Japan’s Casio rapidly realized that G-Shock followers additionally love steel – as soon as it began producing extra of the well-known “resin” watches in polished and coated alloys. Till lately steel G-shock watches (with steel circumstances versus simply innards that’s) have been much more costly that lots of the plastic variants, however the worth of steel G-Shock watches has been coming down fairly a bit as Casio fleshed out the choices an increasing number of. At simply over $200, this reference GM6900G-9 (a part of the bigger GM-6900 timepiece household) takes the long-lasting DW-6900 case and renders it in yellow gold-toned ion plated metal. Different present fashions of the GM-9600 household embody pure polished metal and anthracite-tone. I absolutely anticipate Casio to supply much more flavors sooner or later.
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In steel the GM6900 appears implausible because the polish and general development of the case could be very nicely carried out. Given the yellow gold tone and the unfavorable LCD show, I’m not the one one that noticed this watch and stated “was Casio occupied with Star Battle’s C-3PO droid?” Perhaps they have been, or perhaps it’s simply a kind of enjoyable watch business coincidences when a timepiece reminds us of one thing from well-liked tradition.
In accordance with Casio, the GM6900 has kind of the identical sturdiness and shock resistance because the DW6900 in plastic. The GM6900 is heavier (96 grams), and steel will scratch and ding. With that stated, I absolutely imagine that in terms of defending the motion within the watch, each of those fashions carry out equally. The case remains to be water-proof to 200 meters. The case can also be 49.7mm vast, 18.6mm thick, and has a 53.9mm lug-to-lug distance.
Casio paired a easy black resin strap to this watch, which feels very very like the conservative alternative. What a couple of gold-toned strap or one with some texture? What a couple of steel bracelet? Casio has already confirmed time and time once more that they will make wonderful steel bracelets for G-Shock watches, so maybe the time for them to return out with a gold-toned bracelet for the GM6900 is merely a matter of ready…
Contained in the G-Shock GM6900 watches have Casio’s 3230 module (motion) which is old-school however satisfying. With that stated, I want to see extra of those traditional Casio G-Shock watch designs in mature steel, however with fashionable options that Casio has out there in another watches corresponding to solar energy era and Bluetooth connectivity. Once more, all issues will come to these (G-Shock followers) who wait.
Lastly, Casio has acknowledged that these three debut G-Shock GM6900 watches for 2020 are supposed to have a good time the 25th anniversary of the DW6900 watch which they’re metal-cased variations of. That may be a trace that Casio will proceed to take its traditional appears and spruce them up a bit for contemporary tastes and style sensibilities. Extra so than ever a steel, nonetheless sturdy, and reasonably priced G-Shock like this not solely makes sensible sense, but in addition trendy sense. It’s nice look and I believe G-Shock followers throughout will likely be intrigued by it. Value for the Casio G-Shock GM6900G-9 watch is $230 USD. Be taught extra on the G-Shock web site right here.
