G-Shock and Baby-G Japan Digital Sports Watches

When considering a state of the art digital or digital sports watch of instant recognition, cost performance, and durability, the Casio G-Shock is certainly worthy of your time. The features: anti-shock anti-gravity, dust-proofing, water-proofing, cold/heat-proofing use. Perfect for outdoor explorers, joggers, hikers, scuba divers, fishermen, rock climbers, swimmers, cyclers, geocachers, weekend warriors or all the other army of outdoor wantabees. These are truly watches to go anywhere, measure performance, environmental factors reliably and accurately, with the eye catching appeal of high tech. Beware of misleading imitation, non-Japanese, G-Shock Style, G Baby, Atomic, etc. watches often listed as new, and under $10, on okay. Many, if not most, are not Casio!In marked contrast to these, and most other digital sports watches, the main reason for the malfunction of the G-Shock watch remains: the failure or disinterest of the user to replace weak or expired batteries! It hasn`t damaged the image too badly also having Tom Cruise`s Ethan Hunt putting a solar-powered MT-G 911 to the test in the most recent Mission Impossible III movie, as well as other popular SF and adventure movies (often with the brand name hidden) as in Men in Black and Star Trek scenes.What are the features that have evolved most recently in G-Shock? These include: the high tide/ebb tide time display function (tide graph), temperature humidity measurement sensor (thermo- sensor), duplex liquid crystal, electro-luminescent (EL) backlight (black - 2 colors of red, reversible display ), the solar electric battery, flash alert, and lastly, the "atomic radio wave reception" or waveceptor function in 2003. Now, the core of the series, the "solar radio wave" watches in "The-G" series, and included for the first time in the summer of 2005, a cool new vibration flash feature.The G-Shock PVC resin also continues to evolve and improve as the logical, shock resistant, scratch resistant, and lightweight alternative to metals.* Unique Japanese product details, series names and function descriptions
in this guide includes contents of the G-SHOCK official Japanese home
page and are quoted in parenthesis.There is a general impression that the G-Shock brand has been relatively consistent, with a PVC resin made design and/or a metal band, but this overlooks the vast and colorful variation of the series all the way up to the superb model "MR-G" with sapphire glass cyrstal and titanium body, and the "L.X. (Elk X)" series with thick leather bands in 5600 models.G-Shock BackgroundIn 1981, Casio first began inventing a new kind of wristwatch, based on the "triple ten" concept: a 10 year battery life, 10 bar water resistance, and the ability to withstand the shock of a 10 meter freefall. This resulted in the "Gravity Shock" wristwatch, or G-shock series." [Source: Carlos Perez, Time-Zone], (August 2002). As originally designed, G-Shock timekeeping displays were digital with, or without an analog creative mechanism, intended to be sold at reasonable prices in Japan and eventually, exported all over the world.The Casio G-Shock brand first appeared in Japan in 1981 - a 25-year
history, that seems like just yesterday. In fact, the fire that ignited
G-Shock popularity began less than 10 years ago in Japan, when
the design of the G-Shock divers model first appeared. The first: the
"Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe", model originated from the
ID number, "5600". From this serial number, the fans of the G-Shock in
Japan first became conscious of the G-Shock as a "street fashion"
accessory.At the height of the diver style digital watch popularity, about 7 years ago, G-Shock introduced the "Town