This month, just in time for the holidays, Japan?s G-SHOCK has introduced the latest update to its luxury-focused MT-G series, the new MTGB2000YBD. At a glance, the predominantly black-and-red watch might seem familiar to previous MT-G models, but a closer look ? and handling ? reveals an extremely lightweight timepiece that once more hammers on the brand?s renowned combination of style, toughness, and practicality.

Weighing just 131 grams despite its prominent 49.8-mm case size, the MTGB2000YBD?s incredibly lightweight wearability comes as the result of an ingeniously developed multi-layer carbon bezel frame housing a monocoque inner case, which results in an overall 15.9 mm thickness; it is G-SHOCK?s first application of this technology in a production timepiece. In technical terms, this technology merges the new MT-G layered bezel frame with the latest G-SHOCK Carbon Core Guard structure, resulting in the watch?s increased lightness and enhanced durability, and in effect achieving high strength, airtightness, and weight reduction all at once.
Built tough from the outside in, the outer facets of the MTGB2000YBD are just as smartly designed and manufactured. Notably, the watch?s side-visible bezel frame is constructed of 235 sheets of layered and machined carbon and glass fiber, resulting in a frame that?s about 77% lighter than one made of stainless steel. A top-layer carbon sheet is wrapped around the sides of the watch at the 3, 6, 9, and 12 o?clock ...