Everyday Carry

Casio G-Shock GA100-1A1

Authored by:
Mikey Bautista
Casio G-Shock GA100-1A1

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Nothing beats a solid G-Shock for EDC. They're nearly indestructible, highly reliable, and come in every possible style and colorway to match the rest of your carry. The GA100-1A1 (aka The Dark Knight) is an all-black digital/analog G-Shock with all the right features for an everyday watch. Shockproof and 200-meter water resistance come standard, and its “three-eye” display includes a 1/1000 stopwatch, alarm indicator, and countdown timer. The two bottom windows on each side of the display show a digital time readout (with up to 29 time zones) along with a day/date indicator that includes an auto-calendar pre-programmed until 2099—which , given the ruggedness of these watches, the GA100-1A1 might live to see. You're also not completely in the dark with its blacked-out colorway: the watch comes with an auto-LED function for easy illumination. Need a tough watch to complete your murdered out EDC? You can pick up this G-Shock at the link below.

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Mikey Bautista

Director of Everyday Carry Operations


About the Author
Mikey Bautista is an everyday carry (EDC) expert who has been working with the EverydayCarry.com team for nearly a decade, starting with an interest in EDC as a hobby and ending up as a writer for the site in 2014. Through the years, he’s led the site in editorial content and writing about products across every category, from knives to bags to flashlights and everything in between, as well as discovering, bringing exposure, and building bridges with many brands in the industry. Today, he is the site's Director of Everyday Carry Operations, leading the editorial team and managing day-to-day operations.

He has lived through many personal and professional lives, spending nearly a decade in the workforce management industry, a minor career in gaming, and has lent a hand with entrepreneurial efforts back home in the Philippines. He has also been an active participant and helped build a number of significant social communities online, both for EDC and his other hobbies.

Mikey has been at the cusp of gaming, technology, and the internet since the ‘90s and continues to lend his experience, expertise, and authority to all his pursuits. When not online, in a game, or watching movies, you'll find him in the gym, speedrunning his next hobby, or talking at length about EDC with anyone willing to listen.

Discussion (3 total)

Othmane AIT EL CADI ·
3 years of daily use and this watch never failed me, I absolutely love it!
Besh ·
G-Shocks really are the best outdoor watches you can get. Suunto Core and the likes are nice, but frankly, the domed plastic they use gives me nightmares about scratches. I would get a Tough Solar G-Shock for anything outside. I have my eye on a Mudman right now. Almost ready to pull the trigger to complete my outdoor EDC.
For serious SHTF EDC you need a G-Shock with SOLAR power... the one above uses a battery.