Casio's new Japan-made MoMA edition G-Shock goes retro and tri-tone, ships internationally
The MoMA Design Store has a new G-Shock; this one is based on a Casio calculator itself. It's a store exclusive limited to 1,000 units, and it sells for $135, or $121.50 for MoMA members.
The inspiration, rather, reference for this watch is Casio's Film Card Solar Calculator. That credit-card-thin calculator is presently in MoMA's architecture and design collection. The store copy dates it all the way back to 1984. The museum's own collection entry, though, lists the SL-800 version as a 1982 design, gifted by Casio in 1986.
The watch uses the calculator's red, cyan and chartreuse accents. A chartreuse ring is present around the LCD, and the alarm and stopwatch labels at the top right are printed in red. The MoMA logo above the display has a cyan tone to it, and the backlight shows that logo too. The back of the original calculator is recreated on the strap loop; the caseback is engraved. The box also references the calculator's 1984 packaging.
Apart from the design elements, this is just a regular square G-Shock. The resin case measures 48.9 x 42.8 x 13.4 mm, which matches the DW-5600 exactly. MoMA doesn't explicitly name the base reference or list the module's functions, though. The crystal is mineral glass, and the resin strap is 25 mm wide at the case and 195 mm long without the case and buckle. Water resistance is rated at 200 m, and shock resistance is standard too. MoMA also says the watch is made in Japan.
The watch is listed as in stock on the MoMA Design Store's US site, with in-store pickup at the Midtown and SoHo shops in New York. MoMA also says that international shipping is available through special order. There is no word yet on whether Casio will sell it through its own stores though.
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