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Casio machines the square G-Shock's outer case from blue sapphire and assembles it without a single screw, borrowing from Japanese timber joinery because sapphire cracks where screws concentrate stress. Still 200m water resistant. 20 pieces worldwide, reported at USD 80,000.
Casio marks thirty years of its made-in-Japan MR-G flagship with the most craft-led G-Shock it has ever built: a kigumi-inspired lattice dial finished in powdered platinum leaf by Kyoto metal-leaf master Hiroto Rakusho, hand-applied to all 800 pieces. The COBARION bezel and DAT55G bracelet take their iridescence from an ultrashort-pulse laser rather than any pigment. ¥1,100,000, November 2026.
Casio's first G-Shock to wear the Toyota Gazoo Racing badge lands on 28 May 2026, timed to the opening day of the FIA World Rally Championship's Forum8 Rally Japan in Aichi Prefecture. Built on the slim octagonal GA-2100 'CasiOak' platform, the watch goes fully matte black with a silver GR logo at 12 o'clock and a single red day-of-week indicator at 9 — Casio's most editorially disciplined colour break on the CasiOak to date. JPY 24,200 (~USD 165), JDM-only, commemorating Takamoto Katsuta's first WRC overall victory at Safari Rally Kenya 2026.