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Casio turns back time with the G-Shock that started it all
A new timepiece flavored by rugged 80s nostalgia.
Its creator, Casio engineer Kikuo Ibe, was inspired to make a damage-resistant timepiece after his mechanical watch shattered on the ground when it fell off his wrist. In a press release, Casio says the DW-5000R is a “higher level of reproduction” than some of its previous reissues sold in limited quantities — suggesting it might be a permanent fixture in the G-Shock lineup. There are a few minor differences, however: the case size has slightly increased to 42.3mm from 41.6mm, the buttons are shorter than the original, and the “water resist” figure reads “20 BAR” instead of “200M,” for example.
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