Casio Watch Confidential: The Inside Story of the Casio G-Shock and Other Casio Watches


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There aren’t a lot of non-mechanical watches that have inspired excitement among collectors, but Casio watches – particularly the famous G-Shock — are among the rare exceptions. And even diehard fans of Swiss mechanicals are impressed with Casio’s technological prowess. Casio has never made, and has no plans to make, a traditional, mechanical watch. However, what makes Casio watches so important in the evolution of the modern watch market? Find out in this journey through the history of Casio and the birth of the Casio watch!

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The story of Casio starts in 1946. Today, Casio is one of the biggest Japanese electronic giants with headquarters in Tokyo and factories throughout Japan, producing calculators, computers, cameras, and, since 1974, Casio watches. The company takes as much pride in its electronics expertise, and its innovations to quartz timekeeping technology, as any Swiss purveyor of haute horlogerie takes in its tourbillons and minute repeaters. In our in-depth feature story, we visit the Casio watch facility in Yamagata, established in 1979 and located in a beautiful agricultural area of Japan and trace the evolution of Casio watches beginning with the first, the original Casiotron digital watch. This early Casio watch displayed precise minutes, hours and seconds, along with the date and day, all on a small LCD screen. It was the world’s first watch with a digital automatic calendar.

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Casio continued to produce digital timekeeping inventions, such as its Casio calculator watches, but achieved pop culture status with the launch of the most famous Casio watch, the groundbreaking G-Shock. Today, Casio G-Shock watches are popular all over the world, achieving collectible status and worn by stars like Kayne West. The Casio G-Shock line has grown to include dozens of styles, colors and sizes, and even several limited editions.

The first G-Shock watches, officially designated with model number DW-500C, debuted in 1983, a time when most watches were thin, analog, and compact. But the big, bulky, proudly digital G-Shock, a bold departure from the prevailing trends, struck a chord in the U.S. The tough, utilitarian design of this sporty Casio watch, which also carried an accessible price point, influenced the look of other sport watches, even expensive mechanicals, that would follow it.

  • The birth of the Casio G-Shock
  • Casio watches’ technical innovations
  • How Casio watches influenced the watch industry

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  1. Stephen Eckman

    I have an old g shock watch which works just fine except while I was working as a pipe fitter the crystal became pitted and hard to read I was wondering if it is possible to send it to you to replace it or something thank you

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  2. Hisham gulmez

    Hi everyone
    I want to tell you I have Bought Casio table watch1980 and watch 1998 and they are still working so good and Perfect I am so happy with them it is best company it make watch Casio best one one in the world
    I thanks all the workers in the company I wish all the best
    My regards
    Please send a link attachment to send photos from watch

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  3. John Parker

    Watch prove that the man is gentleman and belongs to a good family. Sometimes watch describes the standard of a particular person.

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  4. Jopy Perera

    I collect watches and amidst my collection of Omega, Raymond Weil, Longines, Oris, Rado, Balmain, Tissot, Seiko and Citizen I also own 2 Casio G-Shock models. One of them is a solar powered model which updates its time automatically using GPS technology in order to remain accurate, whilst the other is a larger model which is ideal for out door activities and sports use. Both watches are very functional, easy to use and maintain and certainly brilliant value for money considering their advanced technology, versatility, design and functionality. The fact that it covers all time zones of the world within its technological functionality also makes Casio G-Shock watches a good purchase and earns a well respected place amongst a good collection of watches.

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  5. Wm. Gates

    I’ve got lots of expensive watches that I’ve collected over the years but lately I’ve been buying these solar G Shock varieties with triple sensors and GPS that are an incredible value for their durability, technology, and utility.

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  6. Acrowot

    I once had a Casio that someone bought from an airport in the middle east and there was no box with that particular watch. It had one of those plasticky type of straps (band). The watch itself never lost or gained a second in several years of use, but when the strap broke I stopped using the watch as did not think it was worth the price of a new strap and do not like that type of strap.

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    • Stephen Eckman

      I have an old g shock watch which works just fine except while I was working as a pipe fitter the crystal became pitted and hard to read I was wondering if it is possible to send it to you to replace it or something thank you

      Reply
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