G-Shock’s new watch may revisit its oldest design from the 1980s. But the technique used for its unique bezel and bracelet actually dates back more than a millennium.
Tsuiki, believed to have originated in the Heian period (794 to 1185 AD), refers to the Japanese craft of hammering sheets of metal into three-dimensional objects.
Over the years, it’s been used to shape armor, cookware and, now, digital watches, with G-Shock’s 5000 series serving as the latest canvas to showcase tsuiki‘s stunning, handmade effect.
Hammer time
As the name implies, the brand-new MRG-B5000HT slots into the brand’s catalog by way of the MR-G luxury sub-division.
Yet even by those lofty standards, the watch standard apart as a one-of-a-kind offering from the toughest name in timekeeping.
