Cool Hunting
Casio's G-Shock line has been the gold standard in durable digital watches since its inception in 1983. To celebrate their 25th anniversary, we're giving away three versions of the G-Shock's latest incarnation, the eye-catching G5500C (pictured).
The limited edition G5500C Vivid Colors watch comes in three distinctive combinations: red on red, white on gold and green on green. It features Tough Solar Power Technology, which charges the high capacity battery using a super sensitive solar panel that surrounds the display. It also auto-illuminates when the watch is angled toward the face and available light is below a certain threshold. And of course, you can count on classic G-Shock perks like shock resistance, 200-meter water resistance, 48-city time options, 1/100-second stopwatch and battery level indicator.
The G5500C retails for $120 and is available from the G-Shock online store, but the first three people to correctly respond to the following trivia question will get one of the three color options for free. Question: What was the color of the first non-black G-Shock watch? If you think you can accurately field this one, follow the contact link at the bottom of the page, select "G Shock Giveaway" from the pull-down menu and send us your name, address and answer. We'll pick the first three who get it right. The contest ends this Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 11:59pm EST. Good luck!
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