Casio G-Shock Mudman GW-9500 Toyota TLC Edition: FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The Dakar Rally is considered to be the toughest motorsport event in the world and Toyota's Team Land Cruiser has continued to achieve phenomenal success in it for over a decade now.

- SYED SHIRAZ SHAH

In fact, it's no secret that even the bone-stock regular Toyotas are considered to be the most reliable production cars in the world that refuse to break down even in the most extreme conditions on this planet. It's also not a secret that Casio's G-Shock series of watches have earned the same reputation in the world of wrist watches. Therefore, a collaboration between these two companies was obvious, and the watch you see here isn't their first; they have had a couple more in the recent past.

However, today, I'll just give you my first impressions on their latest one, the GW-9500 TLC, after wearing it for a couple of weeks. If the good chaps at Casio give me the watch again for a longer duration, then a comprehensive review would follow. But, even this story will give you a good idea whether this G-Shock is the one for you.

DESIGN
The GW-9500 TLC is unmistakably a G-Shock, so much so that even a visually challenged person would be able to tell you that by touching it. It's big and chunky, but not gaudy, and would definitely go with the chunkiest pair of Woodlands that you may have.