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the watches are a high end fast fashion brand in japan. it seems to be very lucrative
by karlgkk 3mo ago
the watches are a high end fast fashion brand in japan. it seems to be very lucrative
- ChrisMarshallNY 3mo agoI have a couple of Oceanus brand watches that I got in Japan. They are fairly un-cheap. However, in Japan, their G-Shock brand (kind of lower cost, in the US), can get even more expensive than Oceanus. Some of them look like Pip-Boys (Because this is HN, I need to mention that this is a deliberate exaggeration).
- wolvoleo 3mo agoNow I'm curious, do you have some examples?
- ChrisMarshallNY 3mo agoNot offhand. I got the watches in that big Akihabura store, about 20 years ago, and they had a shitton of G-Shocks, as well as Oceanus. I saw several 6-digit prices. Many of the folks I worked with, could afford good watches, and wore G-Shocks. They were quite proud of them. I suspect you’ll see them on the Japanese Casio site.
- karlgkk 3mo agoLook up gshocks around $300 on chrono24 etc. then go look up the new MSRP There are collectible models that sell used higher than they were new, but for the most part they’re much cheaper Then there are lines like MR-G. hand hammered metal cases made out of premium materials.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3mo agoIt's entirely possible that the more expensive "G-Shocks" were Mr G. I remember seeing wording about titanium cases, etc., but most of it was in Japanese, so the only thing that jumped out at me, were the price tags.
- wolvoleo 3mo agoOh yeah I never heard of chrono24. I'm not a watch guy at all :) I was just interested because I used to have casio watches when I was young. After which the mobile phones emerged and I stopped wearing a watch at all, until they started doing more interesting stuff (payments and notifications are what interests me mainly).
- karlgkk 3mo agoTbh I actually stopped wearing smart watches and started buying G shocks because I don’t want notifications lol
- wolvoleo 3mo agoWell yeah I do really prune them deeply especially for my watch (it has its own notifications list). I only let the most important ones through. But even on my phone most chats don't trigger notifications. I just see them when I see them. Only the most important people can trigger them.
- shrx 3mo agohttps://gshock.casio.com/europe/products/mr-g/ https://gshock.casio.com/europe/products/mr-g/ The MR-G models are priced in the thousands.
- fnord77 3mo ago80s casio watches are the rage with kids in the US, too
- coldtea 3mo agoNot just Japan, they're widely popular globally as daily drivers, but also as "fashion" watches, with Gen Z too.