Running Watch Deals March 2025: Our Fave Models Are Currently up to 36% Off on Amazon, Best Buy, and Target

The Garmin Fenix 7X Sapphire Solar remains an editor-favorite, and it’s now almost 25 percent off on Amazon. Coming at just under $700 and more than $200 off, the Fenix 7X is packed with features to make your (running) life easier. Wrist-based heart rate1 and pulse Ox2, a built-in stamina reader, and solar charging for up to 37 days of battery life (in smartwatch mode) round out the Fenix 7X’s impressive list of features.

For all of the Apple snobs out there, the second-gen SE is currently going for $50 under market value. If you already feature a lineup of Apple products, this can easily sync to your iCloud account and provide you with all of the essentials, including an intuitive activity tracker, GPS, heart rate monitor, and voice control. Gotta love that Siri.

Good luck breaking this thing. The Garmin Instinct 2X Solar is one of the most durable running watches on the market today. Encompassed in a 50 mm polymer case and designed to U.S. military standard 810 for water, thermal, and shock resistance, this Garmin device is certainly built to last. The Instinct 2X also features a built-in LED flashlight and 24/7 health and wellness tracking, making it perfect for all different climates and terrains.

The Vívoactive 5 is a versatile running watch that is particularly useful for tracking sleep metrics. This, of course, is important for both competitive and hobbyist runners alike, as it’s crucial to keep your body well-rested for optimal performance.

The Vívoactive provides you with a custom sleep score, personalized sleep coaching, and automatic nap detection, providing deep insights into how it affects your daily energy levels. With 30 built-in indoor and GPS sports apps for running, walking, cycling, and more, you can find different types of ways to keep your cardio up.

The Forerunner 255 is a sleek option packed with a slew of high-end features that are currently almost 30 percent off on Amazon. For under $300, you’re getting a GPS running watch that provides you with a daily morning report, summarizes your sleep, and tracks heart rate variability.

We also love that it can download and store up to 500 songs from Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer, allowing you to listen to your favorite pump-up tunes in a pinch.

Timex is a pretty timeless look—pun slightly intended. For a no-frills option, you can’t go wrong with the Ironman Classic, which is now 33 percent off on Amazon.

While you won’t be able to track advanced metrics like you would on a new-age smartwatch, the Timex features some pretty convenient features, including 30-lap memory, 100-lap stopwatch memory, and a 24-hour countdown timer.

The G-Shock is a classic watch with a look that spans literal decades. If you’re a fan of the iconic Casio watch series, a modernized version, the G-Shock Move, is currently 20 percent off on REI.

It tracks all of your key metrics: an advanced optical sensor measures your heart rate, the accelerometer works as a step counter, and it can calculate distance, speed, pace, and other helpful information to get the most out of your runs.

Another great Garmin option, the Forerunner 955 is currently 36 percent off on Best Buy and Amazon, which equates to just over $117 in total savings.

The Forerunner 955 is compatible with both iPhone and Android devices and contains a slew of high-end features like built-in GPS mapping, daily suggested workouts, and a training readiness score. It also offers real time running performance insights on key metrics like stride length, cadence, balance, and more. And with automatic uploads and personalized race widgets, the customization options on this thing are virtually endless, especially for everyday runners.

If you’re looking for a stylish women’s watch that, in reality, doesn’t even look like a smartwatch, the Garmin Lily 2 is a fantastic option. Go straight from the office to a run, as the compact device is stylish enough to double as a key piece of your wardrobe.

Spec-wise, it’s still packed with all the essentials, featuring sleep score and insights, pulse OX, and even abnormal heart rate alerts. And for $50 cheaper than normal, what’s not to love?

While we’ve already highlighted the Instinct 2X Solar as a rugged, durable option, the Instinct 2 also deserves a spot on this list, particularly with outdoor runners in mind. 36 percent off of sticker price also helps its case.

It’s water-rated up to an impressive 100 meters and boasts a shock and thermal-resistant fiber-reinforced polymer case, as well as durable scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass, making it a no-nonsense option to take on outdoor runs. And with all-day health monitoring that tracks heart rate, sleep, respiration, and more, it has all the advanced metric tracking you’d want in a running watch.

It’s no secret that Samsung is a leader in smart tech, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that its wearable tech is top-notch. The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra, which is currently 36 percent off on Amazon, is a great option for self-improvement. It features high-tech Galaxy AI technology (doesn’t that just sound smart?) to track and compare your daily running metrics.

You’ll also receive daily personalized suggestions based on said metrics to help you improve physically and mentally. Precise heart rate monitoring, a built-in music player, and GPS functionality, among other features, help round out the list of impossibly cool functions for well under $500.

Fitbit has long been considered a leader in fitness tracking technology, and the smartwatch iteration of their eponymous flagship product is currently 20 percent off on Amazon. All-day activity tracking, built-in GPS, 24/7 heart rate report, over 40 exercise modes, and automatic exercise tracking are but just a few highlights from its impressive list of high-end features. All of this for under $160? Sign us up.

If you’d prefer to save a little coin and go for an older model, Target currently has the Apple Watch Series 9 for $100 off. While the 10 is all the rage in Apple wearable tech, the 9 is still a viable option. The Series 9 can help you track your REM, core, and deep sleep and provide you with a range of ways to train through the user-friendly Apple workout app, which also helps track other key health metrics.

If you don’t care about having the latest iteration of Apple watch technology, this is definitely an option worth considering at a great price.