Both stretch to nearly $800 at the top end—$749.99 for the Forerunner 970 and $799 for the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Garmin makes plenty of other watches, ...

You may like I ran a marathon with the Apple Watch Ultra 2 vs. Garmin Fenix 8 — here’s the winner; I raced a 10K with the Garmin Venu X1 vs. Garmin Forerunner 970 and there was a clear winner ...

But the Venu 2 Sq was a lower-end watch, and the X1 is clearly on the higher end, with its price and shape positioning it as a competitor to the Apple Watch Ultra 2. (The Ultra 2 starts at $799.99.) ...