Source: TimeWerke Videos on YouTube Currently residing in Warsaw, Poland, professional beatboxer Dharni Ng is known as one of best in the world. Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion and involves the use of one’s mouth, tongue, lips and voice to mimic the drum and other musical instruments. He became the first person ever to win The Grand Beatbox … More
Source: Kendelia Videos on YouTube The Casio Baby-G x Hello Kitty BA-120-KT-7A shown in the video above was launched in late 2016 and resulted from the collaboration between Casio and Sanrio. Note: This Casio Baby-G x Hello Kitty is the first G-Shock owned by the young lady who created the video. This Casio Baby-G X Hello Kitty has what the … More
Video: TimeWerke Videos on YouTube The MRG-G2000HT “Kasumi Tsuchime” was launched in Singapore on 21 September 2017 at the Taku “Sushi & Wagyu & Craft Bar”. Where there any other special Casio G-Shock MRG timepieces exhibited? Yes, there were. There was this sneak peek into a Casio G-Shock MRG (in video above and image below) that will only available in … More
Despite having “tortured” the Casio G-Shock GA-700 using several methods, it remains fully operational. All it has suffered are a few superficial “scratches” and a “skin tear” even after undergoing: i. The Freeze Test; ii. The Boiled Water Test; i. The Boiling Water Test; ii. Collisions with High Performance Cars; and iii. Multiple Rollovers by a Tyre. The tests were … More
Source: YouTube, TimeWerke Videos What would happen if you accidentally dropped your Casio G-Shock onto the ground one day and a car drove over it? While that scenario seems highly unlikely, there is always that one possibility. As such, we tested the Casio G-Shock GA-700 by driving a BMW over it, as seen in the above YouTube video. As it … More
Will Casio’s G-Shock GA-700 survive after being hit by “high performance cars”, namely the Audi TT Coupe, BMW X4 and Porsche 911 Carrera S? Interestingly, we first used “crash test dummies” and what was observed did not bode well for what was in store for the Casio G-Shock GA-700. Let’s take a look at the four videos below which are … More
On 29 April 2017, just a day after its first torture in extreme heat, we subjected the Casio G-Shock GA-700 to its second high temperature test. This time, the plan was to cook it in boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius / 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Casio G-Shock Torture Test: Cooking and Boiling the G-Shock GA-700 Video source: YouTube, TimeWerke Videos … More
Our earlier freeze test from 24 April 2017 to 27 April 2017, Casio G-Shock “Torture Test”: Freezing the GA-700, proved that this Japanese watch can indeed withstand the sub-zero temperatures. We had wondered if Casio G-Shocks are able to survive thermal shocks. Having passed the extreme cold test, it was now time to assess the very same Casio G-Shock GA-700’s … More
The Casio G-Shock is a highly robust watch and perhaps one of the most famous tests it had to pass before it was eventually launched was the secret experiments conducted by Kikuo Ibe, the father of the G-Shock, and his team from the third-floor restroom of Casio’s research and development building. Watches were flung out from the restroom window and … More
One key highlight from Casio in 2016 is the MRG-G1000HT, a commemorative piece for the 20th anniversary of its MR-G (1996 to 2016), the first G-Shock with a metal case and bezel. What is interesting is the method of decoration – the use of tsuiki, a traditional Japanese metal-hammering technique on the bezel and parts of the bracelet. What is … More