Note to Casio

Please develop at least one G-shock watch with these features;

1. Automatic time zone detection and time adjustment – actually, this is optional. It’s not that hard to manually adjust the time when you land somewhere. Only add this is it doesn’t add too much complexity, bulk and battery demand.

2. Slim profiled so the watch can be worn with work shirt sleeves. But keep the diameter nice and large.

3. Analog only function with a night light button

4. And no other functions, not even the day or date. We have our smartphones for these.

5. A simple black design without all the usual superfluous text or sub-dials all over the watch face.

6. Keep the rotating bezel in case anyone wants to do simple minute timing. Besides it looks good.

7. Solar powered battery quartz movement.

8. Make it out of carbon fibre filled black resin and titanium to keep the weight down and also to justify it’s high price.

9. It needs a second hand so we know it still has battery. I suppose the light fills this function too but the second hand is better. For some reason I don’t like the quartz movement second hand (click-click second to second) – it looks clunky. I wonder if a continuous second hand can be developed?

The market for this watch is business types that grew up on G’s and don’t want to go mechanical or wanky Swiss, but that need something more elegant than any G-shock on offer today.