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Used G-SHOCK specialty store opens in Umeda, Osaka for a limited time! All models from the earliest to the latest are displayed and sold in one place!

Used G-SHOCK Timeless Masterpieces Exhibition ~Can you win your uncle's heart with your niche business?

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Kitani Ltd. (Location: Sakai City, Osaka; CEO: Gojuichi Kitani), which operates a used clothing store in Sakai City, Osaka, will open what is probably the first used G-Shock specialty store in Japan on the B2F of E-ma in Umeda, Osaka, from November 27 (Wednesday) to December 3 (Tuesday), 2024. The store will be open for a limited time only.


Event details: https://g-bridges.com/g_shock_popup


Timeless Masterpieces Exhibition: Horizontal


G-SHOCK was a wristwatch released by CASIO in 1983, and became famous after a commercial aired in the U.S. in 1984 in which it was shot in place of an ice hockey puck became a huge hit.

Forty years have passed since then, and we have decided to provide an opportunity for those who still love G-Shock to see these timeless masterpieces in front of their eyes. By displaying all the G-Shock models, from the earliest to the most recent, we are able to show the evolutionary process and comparisons that can only be conveyed in a realistic setting.

We will be happy if this exhibition will be a place where customers can talk about G-Shock with each other and with our staff members.



We will display and sell carefully selected products from the three most popular G-Shock models!

Origin model [DW-5000C-1A].

The first G-SHOCK model released in April 1983. It is the one and only legendary origin model that overturned the common sense of the time that "watches break if you drop them," and the development team's ideas, design, and details are still being passed down to this day.


Origin model (1)


Frogman [DW-6300].

Launched in August 1983 as the first full-scale diver's watch. The "Frogman" was the first watch to be given an official model name, and it is still the first model of the ever-popular Frogman line.


Frogman(1)


Collaboration model [AW-500UA-1E]

This collaboration model was released in October 1996 in a tie-up with the select store "United Arrows. Even today, it is a pioneering model of collaboration between apparel brands and G-Shock, as it has been reissued as a full-metal model.


Collaboration model (1)


In addition to these, rare G-SHOCK with a total merchandise value of more than 10 million yen will be on display!



About G-BRIDGES, a pre-owned G-SHOCK specialty store

G-BRIDGES, a used G-SHOCK specialty store, was established in 2015 as a store specializing in the purchase of used G-SHOCK. In 2017, with the opening of NEXT51 Mikunigaoka store, G-BRIDGES Mikunigaoka store opened as an in-shop. G-BRIDGES Mikunigaoka store opened as an in-shop.

G-BRIDGES was named with the idea that it would serve as a bridge to someone on the other side of this bridge who loves G-SHOCK.


We had to let go of our beloved and cherished children (G-SHOCK) for a reason.

Those children are full of memories with the previous owner♪

Birthday presents from family, friends, lovers...

I lined up early in the morning to buy a limited edition model and finally got it...

As a collection, they were admired side by side in a beautiful glass case...

A sports watch that has been used for diving, marathon running, and other sports...

They shared important moments together as a watch to win a race...


We help to connect these precious children to the next owner who will cherish them.



G-SHOCK Timeless Masterpieces Exhibition

Date : November 27 (Wed) - December 3 (Tue), 2024

Opening hours: 12:00 - 20:00

Venue : Osaka Umeda E-ma B2F (in front of Starbucks)

       1-12-6 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001, Japan

Contact : G-BRIDGES Mikunigaoka

       Email info-g@g-bridges.com

       TEL 0120-430-572

Event URL: https://g-bridges.com/g_shock_popup



■Company Profile

Company name: Kitani Ltd.

Representative: Gojuichi Kitani, Representative Director

Location: 4-4-4, Mukouryou-nakamachi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 590-0024, Japan

Establishment : May 1, 1986

Business activities: Operation of recycle used clothing stores and used G-Shock stores

Store name : NEXT51 (used clothing store)

      G-BRIDGES (used G-SHOCK specialty store)

Capital : 3 million yen

URL : https://next-51.com/

      https://g-bridges.com/

      https://ec.g-bridges.com/