GW-A1000 Officially Announced(RAF Watch)

[kung-fusion]

Wow, the MSRP for the metal band version of the A1000 is $850.... Even with a 30% discount, I am not going to be getting one at that price.

[JonL]

I think both versions are coming to the US later this year, and will certainly be cheaper... but I doubt the RAF version is coming.

[DougFNJ]

Today, the official announcement at Japanese site.
(GW-A1000RAF-1AJR is not yet)

http://www.casio.co.jp/release/2012/0404_gw-a1000/

Delay of two months from the appointment.
Casio seem to be struggling to procurement of parts.

Talking to my dealer, he said they problem with Casio Japan right now is they are still rebuilding from the Tsunami. So GW-5000's, and Japan release models are harder to come by than normal until they are fully up and running. I have been hearing a lot of April restocks, so I would guess these harder to find models would probably be shipping by summer the latest....hopefully.

[LUW]

That's to steep for me too...

[GShockMe]

I find a reason not to want it: 2hr stopwatch and 1 hr CDT.

[Wojo]

Talking to my dealer, he said they problem with Casio Japan right now is they are still rebuilding from the Tsunami. So GW-5000's, and Japan release models are harder to come by than normal until they are fully up and running. I have been hearing a lot of April restocks, so I would guess these harder to find models would probably be shipping by summer the latest....hopefully.

Doug, who is your dealer? I am in the Montclair area, and looking for a good G shock dealer...unless you want to keep your sources confidential :)

[Morteza]

[LUW]

Kind of lame to see a skiing video as a promotional video for a "RAF" watch...

[skyxx]

Those prices are insanely high. They better have a screwback. lol

[G Shock]

so if someone wants to make a buy of this watch where in the market? and how it costs.
can someone find this watch to buy it?