Top Yacht Design – Agosto 2019

(Martin Jones) #1

A leap into the future


of watchmaking


Garmin’s MARQ Captain is a genuine
navigational instrument which follows
the new path of smartwatches

How far can we push the boundaries of inno-


vation? The new MARQ range of watches from


Garmin offers more than one answer. Indeed,


to put it bluntly, this collection redefines the


concept of the smartwatch by raising the bar


even higher. It comes in five versions – Aviator,


Athlete, Driver, Captain, and Expedition – and


is designed to offer maximum performance in


any situation. Specifically, the MARQ Captain


is for people who want to enjoy an active life


at sea, enabling them, as it does, to manage a


series of operations from their wrist.


They include: setting the autopilot, activating


the alarm, should the anchor come loose; re-


ceiving information regarding depth, interfac-


ing with the chart plotter and displaying the


vessel’s data in real time, displaying informa-


tion regarding the tides, plotting the course


and calculating the intensity and direction of


the wind. But that’s not all. There’s also the


MOB function which can detect the exact po-


sition, in the event of “man overboard”. It’s an


amazing concentration of technology housed


in a grade 2 titanium case with a 46mm diam-


eter, while the thickness is 14.7mm.


The total weight of 88 grams, if you include


the nylon strap with Jaquard motifs. The strap


is seamless, and was produced specifically for


Garmin by a company in the south of France.


Its dense weave was finished with a technical


laser that ensures robustness even if comes


into constant contact with salt water. In terms


of materials, the use of ceramic for the bezel,


which in the case of the Captain model is an el-


egant blue, also stands out. The information is


displayed on a 30.4mm diameter screen which


has a resolution of 240 x 240 pixels. It’s pro-


tected by a convex sapphire crystal lens which


was assembled by hand. The lithium-ion bat-


tery can last for up to 12 days in smartwatch


mode, up to 28 hours in GPS mode and up to


48 hours in UltraTrac mode. It is waterproof at


up to 100 metres.


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