Casio’s Leaked G-Shock ‘CasioNaut’ Looks a Lot Like a Patek Philippe Classic

The high-end watch world has an understandable affection for Casio. You can easily rock an iconic, brightly colored F-91W in any meeting with a luxury brand, and you'll get nods of approval. It is, after all, the watch that has graced the wrists of Barack Obama and Napoleon Dynamite.

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If not the F-91W, you'd be on similar safe ground sporting the famous “CasiOak” that many G-Shock fans love because of its more than passing resemblance to Audemars Piguet's Royal Oak, which was recently given a similarly affordable makeover by Swatch with the Royal Pop. First introduced in 2019, the wallet-friendly G-Shock GA-2100 earned the nickname largely because of its octagonal case shape, and it is considered by some the definition of attainable luxury.

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Now, however, it appears Casio has something genuinely new for the G-Shock line. Leaked on Notebookcheck and Instagram, the upcoming GMC-2500 and GAC-2500 series echo the CasiOak's links to high-end brand AP with more than a passing resemblance to Patek Philippe's Nautilus thanks to prominent shoulders on either side of the case.

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Casio did not respond to WIRED's request for comment.

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Casio's incoming GMC-2500 G-Shocks …

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… have more than a whiff of Patek's Nautilus.

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In 1972…

Original source: https://www.wired.com/

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