Leaked Photos of G-Shock's £100 Answer to the £30k Patek Philippe Nautilus Have Landed
Leaked images reveal a new G-Shock watch model that bears a striking resemblance to the luxury Patek Philippe Nautilus. The watch is expected to retail for under £100, continuing Casio's trend of creating affordable homages to high-end timepieces.
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It illustrates the intersection of luxury watch design trends and the mass-market consumer electronics industry.
This story originally appeared in About Time, Esquire's free weekly newsletter dedicated to the world of luxury watches. To get it free into your inbox every Sunday at 8am, sign up hereCalamity at Casio on Thursday, when a major new watch due for release in November made its debut rather earlier than intended. Esquire had been briefed on G-Shock’s new 2500 family several weeks ago, before images and reference numbers for nine models escaped online this week.What’s unusual is that it’s fully analogue, still something of a rarity for G-Shock.
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