Casio Uses A.I. to Help Design a G-Shock Anniversary Watch

Engineers use A.I., for the first time, to develop a one-of-a-kind anniversary version of the popular watch.

How do you celebrate a 40th birthday? Get dressed head-to-toe in solid 18-karat gold, that’s how.

Or at least that’s what Casio has done for the anniversary of its fan-favorite G-Shock: Created a one-of-a-kind timepiece called the Dream Project #2, Model G-D001.

“This is the only piece in the world,” said Kikuo Ibe, the Casio engineer known as “the father of G-Shock.”

And to talk about the specialty watch, Mr. Ibe and his G-Shock co-creator, Yuichi Masuda, met on a cloudy November day for an interview at Casio headquarters in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward.

Casio staff members remarked

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