Video of G-Shock Secret Functions

APPLE WATCH

APPLE EVENTS ARE always preceded by rumors. In the weeks leading up to today’s event in Cupertino, one heavily circulated rumor had to do with new interchangeable bands for the Apple Watch. Specifically, NATO-style nylon bands.

The rumors were true—sort of. Apple showed off a line of bands that it’s calling Woven Nylon. The new straps ($49 each) come in two sizes and seven colorways: gold/red, gold/royal blue, royal blue, pink, pearl, scuba blue, and black. Apple’s product page says the bands are “made from over 500 threads woven together,” and that “monofilaments”—single strands of fabric— “connect four layers of the weave.” At a glance, these bands look dense.

They’re also, technically, not NATO straps. Woven nylon straps date to the early 1970’s, when the British Ministry of Defense began making them for soldiers. (The term “NATO strap” is a misnomer: the bands are more accurately called G10 straps, nicknamed for the G1098 form soldiers had to fill out to get one.) The straps needed to be as utilitarian as possible, so the design featured one looped, adjustable piece of nylon that snaked underneath the watch. If one of the spring bars on the watch broke, the NATO band wouldn’t fall off. They work like this:

G-SHOCK watch

In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the world's toughest watch. Using a triple protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became widely popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio controlled technology, and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become Casio's flagship timepiece product.


                    

REAL VS FAKE

We’ve shown you tutorials on how to make sure you’re getting your wrists on the real deal when you’re buying online in the past, and now one of most knowledgeable G-Street community members, Terry Soo, has popped up to further help you navigate this treacherous territory. He’s prepared an exhaustive annotated guide to a few of the most popular counterfeited models, providing some handy tips so you can separate legit Gs from the poseurs. Without furter ado, let’s throw it over to Mr Soo…

Terry Soo’s guide to identifying fake G-Shocks
Familiarise yourself with the the Australian G-Shock distributor home page, as well as the international site, bookmark them and keep them handy for comparing with models you’re thinking of purchasing.

Always analyse these elements…

The quality and shape of the mould and the resin
– Fake moulds are usually too sharp or too round in places and less detailed
– Fake resin is usually glossy and cheap looking, like a toy from the $2 shop

Functions or specifics that aren’t related to the model
– eg; Tough Solar functionality with no solar panels on the face, titanium casing on models that don’t have a titanium version

Colours
– Fakes have colour combinations that don’t exist or the colour/finish isn’t the same hue as the original

LCD layout
– Fakes can have slightly different digits/characters and they can be (mis)aligned differently

Finer details
– Printed text: spelling mistakes in text, quality of the lettering – every letter, word, symbol should be sharp, symmetrical and perfectly placed
– Intricate pointers/’hands’ on the face should be precise and look like they’re separate pieces of mechanics, not all moulded as one piece
– Special functions like tide graph and moon phase should function, and not just always be on or off
– Find the exact model number, found on the backing plate. All the most recent models have ‘model number’ dash ‘colour code’ eg. GD120CM-8 match the colour code to the model from the Casio sites.

Best advice
– Buy from a reputable dealer. If the seller has every colour and then some of a bunch of the latest models all for the same low price, forget it.

First GPS Watch in the world from CASIO G-SHOCK

Introducing the GRAVITYMASTER, GPW1000 – The World’s First GPS ATOMIC SOLAR HYBRID with CASIO-original GPS Hybrid radio-controlled technology built inside a TRIPLE G Shock Resistant structure. This unique technology combines Multi-band 6 capability to receive any one of six time calibration signals around the globe with a receiver that acquires position and time information from GPS satellites. When GPS information is acquired the watch determines your current time zone and judges whether or not your location requires the use of summer time, and updates watch settings accordingly. The combination of these two capabilities and underlying tough structure creates a hybrid timepiece designed and engineered to ensure that you are on time all the time, no matter where you happen to be. Absolute Toughness with Universal Accuracy.
  

Watch

A watch is a small timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep working despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn on a wrist, attached by a watch strap or other type of bracelet. A pocket watch is designed for a person to carry in a pocket.

Watches evolved in the 17th century from spring-powered clocks, which appeared as early as the 14th century. The first watches were strictly mechanical, driven by clockwork. As technology progressed, mechanical devices, used to control the speed of the watch, were largely superseded by vibrating quartz crystals that produce accurately timed electronic pulses. Some watches use radio clock technology to regularly correct the time. The first digital electronic watch was developed in 1970.