Venu

Garmin Venu 1, 2, or even one of the newer Vivoactives would be great. You can get a Venu 2 for probably about $100-$130 on Facebook Marketplace right now. You can also get one of the older Garmin Forerunners for about the same price as well, if not a little cheaper

I can't speak for MIP screens, but I can for OLED. It is good readable in direct sunlight. In the dark it switches to dark mode, so the entire forest won't change to daylight due to brightness of the screen lol. I the condition your described, the OLED screen would be perfectly readable. My current watch is an Epix Pro, the previous a Venu 1, the Venu 1 did had difficulties in bright sunlight, but not so much in the scene your described. I've looked at MIP screens to when looking for an upgrade to my dying V1, in my personal opinion, MIP screens are overrated, the benefits are also minimal. Battery for instance, your watch could go on a few more hours... not more days. My epix for instance can go on for 16 days.. I can't imagine a scenario where I run 16 days in a row without any sort of charging solution. Aside from maybe the 0,5% of all (elite) runners. The major advantage of readability also went gone with the latest generation of OLED's.

The first AMOLED from Garmin is absolutely crappy, i have a bad screenburn after 3 years. It's not worth it! The newer amoled i dont know if they are better now. I got a pixel watch 4 last week much better ui.

I went from the original Venu to the PW4. I'm happy with it. The battery life is worse obviously but I just plop it on the charger when I shower and that's enough time to charge it back up, although I could also charge it every other day and still be fine. The screen is prettier, customizability is better, smartwatch functionality is way better. Sleep tracking is also a lot more accurate for me. The only aspect (besides battery life) where the Venu was better was in-depth training data.

In December I upgraded from an original Venu to a Forerunner 570. I really wanted the health and training status features ahead of an upcoming major surgery. The 570 was at a great price point at the time.