Garmin Cirqa and Forerunner 70GarminGarmin has posted its latest round of financial results, which were strong enough to see the company’s stock price hit new highs of $294 a share. As well as suggesting a strong reception for Garmin Forerunner models, the company’s CEO talked about the Garmin Cirqa’s recent release during an analyst Q+A session. Garmin’s Q2 2026 figures were broken down in a recent earnings call, including a 25 per cent year-on-year increase in net sales revenue for its fitness division. Aviation and Marine segments also saw healthy eight per cent and 14 per cent increases for the quarter, year-on-year, leaving Garmin’s Outdoor and adventuring section as the only one with a slight quarterly contraction of 2 per cent year-on-year. Garmin’s key releases in this quarter include the Forerunner 70 and 170, entry-level fitness enthusiast watches that are among the company’s most easy-to-recommend to the ordinary shopper. The Garmin Forerunner 70 costs $249.99, and provides high-end statistics like training load, plus much newer software than the otherwise well-regarded Forerunner 165 from 2024. Garmin Cirqa: A Hit?What these results won’t include is early sales insights on the screen-free Garmin Cirqa. However, during an analyst Q+A session following Garmin’s initial presentation, the launch of the new wearable was referenced by Garmin CEO Cliff Pemble. “The actual result, once we announced the product, was very strong, ahead of our expectations,” Pemble said. “We will be chasing back orders for a while. It is early days. In the first few days of registration tracking, it was very strong. The product is already getting out to customers.” MORE FOR YOUThere is patchy context for the Garmin Cirqa’s release here. Garmin has not talked about how many units were available at the launch, or opened up about sales expectations. However, it is unusual to see one of its new devices listed as available within “5-8 weeks,” even for highly anticipated models. It’s a long wait. Given the Garmin Cirqa uses largely familiar hardware, minus a display, including an Elevate v4 sensor array the manufacturer has worked with for years, there seems no reason for Garmin to have faced particularly onerous difficulties in its manufacture. It’s all eyes on Garmin’s next set of financial results for further clues as to how many boxes the Cirqa has really shifted so far.As Pemble highlighted in the Q+A session, an intended draw of the Cirqa is it doesn’t rely on an ongoing subscription like rival Whoop. “In terms of Cirqa and the features, what we’re trying to communicate there is that Cirqa comes with all of the features that people have expected and get in any Garmin wearable on Garmin Connect,” Pemble said. “One of the things that we felt was a unique differentiator for us, is the fact that our product is so richly featured right out of the box compared to competitors.”While the Garmin Cirqa is not listed as in stock at present, it is available to pre-order direct from Garmin, and other partner retailers, for $199.99.