The best outdoor watches are genuinely sophisticated wearables. These rugged smartwatches manage to pack a considerable number of potent sensors and tools for modern life into a tiny package.

Throughout all those miles, a diverse group of testers—from everyday moms and dads to former Olympic Trials athletes—obsessed over the features of a big batch of watches to find the very best.

Best Garmin smartwatch ... It’s hard to recommend given what else is available in Garmin’s collection of outdoor watches. Epix OGs will remember the first edition that arrived in 2015 ...

A bit smaller and less cumbersome than some of Garmin’s other smartwatches, the Fenix 7S comes in at a svelte 42mm, making it better for anyone who doesn’t want a gaudy statement piece crowding their ...

The Garmin Enduro 3, unlike the Fenix 8, comes in just one size option and costs $899/£769/AU£1,549. In contrast, Garmin’s Fenix 8 series starts at $999 / £949 / AU$1,699, so is something of a step in ...