What a load of bollocks.
Oh yes, a great watch, but the price? More than a 1000 quid (gbp). Methinks Casio has overvalued itself. Titanium? So what? Sapphire crystal? So what? I can buy a Seiko Titanium with a sapphire crystal, with great polish, etc, and an ACTUAL mechanical movement, rather than a Mr Cheapo circuit board encased in titanium, for less than a 1000gbp.
In fact, i did buy the Seiko Sarx033 not too long ago for about 520 quid. I already felt a bit foolish doing that considering that the mechanism inside, or 'movement' as some call it, could be found in a 400 quid (seiko sarb) model. But i paid for it as the face was slight bigger, and the finish was excellent. They did have a titanium version, but was double the price of the 400 quid Seiko Sarb model at 800 quid. Paying double the price for titanium was really too frivolous and stupid i thought, considering that the mechanism was the same as the 400 quid one. So i didn't.
So i'm certainly not going to fork out close to 1500quid for this g-shock, considering that internal mechanism on this one can be found in a 150quid g-shock. So you're basically paying 10 times more for the exterior. That's just ridiculous.
The Screw-Test
Casio doing this is based on what i call a preceding 'Screw-Test'. That is when a company releases a product that is pretty crap, and yet is priced as if it is really good. They do it to test the market, the perceived value of its brand-name, the degree and distribution of its following, and basically how gullible they are, or have been trained to be by them and the overarching consumerist 'culture', and so on. If people buy it, then the prices of other similar and better products go up. They basically want to test to see how much you can be screwed. This also signals to other companies that people have gone from dumb to dumber, and they start gleefully forecasting their future profit rises. It's been happening for a few decades now.
Casio did this with the preceding 'screw-test' with the metallic stainless steel G-shock. Personally, i thought it was a loud and garish as those loud farts that Harley bikes are globally renown for. The internal mechanism was cheap, but people still literally queued up to buy it simply for its stainless steel exterior. Casio was no doubt thrilled by this mass display of fanboyism, and now are crowning themselves with this titanium version, knowing fully that the fanboys and girls out there are ripe and dumb for the picking. From hereon, they are fully mature consumers who value something by its affordability, not its value. In fact, the whole idea of value descends to some juvenile level. And what's worse is that they have a right to vote and reproduce. Sheesh.
People really should stop reacting like consumers and start thinking like adults. Supporting such nonsense further replicates it in all industries. I really like this model, but i really don't like to be stupid enough to pay way too much for something that is way too little.
I can buy a full titanium mountain bike with great parts for less than the price of this overpriced G-shock man. It may be an 80s version, and has appeal to 80s kids like me, but part of being 'the 80s' is going for the bottom line, being a rebel, and going for quality and style. Going for this overpriced g-shock offering just turns us into one of the incorporated congregation of consumers that goes for looks instead of substance. Not my style man. Casio and Kikuo can kiss my pinkie.
edX, head of state of the 80s nation
#casio #gshock #gmwb5000tb
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