Casio Announces Dragon Ball Z And One Piece Collaboration G
Can the Casio G-Shock GSW-H1000 cause an upset in the smartwatch market? For me, living in Norway where most of my mates are very outdoorsy (you try telling them you don’t like skiing), I’m already seeing a scary decline in mechanical watches. Everyday at the office for many translates to a naked wrist or an Apple Watch, then a Garmin, Polar or Samsung “wearable” for that afternoon run or bike ride. In other words, a growing number of people are already open to the functionality of a smartwatch. For those who still resist, the physical inertia of working from home means that we also need to get active or at least try to avoid the onset of complete muscular atrophy.
Sometimes I’d complain about the design of collaborative watches being a little too subtle. ChinaWatches tune to the 68.5 kHz signal from BPC at Shangqiu. This is the newest additional signal; older multi-band 5 watches will not be able to connect to this signal, and must be upgraded to a newer multi-band 6 watch in order to synchronise from there. The DW models are standard battery powered G-Shocks while GW models of the G-Shock come with either Tough Solar or Multi-Band atomic timekeeping or both.
ONE PIECE is a Japanese manga series by Eiichiro Oda, which has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since 1997. It follows the nautical adventures of the main character named Monkey D. Luffy, a youth who dreams of finding the ONE PIECE, a grand treasure of the King of the Pirates. Yes they are still garish, and even more so now with the color explosions, but I was impressed with how balls-out Casio went with integrating frames of the artwork into the resin as well as the detailing on the dials. Tagged as gshock watch, limited edition watch, one piece anime fans, one piece anime watch design, one piece manga themed watch, special edition g-shock watch, watch design, watch lovers. The GA-110JDB-1A4 features a bold orange and gold color scheme with Dragon Ball illustrations and graphics, including scenes of training and growth of main character Son Goku. Other custom elements include a four-star ball motif, representing one of the seven dragon balls, on the inset dial and a “Z” motif at the 3 o’clock position.
The only difference is that these models came with nylon velcro bands. In September 2018, to mark the 35th anniversary of G-Shock, Casio released a collection of four clear model of G-Shock watches called “The Glacier Gold” collection. New limited models are introduced more frequently through the year. Special models are released g shock protection upon the anniversary celebration of the G-Shock brand and are sold through selected retail channels. The model will be available from Loaded via ‘Register your Interest’ for the right to purchase. The indicator dial in the 9 o’clock position sports Luffy’s straw hat while a ‘WANTED’ sign is adorned on the 3 o’clock position.
For example when the hands point to number 2 and 4, you’ll notice Luffy’s facial scar starts to appear, there’s a “Wanted” sign displayed at 3. This watch is water and shock resistant, practical and sturdy enough for outdoors use. One more thing though, since it’s a special edition watch for Japan, the instructions are also in Japanese. These models were released in g shock protection 1996, designed and specifically made for the surfing market. These models were the very first G-Shock watches to have a countdown timer. The countdown timers on these models were designed to count down for surfing competitions, some of the later models have a yacht timer, moon and tide graphs so a surfer can keep track of the progress while competing on the water.
Battery life is rated at around one and a half days if you’re using the color display, extending to up to a month if you only use the watch for timekeeping and sensors. In 2012, Casio released the GB-6900, a Bluetooth-capable model of the G-Shock. Casio claimed the battery life of 2 years on a single CR2032 battery. Since then, the Bluetooth technology has been incorporated in many top-of-the-line models.