{"id":101735,"date":"2019-06-08T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revolution.watch\/?p=101735"},"modified":"2024-04-16T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T05:13:16","slug":"why-did-it-take-casio-so-long-to-give-us-the-uber-cool-g-shock-full-metal-5000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/why-did-it-take-casio-so-long-to-give-us-the-uber-cool-g-shock-full-metal-5000\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did It Take Casio So Long to Give Us the Uber-Cool G-Shock Full Metal 5000?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Funny thing is, this isn\u2019t the first time a G-Shock has been made in all-metal. The first all-metal \u2014 all-steel to be specific \u2014\u00a0G-Shock was announced back in 1996. In fact, that same year there was also an all-titanium G-Shock. These did great for Casio, but reason why the 2018 all-metal G-Shocks have been such a runaway success for the Japanese watchmaker, can squarely be attributed to the fact that these are basically steel versions of Kikuo Ibe\u2019s 1983 original DW5000C G-Shock.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
The answer lies in the three defining principles that Mr Ibe-San set forth when he invented the G-Shock, better known as the “Triple 10” development concept. Every G-Shock has to have 10-bar (100 meter) water resistance, 10-year battery life and be able to withstand a 10-meter free-fall. So, in the 36 years that Casio has produced G-Shocks, not a single model was brought to market that did not meet all three of these prerequisites.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
What we have to remember is that the square case\u2019s design serves a very definite intention, which is to hold the time module in suspension and protect it from all measures of trauma. Meaning to say that the architecture of the case has as much engineering purpose on the outside as it does on the inside. Even with modern day micro engineering technologies, the laws of physics dictate that at such levels of precision milling, the economies of things and the mandated “Triple 10″ concept, don\u2019t always stand on agreeable grounds.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s also not forget that Casio no longer only requires that all new G-Shocks meet the \u201cTriple 10” development concept. There is now a battery of some 183 tests that are performed on new concept watches at their R&D facilities in Hamura, Tokyo. These tests range from horrific drops performed by machines that emulate 10-meter falls with a sling-shot like mechanism, to water and mud resistance tests that are performed while mechanical fingers incessantly press on the watch\u2019s buttons.<\/p>\n
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