G-Steel is the G-Shock for people who own one suit
By Kenji Watanabe, Osaka ยท
An analogue G-Shock in steel is a slightly confused idea, and I mean that with affection. The GST-B500 keeps the shock-resistant construction but dresses it in a metal bracelet, so it can go to the office on Friday and the river on Saturday.
It is 49.6 mm wide and 12.9 mm thick. That thickness is surprisingly modest for a G-Shock, and slimness was the whole point of this generation. The width is still the width. On my wrist it would cover everything from the bone to the tendon.
Module 5650 is solar with Bluetooth time sync through the phone, world time and a chronograph. Bluetooth sync is clever, but I find radio control more relaxing, because I never have to open an app. Mineral crystal, 200 m.
At 380 to 420 dollars it is fairly priced. I would suggest it to someone who likes G-Shock toughness but works somewhere with a dress code that frowns on resin. For anyone else, the plain resin G-Shocks do the job for less.