An analogue Frogman, finally
By Kenji Watanabe, Osaka ยท
The Frogman has always been the strange cousin in the G-Shock family, with its asymmetric case and the slightly comic frog on the back. For many years it was digital only. The GWF-A1000 is the analogue version, and I think it works better than I expected.
It has a 53.3 mm carbon case at 16.9 mm thick, a sapphire crystal, 200 m diving construction, solar charging with radio sync and Bluetooth, a tide graph and a dive timer. That is a lot in one watch, and it is all usable.
Three complaints. It is extremely thick at 16.9 mm. The analogue hands are clever, but a digital Frogman is still easier to read for dive timing. And 900 to 950 dollars buys a very good mechanical diver from Seiko instead. Tom, who teaches diving, would probably tell you a dedicated dive computer is the safer tool anyway, and he would be right.
Buy it if you love G-Shock and want the most interesting analogue model. Do not buy it as your only serious dive tool.