Assalamuikum and
hello everyone!! Guys, have you ever wonder how the idea of G-shock formed?
Well, no need to sweat your mind. I can share the info with all of you.
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| The creation of G-Shock since 1983 |
In 1981 the first
Project Team Tough has been assembled with three person. Lead by CASIO’s head
of watch design at the time, the infamous Kikuo Ibe. He occurred with this idea
as he sees a ball that bounce back at the park. Doesn’t seem much though but
back then, watch are consider fragile. He thought, why shouldn’t his watch as
durable and solid as the rubber ball? They began their efforts targeting a
“Triple 10” concept which is 10-metre dropping shock resistance, 10-bar water
resistance and 10-year battery life.
After more than
200 experimental prototypes had been produced, a shock-resistant structure was
achieved. The first G-SHOCK, the DW5000 (which I also have), was launched in
1983 some two years after the start of development. G-SHOCK has followed a path
of unique evolution ever since, while continuing to retain this basic inherited
structure. In Malaysia, the G-Shock community address him as “Ayah Ibe” or can
be translate as “Father Ibe”.
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| Kikuo Ibe (The Founding Father) |
On 2014, the up-to-date
CASIO’s factory in Thailand has been launched. This eventually makes the
production more efficient in cost and time. Many of us didn’t know about the
CASIO’s factory long ago that established in Malaysia’s been long gone due to
the cost production and workforce fees.
If you feel
curious about many thing, why don’t you read the interview with Mr.Kikuo Ibe
here.
If you have some more information or
comment you may leave your comment below.
LONG LIVE GSHOCKERS!!!
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