Don’t brush the brand new G-Shock GA-B2100 apart as only a assortment of recent colours, as it is a main replace to the extremely in style octagonal GA-2100 watch. Casio has added fascinating tech within the type of Bluetooth connectivity and photo voltaic charging to present it high-tech attraction, and we predict that’s going to place this watch on a number of wrists.
The Bluetooth connectivity allows the watch to sync with the Casio Watches app, the place adjusting the time occurs robotically and you’ll set alarms and timers too. It’s additionally easy so as to add a location for the world time, plus there’s a cellphone finder characteristic too. Whereas the GA-B2100 isn’t going to problem the Apple Watch for performance, it does make utilizing easy options simpler and sooner.
Casio’s Powerful Photo voltaic characteristic could be very welcome. Regardless of the Bluetooth connection, you don’t should plug the watch in to a charger, because the photo voltaic cells on the dial gather sufficient vitality to energy it. When it’s absolutely charged, the watch will final for a lot of months even when it stays in full darkness. With regular use, you gained’t have to fret in regards to the battery in any respect.
Even with the addition of the brand new know-how ,the GA-B2100 retains the compact dimensions that make the non-Bluetooth model so wearable. The 48.5mm case is 11.9mm thick, so it simply suits beneath a shirt cuff, and it’s not so large that it overpowers small wrists. At 52 grams, it’s light-weight too. The design hasn’t modified both, with the octagonal form incomes the GA-2100 the nickname of CasiOak as a consequence of its passing similarity to the Audemars Piquet Royal Oak watches.
Using Casio’s Carbon Core Guard construction — which makes use of carbon fiber to bolster the resin case — the GA-B2100 is shock resistant and water-proof to 200 meters. There are 5 shade selections within the vary, beginning with the black-on-black and black-on-gray fashions, and persevering with with the extra eye-catching yellow, inexperienced, and blue fashions. These all recall the tones used on the very first G-Shock DW-5600 watches launched within the late Nineteen Eighties.
The watch has been introduced by Casio, however worth and availability particulars for the U.S. haven’t been confirmed but. Within the U.Ok. the watch can be launched on Might 2 and value 130 British kilos, or about $170 for all however the yellow model, which prices 140 kilos, which converts to about $184.
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