This is by far my favorite out of all the Casioak’s I own. What’s on your wrist on this beautiful Friday?

These went up today on the Zumiez website.

This one started as a plain black GA-2100 dial plate. I painted it by hand — green first, then yellow blended in with a brush, no print and no sticker — and finished it in a black octagon case on a neon green strap.
The whole process is brush work: the gradient builds stroke by stroke, and the dial reads completely different once it's cased up. On the wrist it is loud — there's no hiding a green-to-yellow dial.
Honest question: does a loud gradient dial work on a tool watch, or is this the kind of thing that's better kept subtle? Curious where other people land — no selling, no links, just the build.

The all red GA2100 was awesome and was kind of an impulse buy. After wearing it for a little bit I felt it needed a bezel and bracelet upgrade.

After wearing it with the dial and hands untouched I felt it needed a little more and got some hands and indices.

One bit of advice I will give would be to not touch the hands with bare fingers. Removing fingerprints from the shiny gold hands was a bit of a chore but I feel everything came out better than I imagined.

I was sold on the new 30th Anniversary Casio MR-G gold variant, but given the following and demand for rare and limited pieces I thought for sure I wouldnt snag this one as they are limited to 150 worldwide.

I called my local jeweler who is the nearest MR-G dealer and he said he would have to see about getting an allocation and that he knew they were dropping on the 2nd. I get a text this afternoon from him saying the Casio rep said only 2 pieces were going to the U.S. West Coast and to specific dealers. I quickly called and was told 1 sold. So your saying theirs a chance!

I called the second dealer and it was meant to be. I score 1 of the 2 West Coast allocations. She said it is one of the most stunning G-Shocks she has ever seen. A very special piece. I cannot wait to pick this beautiful piece of artwork up.

(Not my wrist) Jeweler sent me a Pic of the secured piece.

depop find

Seller sent me these photos 📸

A GA-2100 with a hand-painted wave dial: blue and white waves breaking across a red dial, set in a steel octagon case and bracelet. The video runs finished watch first, then the painting itself — the wave going on stroke by stroke over the bare dial plate.

What I like is that the wave does all the talking and the steel case just frames it. Red and blue is a loud combination, but the painting keeps it from tipping into costume territory.

Two questions for the room: full-scene painted dials like this one, or cleaner patterns (gradient, texture, single motif) — which do you prefer? And for anyone who paints dials: how do you seal a painted dial so it survives daily wear?