As a tribute to the Japanese baseball team SoftBank Hawks and their 20th anniversary in the city of Fukuoka, the perennial play-off contenders have teamed up with Casio G-Shock on their popular DW-5600 model. The watch is decked out in Hawks colors and features the message “We = Hawks” when the backlight is activated. Set to release on May 28th.
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Entering its 25th year of service, Casio G-Shock has become a dependable and trustworthy purveyor of durable timepieces at reasonable prices. Although a bigger phenomenon amongst Asian markets, nevertheless the G-Shock has managed to stay contemporary with new styles to compliment its reliable classics. This months releases include the G-Shock Project Team Tough Special Edition, Glorious Gold Pack, various G-LIDEs (including the much talked about In4mation collabo) and the futuristic looking G-8100.
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Luxury German auto-maker, Mercedes-Benz, teamed up with Swiss watchmaker, IWC, to make a very limited and exclusive SL63 AMG. The car has a new white paint finish dubbed designo magno Kashmir, which is a combination of shades of pearl and egg shell color. The car has many special features and additions such as AMG sport seats that are covered with Tobago Brown nappa leather, black logo-emblazoned floor mats, and of course everything else the standard SL63 AMG has to offer. Only 200 cars will be made and the lucky owners of these cars will also receive IWC’s “Grosser Ingenieur” watch.
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Getting away from the G-shock trend, and following in the steps of Bapex, Tokyo kingpins “FATYO” are putting out their own “FATIME” watch. This “Daytona” based design is a collabo with Zozotown’s Dedue store for Fat’s 6th Anniversary. Most details are kept true to the Rolex’s original version. Color-wise, the watch face comes in comes in black, green, blue, and yellow. Though it talks the talk, this watch unfortunately does not have diving capabilities. So you can get it wet in the rain but you won’t be going all out with it.
The Beams chain of retailers has integrated itself into Japan’s extensive fashion landscape on the basis of their “basic & exciting” styles resulting in the creation of an off-shoot women’s brand ironically titled Beams Boy in 1998. To mark the sub-brands 10th anniversary, Californian watch brand Nixon has offered their womens model Vega as the template to mark the anniversary resulting in a colorful watch. Available now through Beams Boy’s 26 retail locations in Japan.
On April 28th, Bape will be releasing a new A Bathing Ape G-Shock. This new watch will come in a navy blue color and will feature a the Bape STA Camo on the front dial. Retail for 21,000 Yen, these will be available at the Bapexclusive store as well as Bape stores worldwide.
To celebrate the Casio G-Shock 25th Anniversary, the Japanese electronics company will drop a big event in New York City. Tokyo-based photographer Yasumasa Yonehara aka Yone will be there to present his campaign for the new G-Shock line with his trademark sultry photography. Artists such as Kanye West and Pharrell Williams will also be in attendance during the May event.
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The Crotech from whiz is the brands personal foray into creating a watch that adheres to their brand ethos of raising the bar and reinspiring the old. The Crotech includes a dual mini-dial chronometer function and Swarovski crystals embedded in the dial. The band features polished studs along the length. Three colors are available including silver/black, silver/red and black/black.
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This year is Casio’s 25th Anniversary of the iconic watch, the G-Shock. To celebrate this, G-Shock has teamed up some of Japan’s leading street brands including mastermind Japan, Roar and Green on some special edition G-Shock watches. There are 5th watches in total for this series. The first two are the mastermind Japan 5600 and 6900 G-shocks which retails for 49,350 Yen. The second is the Roar 5600 edition which goes for 24,150 Yen. The third is the Green 5500 G-shock which costs 18,900 Yen and lastly is a clear white G-shock which we think might be the hottest of them all and that goes for 15,750 Yen. Available at the hi-end Japanese department store, Isetan, starting April 16th.
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Silas, the English brand, has teamed up with Seiko’s WIRED h on a AGHH711 watch for Silas’ 10th anniversary celebration. We have previously seen another version of this watch and now here is the Zozotown (a huge Japanese online store) version of it. This version features a brown leather band instead of the black seen previously. Also on the corner of the watch face are 10 black rhinestones signifying the 10th anniversary. These watches are limited to only 100 pieces and will be released in April. Available soon at Fieil.
The Nooka Zirc is not only eye-catching, but also practical. For those unfamiliar with Nooka’s system – the 12 dots represent hours and the horizontal row counts minutes. As a timepiece, its unique off-center 45mm by 35mm display case design and separates it from other watches available today. The Nooka logo is also deep-etched into either side of the case. The mode buttons become part of the logo, rising from inside the infinity sign. Currently available for left arm wearers, an adjustable Zirc that can be modified for use on the right arm will be available in late 2008. Available now at www.nooka.com for a suggested retail price of $350 USD.
To celebrate the grand opening of Barneys’ latest addition in Las Vegas, Nixon has once again entered the picture for a special one of a kind watch collaboration. The Lucky 51-30 includes automatic Swiss movement set against a 25 jewel 18K gold face. Other details include a black diamond bezel and special gold chrome indices on the watch face which keep in theme with the name of the watch. The 12 o’clock position includes a lucky horseshoe, four-leaf clover at the 4 o’clock position and the Chinese favorite number eight at the 8 o’clock position. The $12,000 USD watch is available for sale now at Barneys @ Shoppes | Palazzo in Las Vegas.
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