What are the smallest swimming watches with open water GPS for minimalist design?
This page compares 3 smallest swimming watches with verified specifications and prices. Top options include Suunto Suunto 9 Peak Pro All Black, Suunto Suunto Race S All Black, Apple Apple Watch SE 40mm. Prices range from £148 to £18,532. All data is sourced from manufacturer documentation and specialist retailers.
| Product ⇅ | Price ⇅ | GPS Accuracy (meters) ⇅ | Open Water GPS Support ⇅ | Pool Mode ⇅ | Heart Rate Monitoring ⇅ | Swim Distance Tracking (meters) ⇅ | Stroke Recognition ⇅ | Battery Life (hours) ⇅ | Water Resistance Depth (meters) ⇅ |
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Suunto Suunto 9 Peak Pro All Black
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£147.57 ≈ | Best GPS accuracy single-band | — | ✓ | ✓ | Pool and open water | ✓ | Up to 21 days daily use and 40 hours GPS tracking | 100 m |
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The Suunto 9 Peak Pro All Black is a slim, durable multisport watch with sapphire glass, GPS navigation, extensive sports tracking, and swimming support for pools and open water. It suits athletes and adventurers who want strong battery life and detailed training metrics in a compact 43 mm design. ★ Ideal forIt suits minimalist swimming-watch needs with its slim 10.8 mm body, 43 mm case, open-water GPS, pool distance tracking, stroke recognition, and 100 m water resistance.
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Suunto Suunto Race S All Black
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£1334.08 ≈ | Multi-band GNSS | — | ✓ | ✓ | Pool and open-water distance | ✓ | Up to 30 hours GPS, up to 120 hours Tour mode | 50 m |
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The Suunto Race S All Black is a compact multisport GPS watch with a bright AMOLED display, offline maps, wrist-based heart-rate monitoring and more than 115 sport modes. It suits runners, outdoor athletes and swimmers who want advanced training and navigation features in a smaller, lightweight design. ★ Ideal forIt suits minimalist swimmers seeking a smaller watch because its 45 mm compact case provides open-water GPS, pool and open-water distance tracking, stroke recognition and 50 m water resistance while retaining a simple all-black design.
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Apple Apple Watch SE 40mm
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£18531.80 ≈ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | Total distance and laps | ✓ | Up to 18 hours | 50m |
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The Apple Watch SE 40mm is a compact smartwatch with GPS, heart-rate monitoring, pool and open-water swim workouts, automatic stroke detection, and swim distance tracking. Its small aluminium case suits users who want fitness and smartwatch features in a lightweight design, though its battery lasts up to 18 hours and it is intended for shallow-water swimming rather than diving. ★ Ideal forIt suits minimalist swimming-watch needs because its compact 40mm case supports open-water GPS, pool mode, stroke recognition, and swim distance tracking while remaining swimproof to 50m.
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