Casio's pursuit of the tough watch's final form has led to a shock-resistant structure with a full-metal case.
A metal hammering technique used to embellish the sword's hilt guard, a part that fulfils both practical and decorative purposes, is adopted for MR-G. The metal parts are treated with a hardened film coating, moreover, that reproduces a color tone special to traditional metalworking.
The traditional Japanese "textured hammer tone" technique is applied to the bezel and internal band pieces as well. These forged titanium parts are manually embellished with a pitted texture. The emerging surface patterns reflect the skills and techniques inherited by individual craftsmen through generations. Determined by the shape of the iron chisel tip and force of the blows, each pattern is different from all others, projecting a one-of-a-kind character.
After hammering, the surface layers of the hammered tone crafted parts are hardened by deep-hardening processing. Further treatment with a special coating is then applied to enhance the surface's wear resistance and protect its beauty far into the future.
AIP (arc ion plating), a leading-edge coating technology, is employed in the surface treatment. Boasting a hardness rivalling that of DLC (diamond-like carbon), AIP is used in such robustly resilient machinery as jet engines. We also conduct polishing treatment after the coating, a more laborious and expensive finishing method as compared with conventional techniques.
Besides adding protection, this coating technique reproduces the colour tones of alloys used in traditional Japanese metal crafts. Brown AIP applied to the bezel produces a brownish copper colour known as suaka "basic copper". Other metal parts such as the internal band pieces employ deep violet AIP. Referred to as murasakigane, or "purple violet", this deep purple tone is produced by adding gold to copper. Considered an aristocratic colour since antiquity, purple is a principal colour applied to exteriors, which is often used on weapons associated with shrines and other honoured places.
Technical Specifications:
- Shock-resistant
- GPS-controlled
- Radio-controlled (Multi Band 6)
- Smartphone link functions: automatic time adjustment, easy watch setting
(world time for over 300 cities, home time/world time switching, alarm setting)
- Solar-powered
- Auto Hand Home Position Correction
- Hybrid Mount Construction
- Smart Access
- Dual Dial World Time -- two-city simultaneous time display
- Stopwatch
- Daily alarm
- LED light (Super Illuminator)
- 20-bar water resistance
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