I’m not a smartwatch person — I don’t desire even more notifications in my life — but I’m in love with the practicality and stylishness of watches. That’s why I own over 30 in various colors and styles, each with a distinct dial, face, strap and accents to suit my mood for the day. (If you think that’s bad, wait till you hear about my eyeglass collection...) But even though I own everything from a hardy steel diver to a few vintage dress watches, I always tell my friends and family: if you’re looking for a new watch, nothing beats a G-Shock.
From its practicality of being tough-as-nails to simply being a really accurate clock, it’s one of the best values in the world of wristwatches. It illuminates with a simple button-press and operates as a stopwatch and countdown — all much quicker than a smartwatch, I might add — and auto-adjusts depending on the day and calendar year. And if you take care of it, it’ll be the last watch you’ll ever need.
It’s a timeless classic...
G-Shock, owned by Japanese electronic company Casio, is so ubiquitous, you might’ve owned one as a child or at least know someone who did. Initially introduced in the ’80s, the modern G-Shock DW5600UE-1V (or, as I like to tell people, “the blue one”) was created by engineer Kikuo Ibe to be a tough, shock-resistant watch that wouldn’t break under pressure (more on that later).
