Interesting G-shock

[olic]

Hi just found this while having a look around (bored at work)

[olic]

Its £58 from here; (reaching for card!)


http://www.asos.com/G-Shock/G-Shock-Hexagonal-Red-...

[Civpilot]

Picture wont show for me,

Edited to add...

Clicked the link. Interesting design, quite like it but a bit confused by the care details:-

Website said:

To maintain appearance we recommend avoiding contact with liquids

It's a fking G-shock you muppets!!!! If liquid has an adverse effect then it's a very poor G-shock indeed.

Strangely I can't find it anywhere else online. No even on Casio's own G-Shock site? It's doesn't seem to exist?

Edited by Civpilot on Monday 22 December 13:08

[olic]

G-Shock Hexagonal Red Case Digital Watch

is all it says should work in google images

[olic]

No I cant find anywhere else either?
I was hoping for different colours!

[Civpilot]

olic said:

No I cant find anywhere else either?
I was hoping for different colours!

The fact that G-Shock themselves don't list it on their own G-Shock site concerns me slightly.
Either it's very very old design (although I've never seen one before) or something strange is 'appening.

hmmm.... Very confusing indeed.

[CommanderJameson]

Fake, I think.

It just doesn't look right.

Things that don't sit right:

• I've never seen a G-Shock with that style of digit display
• The font for the words like "SHOCK RESIST" and "WATER 200M RESIST" seems wrong
• The button labels "Reset/select/light/start/stop" don't agree with the moulded labels
• The general style of construction seems very tacky, especially those screw heads

Edited by CommanderJameson on Monday 22 December 14:32

[olic]

I have e-mailed Casio uk sending them the picture to ask. (tell not much happening at work!)

I will get to the bottom of this!

[CommanderJameson]

olic said:

I have e-mailed Casio uk sending them the picture to ask. (tell not much happening at work!)

I will get to the bottom of this!

Good man!

[Vipers]

CommanderJameson said:

olic said:

I have e-mailed Casio uk sending them the picture to ask. (tell not much happening at work!)

I will get to the bottom of this!

Good man!

Just adding +1 so I can keep this in my topics to follow it, be interesting on the outcome.

[anonymous-user]

That link shows they sell loads of other g shock/ mudman etc watches. I think it's genuine, why fake a £58 watch?

[Civpilot]

Well, maybe I was wrong... maybe.

Here's the "real" watch on the Casio.co.uk site...

http://www.casio.co.uk/Products/Watches/G-Shock/GW...

Still not totally convinced by the Red one as there appeas to be loads of Vsual differences there.

The one listed on Casio has solar power and wave-ceptor... looks like a must buy

edited to add:

Stovey, G-shocks are very faked. Just have a look at ebay. There are hundreds of fake G-Shock and Baby-G watches listed every day.

Edited by Civpilot on Monday 22 December 15:01

[olic]

Had a response as follows;

"Thank you for your email regarding the image sent with this attachment, unfortunately we are unable to say whether it is genuine or not. Casio UK as a similar model GW-056E which is radio controlled. Please look at the back of the watch for
the watch code which should start with G."

Regards
TPD

[olic]

This is what comes up with the code Like the blue add to list!

[olic]

It is slightly diferent to the red one still text etc.

[oldskool]

The watch in the OP is a G-056 (the non solar, non wave ceptor version of the GW-056)

http://www.casio-latin.com/wat/g_shock/g_056/lineu...

[olic]

Well spotted that man!!!

[CommanderJameson]

Blimey. I take it all back.

Apart from the bits that imply that it looks a bit crappy, because it does.