G-Shock
1. What is G-Shock?
G-Shock is a line of watches manufactured by Casio, designed to resist mechanical shock and vibration. Its full form is Gravitational Shock.
They are designed primarily for sports, military and outdoors-oriented activities; nearly all G-Shocks are digital or a combination of analog or digital and have a stopwatch feature, countdown timer, electroluminescent backlight and water resistance.
2. History of G-Shock
G-Shock Founder Kikuo Ibe
The history of the G-Shock is full of interesting stories (as youd expect of a family of watches designed to tolerate just about any sort of abuse imaginable) and in a recent conversation with Ibe, at Casios offices in New York, I had a chance to dig back a bit into those stories and to find out whats apocryphal, whats legend, and whats true.
Many of the highlights in the story of G-Shock are familiar to hardcore G-Shock fans (and yes, there is a worldwide community of G-Shock collectors as serious about their watches as any gaggle of vintage Patek or Rolex collectors), but hearing them from the man who started it all over 30 years ago is a reminder of how much persistence it took to bring G-Shock to life.
3. Who Should Wear G-Shock Watches?
A) ADVENTURERS
B) ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
C) FASHIONISTAS
D) ARMED FORCES
E) GADGET COLLECTORS
4. Why Should You Choose G-Shock?
There were three requirements of the Triple 10 concept that led to development G-SHOCKs shock-resistant structure:
10-year battery life
10-bar water resistance
10-meter dropping shock resistance
1. What is G-Shock?
G-Shock is a line of watches manufactured by Casio, designed to resist mechanical shock and vibration. Its full form is Gravitational Shock.
They are designed primarily for sports, military and outdoors-oriented activities; nearly all G-Shocks are digital or a combination of analog or digital and have a stopwatch feature, countdown timer, electroluminescent backlight and water resistance.
2. History of G-Shock
G-Shock Founder Kikuo Ibe
The history of the G-Shock is full of interesting stories (as youd expect of a family of watches designed to tolerate just about any sort of abuse imaginable) and in a recent conversation with Ibe, at Casios offices in New York, I had a chance to dig back a bit into those stories and to find out whats apocryphal, whats legend, and whats true.
Many of the highlights in the story of G-Shock are familiar to hardcore G-Shock fans (and yes, there is a worldwide community of G-Shock collectors as serious about their watches as any gaggle of vintage Patek or Rolex collectors), but hearing them from the man who started it all over 30 years ago is a reminder of how much persistence it took to bring G-Shock to life.
3. Who Should Wear G-Shock Watches?
A) ADVENTURERS
B) ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
C) FASHIONISTAS
D) ARMED FORCES
E) GADGET COLLECTORS
4. Why Should You Choose G-Shock?
There were three requirements of the Triple 10 concept that led to development G-SHOCKs shock-resistant structure:
10-year battery life
10-bar water resistance
10-meter dropping shock resistance