Casio Watches for Adventurers at Outside Sports

Casio make a range of digital and analog watches in style from traditional dial faced watches to the OG digital style which has recently made a return to popularity, and of course the famous G-Shock range that are the perfect timepieces for every adventure from trail running to polar expeditions - which makes Casio a favourite of ours at Outside Sports.

In 1974 Casio which was already famous for making electronic calculators, came out with the Casiotron, the world’s first digital watch with an automatic calendar that could automatically adjust the date depending on the number of days in the month. Although that seems basic now, at the time it was a very big deal and all the cool people wanted to wear Casio watches. Casio has been making watches ever since but didn’t really come onto the adventure radar until invention of the G-Shock. 

Casio G-Shocks are used by everyone from surfers, canoists, climbers, runners, moustain bikers, BMXers, skateboarders, skiers, and astronauts because they’re lightweight, shock-resistant, and reliable in zero-gravity. 

The inventor of the Casio G-Shock Kikuo Ibe smashed his father’s watch in the playground when he was a child, which set him on the path to create a watch that would never break. His idea was the ‘Triple 10’ concept that required a watch to survive a 10-metre drop, withstand 10-bar water pressure and have a 10-year battery life.  

To test them, early G-Shock prototypes were thrown off the top floors at the Casio HQ. But testing of G-Shocks gets much more hardcore than just tossing them out high windows. Certain G-Shock models are tested by being frozen solid, then struck at high speed to simulate extreme shock under cold conditions. It’s the equivalent of using a G-Shock as an ice hockey puck with the test being a slap shot. That’s something very few other watches could even hope to survive. 

What makes a G-Shock crazy tough isn’t just the familiar chunky high-impact resistant resin shell. Its internal mechanism is suspended inside the case so hits are absorbed and dissapated before they reach the watches' movement. This shock-isolation system allows the G-Shock to withstand incredible abuse. That makes the G-Shock perfect to take on your next adventure on the trail, in the skatepark, on the water, and far into the mountains.