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Casio’s G-Shock Premium has announced the launch of a new watch, GPW-1000 RAF GPS AVIATOR, in collaboration with the Royal Air Force (RAF).
The brand says that the watch is inspired by the RAF’s Chinook helicopters and is “tough enough to endure extreme terrain in any place and any conditions.”
The watch features a new Hybrid GPS/Radio Wave Ceptor function which picks up time signals from atomic transmitters or from GPS satellites to deliver absolute accuracy – crucial to aviation.
The watch also includes a Zulu time function, developed in conjunction with RAF pilots.
Zulu time, an aviation or military term for Coordinated Universal Time, is a more precise measurement of time developed from an increased accuracy at measuring the earth’s rotation.When the embossed red ‘Z’ is pressed the hands immediately set to Zulu time, returning to local time after a few second.
Details of the watch include scratch resistance sapphire glass, anti-reflection coating, LED lit high visibility luminescent coated numbers and carbon hands.
The limited edition timepiece features colours synonymous with the RAF, including a grey bezel and band, with the RAF’s white logo embossed onto the band’s keeper.
The watch is set for launch in November.
