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Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body x G-Shock GG-1000TLC-1A Mudmaster Wrist Watch

Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body x G-Shock GG-1000TLC-1A Mudmaster Wrist WatchTeam Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body x G-Shock GG-1000TLC-1A Mudmaster Wrist Watch

Casio announced the GG-1000TLC-1A back in March of 2018 in both Asia and USA in conjunction with Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body x G-Shock GG-1000TLC-1AJR. Featuring the color scheme of Team Land Cruiser, the Twin Sensor-equipped GG-1000TLC-1AJR has a black bezel with red lettering, blue bands, white markers, a Team Land Cruiser logo on the display, and blue and red hands. The Team Land Cruiser logo also appears engraved on the stainless steel case back. The watch came packaged in a co-branded tin case and box. The GG-1000TLC-1AJR released in Japan with a list price of ¥38,000 JPY and USA with a list price of $330 USD.
Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body x G-Shock GG-1000TLC-1A Mudmaster Wrist Watch
ABOUT: Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body
Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body (TLC) has been competing in the production category with the Land Cruiser for over 25 years since their first rally in 1995. The production category requires vehicles to be as close as possible to actual production models, so permitted additional equipment is limited to areas such as safety-related items. The aim is to successfully complete the rally without breaking the car in the extreme conditions. For this reason, there is a huge emphasis on the base production vehicle’s performance. TLC’s aim is to contribute to making ever-better cars by pushing the Land Cruiser in the most extreme environments and conditions to strengthen it even more. The team also looks for hints regarding what can be evolved in future cars and continues to aim for victories in the production category.
https://www.toyota-body.co.jp/dakar/en/about/

Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body x G-Shock GG-1000TLC-1A Mudmaster Wrist Watch
ABOUT: CASIO G-SHOCK
The G-Shock is a line of watches manufactured by the Japanese electronics company Casio, designed to resist mechanical stress, shock and vibration. G-Shock is an abbreviation for Gravitational Shock. The watches in the G-Shock line are designed primarily for sports, military and outdoors-oriented activities; nearly all G-Shocks are chronographs, with either a digital display or a combination of analogue and digital. Other features such as countdown timer, world clock, alarms, electroluminescent backlight and water resistance are included in most models. Newer high-end models in the line also feature GPS, compass or radio-controlled adjustment known as Multi-Band.

The G-Shock was conceptualized in 1981 by Casio engineer Kikuo Ibe when he accidentally dropped and broke a pocket watch given to him by his father. The G-Shock was conceived as a watch which would have “triple 10” resistance, meaning it would have a battery life of 10 years, have a water resistance of 10 bar and could survive a fall of 10 metres.

A team of three individuals was selected by Ibe which was known as “team tough”. The team had assembled and tested nearly 200 prototypes but were still not able to achieve the conception criteria. During a visit to a playground, Ibe discovered that in a rubber ball, the centre of the ball doesn’t suffer the effects of the shock during a bounce on a rough surface which gave him the idea to implement that concept into the watch. With that in mind, the team set out to develop a watch using such a concept and in 1983, the first G-Shock, the DW-5000C, was launched.
https://www.gshock.com/