · 260×260
- fēnix 7 ProMIP · 260×260
- fēnix 7 Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi)MIP · 260×260
- fēnix 7X / tactix 7 / quatix 7X Solar / Enduro 2MIP · 280×280
- fēnix 7X ProMIP · 280×280
- fēnix 7X Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi)MIP · 280×280
- fēnix 7SMIP · 240×240
- fēnix 7S ProMIP · 240×240
- fēnix 8 Solar 47mmMIP · 260×260
- fēnix 8 Solar 51mm / tactix 8 Solar 51mmMIP · 280×280
- fēnix 9 Pro Solar 47mmMIP · 260×260
- fēnix 9 Pro Solar 51mmMIP · 280×280
- fēnix EAMOLED · 416×416
vívoactive 2
- vívoactive 6AMOLED · 390×390
- vívoactive 5AMOLED · 390×390
Venu 7
- Venu 3SAMOLED · 390×390
- Venu 4 41mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Venu 2AMOLED · 416×416
- Venu 2 PlusAMOLED · 416×416
- Venu 3AMOLED · 454×454
- Venu 4 45mm / D2 Air X15AMOLED · 454×454
- Venu 2SAMOLED · 360×360
epix 4
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 42mmAMOLED · 390×390
- epix (Gen 2) / quatix 7 SapphireAMOLED · 416×416
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 47mm / quatix 7 ProAMOLED · 416×416
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 51mm / D2 Mach 1 Pro / tactix 7 – AMOLED EditionAMOLED · 454×454
MARQ 2
- MARQ (Gen 2) Athlete / Adventurer / Captain / Golfer / Carbon Edition / Commander - Carbon EditionAMOLED · 390×390
- MARQ (Gen 2) AviatorAMOLED · 390×390
Approach 5
- Approach S70 42mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Approach S50AMOLED · 390×390
- Approach S72 43mmAMOLED · 416×416
- Approach S70 47mmAMOLED · 454×454
- Approach S72 47mmAMOLED · 454×454
Descent 3
- Descent Mk3 43mm / Mk3i 43mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Descent G2AMOLED · 390×390
- Descent Mk3i 51mmAMOLED · 454×454
Instinct 2
- Instinct 3 AMOLED 45mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Instinct 3 AMOLED 50mmAMOLED · 416×416
D2 4
- D2 Mach 1AMOLED · 416×416
- D2 Air X10AMOLED · 416×416
- D2 Mach 2AMOLED · 454×454
- D2 Mach 2 ProAMOLED · 454×454
Version 1.5.3
First released 4 Nov 2026. Updates are free and install by themselves.
- 1.5.22 Nov 2026
- Colour Studio: two themes that looked too alike are now clearly different - Lavender is now Yellow, and Stealth is now Stealth Red (grey time with a red accent).
- 1.5.11 Nov 2026
- Steps now count towards your own daily step goal from Garmin Connect (it was fixed at 10,000), so 7,500 steps of a 7,500 goal is 100%. Thanks for spotting it!
- 1.5.01 Nov 2026
- New: Colour Studio. 16 colour themes re-colour the whole face - the segmented arc, the ticks and the ring subdials - or pick your own colour for the time, accent, values, labels and ring.
- 1.4.029 Oct 2026
- New always-on display that looks like the face: its ring, its hands and its own colours - and no digital time when you have switched it off. Brightness: dim, normal or bright (setting "Always-on brightness"); the old minimal screen is still there (setting "Always-on display").
- New date formats (setting "Date line"): the date alone, with the month or with the week (FRI 02, FRI 02 OCT, FRI 02 W40).
- 1.3.029 Oct 2026
- New setting "Date line": show the date, or turn it off - change it on the watch or in the Connect IQ app.
- 1.2.028 Oct 2026
- Much bigger and easier to read (thanks for the feedback!): larger subdials, values, icons, date and steps; with "Analog only" the date moves up into the time's place.
- The date now shows correctly in every watch language: letters such as Č, Ř, Ł or Ş appeared as an empty box; they now show as their plain letter, and other alphabets use the English abbreviation.
Why do I see "--" for vO2 max, Body Battery, recovery time and weekly running distance?
VO2 max, Body Battery, recovery time and weekly running distance are shown only when the watch provides them; otherwise "--".
Weather is the current value synced from the phone?
Weather is the current value synced from the phone.
The steps progress follows your own daily step goal from Garmin Connect?
The steps progress follows your own daily step goal from Garmin Connect.
On solar/MIP watches (64 colours) the dial is plain black without the crystal's reflection?
On solar/MIP watches (64 colours) the dial is plain black without the crystal's reflection.
How do I change a field or a colour?
On the watch: hold the middle-left (UP/MENU) button on the watch face, choose Watch face, then Customize. In the phone: open the Connect IQ app, go to My Device, Watch Faces, Apex, then Settings. Every change shows at once.
Is it a subscription?
No. You buy it once in the Connect IQ store and keep every future update.
Does it drain the battery?
The face is built to be as frugal as a Garmin face: it redraws once a minute and the always-on screen is dimmed and minimal on AMOLED watches.