Joshua Vides Brings "Reality to Idea" Concept to Two New G-SHOCK Models

Casio America's G-SHOCK x Joshua Vides collection landed at $180 per model on March 16, with two limited-edition watches, the DW5600JV-7 and DW6900JV-1, available online, at the G-SHOCK SoHo store, and at select retailers after a pop-up unveiling in Los Angeles on March 13 and 14.

The collaboration, nearly two years in the making by Vides' own account, applies his "Reality to Idea" concept to two of G-SHOCK's most established silhouettes. The idea is elegant in its inversion: where artists have historically tried to make flat images feel three-dimensional, Vides does the opposite, rendering real objects as though they were hand-sketched in high-contrast black and white. Applied to a watch you can actually wear, the effect is either going to click immediately or not at all.

"I'm excited to finally share my collaboration with G-SHOCK with the world," Vides said. "Almost two years in the works, I'm proud to ultimately showcase the final product in my backyard, Los Angeles."

The DW5600JV-7 works from a gloss white base, with bold black marker-like strokes running across the band, case, and dial to create the illusion of hand-drawn lines on paper. The DW6900JV-1 flips the palette entirely: matte black finish with stark white line work that functions almost like contour shading, tracing the watch's edges and structural details. Casio used multi-angle printing techniques on both so the two-dimensional sketch illusion holds from different viewing angles rather than collapsing the moment you tilt your wrist.

The design goes deeper than the surface treatment. Dial text on both models is rendered in Vides' handwritten style. Activate the LED backlight and his signature traffic cone appears as a hidden graphic. The stainless steel case back carries a custom engraving of Vides' signature. Both watches ship in custom packaging branded by G-SHOCK and Vides together.

Underneath all of it, the spec sheet is standard G-SHOCK: shock-resistant construction, 200-meter water resistance, a 1/100-second stopwatch, countdown timer, and multi-function alarm. At $180, the pricing matches what Casio charges for plenty of standard production releases, which is notable for a named artist collaboration that could have easily pushed past $250.

Vides, who has over 245,000 followers on Instagram and has previously worked with the NBA and the Los Angeles Dodgers, debuted his "Check Engine Light" exhibition in Downtown L.A. in 2025, wrapping real cars to look like 2D comic-strip drawings in a garage setting. The G-SHOCK collab extends that same logic to a much smaller canvas.

G-Central reported the models are manufactured in Thailand rather than Japan and speculated that could indicate a larger production run similar to internationally released collabs like Stranger Things and Hardies NYC, though Casio has not confirmed production volume or a formal global rollout. What's confirmed is that Vides tagged G-SHOCK Japan and the international G-SHOCK account alongside G-SHOCK U.S. in his initial teaser post, which suggests the collection's reach may extend well beyond the SoHo store.