It was created by Casio engineer Kikuo Ibe after he accidentally dropped and broke his father’s pocket watch. mm, the G-SHOCK GA-2100’s a fire engine big watch, significantly larger than the largest Royal Oak (41mm).

The Man City gaffer has been spotted wearing a slick new Breitling Superocean but after losing two Premier League games on the trot for the first time since 2018, could his new wristwear have anything to do with it? Some models are resistant to extreme temperatures, high water pressure, magnetic fields, extreme vibrations, centrifugal force and more! Combining the Carbon Core Guard structure, which protects the module and provides both shock resistance and a compact case, with G-SHOCK classic colours first used in the G-SHOCK 5600 models enables you to wear the latest, and the greatest G-SHOCK has to offer. A combination model developed with a simple design that eliminates waste while maintaining a tough structure. The Casioak nickname springs from the GA-2100’s resemblance to the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, both in terms of looks and, now, unavailability.The G-Shock, which debuted in 1983, promised “triple ten resistance”: it could withstand a drop from ten metres, it was water resistant to ten bar and had a battery life of ten years. We now live in a world where Hollywood actors “talk watches” in YouTube videos, where hip hop artists rap about mechanical movements and where recherché Swiss dial names are social media hashtags. But in the shared territory between streetwear and timepieces, one watch is very much the OG: Casio’s G-Shock. In 2019, G-SHOCK set out to create the ultimate in toughness and clean aesthetics, whilst combining both analogue and digital functionality – The GA-2100 was born. Fashion in-jokes have a short half-life, yet this piece has stuck around, even after it became clear the similarity wasn’t intentional.

The shape first appeared on the original DW5000 [in 1983] and we have used the motif many times ever since. IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME IT HAS IMPACTED THE WORLD OF STREET CULTURE WITH ITS TOUGHNESS, FUNCTIONALITY AND BOLD DESIGN, WHILST INSPIRING A NEW STANDARD OF WATCHES IN THE WIDER 2100 SERIES.The GA-2100 sword-shaped minute and hour hands won’t please lumatics, but the lume’s bright enough for one-handed time check in the dark, and it saves battery power. It comes in full black 'blackout', full grey 'greyout', red, yellow, green and contrasting accent combos. These watches retain the simplified bezel lettering and black dial of the original, and the GA-2100-1A2ER has neon blue details on the hands, hour marker tips, day indicator, and dial labels. With a push of a button, hands are moving and permit a free visibility of functions like stopwatch or date.