Casio G-Shock Owner Review : Muscular, innovative and completed

When I started to take an interest in G-Shock watches, I discovered the GM-B2100D-1AER which proudly sat on the home page of the Casio website. I was immediately seduced by this full-metal "Casioak". As usual when I start to take an interest in a model, I read through all the articles and videos I could find about it. The more I read up on it, the more it excited me, but at over €500, I was still a little hesitant. Especially since I couldn't try it on near my home. Finally, marketing got the better of me and a 15% discount online made me take the plunge. The day I received it, I was so excited that I tore up the packaging in the UPS relay car park, I could finally admire the beauty in real life and put it on my wrist. I'll spare you the first evening spent looking at it from every angle and testing the Bluetooth and all the little features. The next day it left with me and like every new purchase, I wore it non-stop for a few days. But in the end the honeymoon didn't last as long as expected. The next day I put the description on the Casio website into perspective a bit: "circular polishing", "bezel with a unique shine", "high-quality metal case", "high level of precision and adjustment", "meticulous forging, cutting and polishing process". Okay, yes, the watch is nice and it's true that it shines a lot. On the other hand, the description is a bit overrated, the perceived quality being rather similar to models in an equivalent price range. But hey, it's not below par, that's already something! I had never understood why in so many media outlets we talk about the readability of a watch. For me, 2 or 3 hands on a background are visible and you can read the time, I didn't really see where the debate was. Well, I understood the next day. 2 black hands on a black background is not great. So if the watch has been in the sun and the luminescence is charged, it's fine, but otherwise it takes 2 seconds to see the time. It's not better for the analog screen so the font is already very small but also gray on a black background. Not great at night either with the small LED that only lights up the analog screen on the bottom right but not really the hands. I didn't find my way around the size either. The first links on each side of the case have a fixed angle so that the watch doesn't fit my (maybe too small) wrist well and leaves an unsightly space that I tried to illustrate in a photo. As a general rule, I like to match my watches to my activities or outfits based on style and colors. Well, for this one, it's a waste, I never know what to wear it with. Too sporty with a suit or blazer, too dressy and fragile to do sports, even in casual I have trouble matching it. I hadn't paid special attention to it when Théo du Calibre talked about it in his video, and yet that's the reason why it doesn't find its place in my collection. We're moving away a bit from the DNA of a G-Shock, but in reality, perhaps Casio's target was die-hard fans looking for a more dressy model. In any case, I can't find a use for it and so I wear it very little. I hope to find a new owner who will certainly know how to appreciate it at its true value better than I do!