rutteger
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Know a few have touched on this in other threads but thought it might make an interesting top nonetheless. Why do you collect G-Shocks?
I'll go first. Bought my first G-Shock (a G-2500) in the early 00s having admired them in the 80s / 90s but never progressing past a £12.99 Casio Illuminator. That was it for a while. Picked up my second in 2007 when on a work trip to Japan. The watch I had worn out broke in the airport on arrival (doh). Needed a timepiece really and sadly it was a small regional airport so choice was very limited, I ended up buying a kids Snoopy watch for a few Yen. Given I was in Japan thought finding a G would be no problem, it was. Had a look round a few department stores in the town we were staying in but failed to find a G-Shock anywhere, probably looking in the wrong place. On the trip home had a day in Tokyo and managed to find one in Akihabra
On my return to the UK found a few watch forums and the rest is history
I'll go first. Bought my first G-Shock (a G-2500) in the early 00s having admired them in the 80s / 90s but never progressing past a £12.99 Casio Illuminator. That was it for a while. Picked up my second in 2007 when on a work trip to Japan. The watch I had worn out broke in the airport on arrival (doh). Needed a timepiece really and sadly it was a small regional airport so choice was very limited, I ended up buying a kids Snoopy watch for a few Yen. Given I was in Japan thought finding a G would be no problem, it was. Had a look round a few department stores in the town we were staying in but failed to find a G-Shock anywhere, probably looking in the wrong place. On the trip home had a day in Tokyo and managed to find one in Akihabra
On my return to the UK found a few watch forums and the rest is history