G-Shock — The Square

G-SHOCK DW-5000C-1A

“Square”

Produced 1983–2025. April 1983 DW-5000C-1A early G-SHOCK square with Module 240, positive LCD, resin band and bezel, Micro Light, mineral glass, and 200 m water resistance.

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G-SHOCK DW-5000C-1A
ReferenceDW-5000C-1A
BrandG-Shock
FamilyThe Square
Produced1983–2025
StatusDiscontinued
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G-Shock icons — 8 min readG-Shock: The Squares and Bricks That MatterKikuo Ibe dropped his father's watch and wrote a brief with three tens. Forty years on, the shapes that survived are a square, a frog, a three-eyed brick and a resin octagon people still call a CasiOak.

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