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I've had this for 4.5 years and it is amazing. Does everything you want.
https://www.garmin.com/en-CA/p/621802/pn/010-02064-00
Double plus for the Garmin. I'm wearing an Instinct 2 right now. 21 day battery life! It replaced my Vivoactive 4S (6 day battery life) and was cheaper than the Venu 2 (11 day battery life).
I've killed at least two smartwatches by forgetting I'm wearing them when I go in the ocean. The Vivoactive 4S was completely unaffected by the salt water, and I'll test the Instinct 2 this week.
My mom is all about her Apple watch, and has touted the features to me. "I can [insert feature] with this!" Have you used it for that? "No."
I've had three Pebbles, a couple Fitbits, a couple Garmins, a couple Android watches, two Amazfits... I just want something that sends me notifications and has good battery life. If I have to charge the watch every night, I'll forget I'm wearing it.
That being said, the Instinct 2 is actually worse at tracking my workouts than the Vivoactive 4 was. I do martial arts, so the GPS is actually a hindrance there, and I haven't found a way to make it move "generic cardio" to the top of the workout list.