I follow a few motorcycle forums and one of them has a watch thread. One of the guys who posted recently alerted me to a Casio GD400 G-Shock watch in a new color scheme. Without intending to, I guess I became a G-Shock collector. My orange and turquoise GD400 conked out on a Baja trip (my fault, not the watch’s), and when I tried to buy another one, I was g-shocked (pardon the pun) by four facts: The orange and turquoise color was no longer available, prices on the orange and turquoise model were up about 400% on the secondary market, you couldn’t get replacement parts for that color, and G-Shock collecting/investing is a real thing.
I liked the watch, though, and when I was in a watch shop on the east coast, I saw a new color theme Casio had released. I like the watch, so for me it was a no-brainer. I picked up a replacement in OD green and black. I’m wearing it right now.
I took the inability to get replacement parts on the orange and turquoise model as a challenge, and I overcame it. My orange and turquoise model is digitally and happily tick tocking away on a shelf in my office.
Anyway, to circle back to the topic of this blog, Casio just introduced this new color scheme in black and gold, and I like it. It’s the one you see at the top of this blog. The deal is this: The new Casio is available now for $69.99, which is a good price. Casio is taking pre-orders on their website, and they will start shipping on 25 November. My order is in.
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I just use the watch on my phone. And even then I don’t like my life being run by eastern standard time.
As a Chong once so eloquently said
“ uh I’m not into time, man.”
And there you have it.
The sun goes down , it’s nighttime. When sun goes up , it’s day.
Pretty simple and I resent how mankind has tried to manipulate it .
When one is born the “hour” glass is flipped. One is done when the sand runs out. That’s how much time you got. Cassio can’t help you there.
Beautiful watch. Casio does it right. I love my Mudmaster. The only criticism is I can tell time with the hands. I guess they did not teach you guys in Deans School how to tell time.
Funny you should mention that. When I was a kid in the first or second grade, I couldn’t tell time. There was a teacher named Mr. Belleveau (I’m probably spelling it wrong) at Deans I mentioned that to. He wasn’t my teacher. He had me come in to his classroom during lunch one day and in one class he taught me how to tell time. Always remembered that. He drove a VW Beetle with a sunroof (very unusual in the 1950s) and he would wave through the sunroof as he drove away. Cool guy.
I like my Casio also; It is a Pathfinder model and is solar powered – I don’t have to worry about dead batteries. It also has compass, thermometer, and altitude/barometer functions and, with a couple of button pushes I can change time zones when traveling, but to do that I usually have to use the manual.
I laughed when I read your comment, Dan. I have another g-shock (different model) and I usually have to dig out the manual to change time zones on it, too.
That altitude feature is one I would like to have. You can get that on a cell phone, but it would be handy to have it on a watch.
The only issue I have with the solar watches is if I don’t wear them for a while they have to be in sunlight before they wake up again. The battery on the GD400 seems to last about 5 years.
Thanks for commenting, Dan.
Regarding the Casio solar powered watches – I have two, since one is none, and love to watch them adjust the hands to the correct time when they have been out of the light for enough time to discharge the battery, which happens more often than not since I hardly ever wear a watch.